tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post3208643778826559089..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Clinton Heylin is a Big Fat IdiotNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-33472723017814004722013-08-21T13:26:33.954-04:002013-08-21T13:26:33.954-04:00It's like Lester Bangs writing about Lou Reed....It's like Lester Bangs writing about Lou Reed.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9220180445685112652013-08-21T09:53:19.180-04:002013-08-21T09:53:19.180-04:00I haven't figured out why Heylin keeps writing...I haven't figured out why Heylin keeps writing about Dylan when he can't stand the guy.wardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825405583474881509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-56602957247119300122013-08-20T20:06:45.981-04:002013-08-20T20:06:45.981-04:00Not only were they great on stage, who else could ...Not only were they great on stage, who else could get away with telling the Queen Mum to rattle her jewelry?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvBCmY7wAAU<br /><br />Makes a Brit proud. <br /><br />Mrs. Peelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-39591623906037502622013-08-20T18:28:46.719-04:002013-08-20T18:28:46.719-04:00I was AT this concert at the Hollywood Bowl. In t...I was AT this concert at the Hollywood Bowl. In the front row of boxes. I obtained this plum ticket by filling out the vital information within an ad in the L.A. Times and having my mother send in a check. No Ticketmaster. No brokers gobbling up the best tickets.<br /><br />It might not have been the best concert I've ever seen, but it was certainly the most exciting. The screaming was so loud that the only vocal I remember hearing was Paul on "I'm Down." I went with my older brother (who was old enough to drive) and there were two teenage girls in the box with us. When we offered to loan them binoculars, they wouldn't or couldn't stop screaming.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743825684303825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-10017937668814608602013-08-20T13:54:11.977-04:002013-08-20T13:54:11.977-04:00Here is my fave live Ringo and the example I usual...Here is my fave live Ringo and the example I usually go to to shut up any pain in the ass Ringo naysayers.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuKhEON-yjwSal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-46688777557521526152013-08-20T11:14:49.846-04:002013-08-20T11:14:49.846-04:00Actually, Please Kill Me and From the Velvets to t...Actually, Please Kill Me and From the Velvets to the Voidoids work very well read in tandem - Kill Me is strictly a social history of the American punk scene with next to nothing about the music; Heylin's book is all about the music (whatever you think of his opinions & conclusions). Gummohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947040598570967596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-68586839821102610332013-08-20T11:12:25.301-04:002013-08-20T11:12:25.301-04:00The Beatles "stank" as a live band? Tha...The Beatles "stank" as a live band? That's cute. I love G-man's analogy too. <br /><br />Oh, and the Beatles were exceptional live. Billy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-79111973884810824442013-08-20T11:09:46.422-04:002013-08-20T11:09:46.422-04:00Good thing the Beatles' records sounded SOOOOO...Good thing the Beatles' records sounded SOOOOO different from their live stuff.<br /><br />Oh wait. They didn't. They sounded exactly the same.<br /><br />Of course, none of them had a successful solo concert career after they broke up.<br /><br />Oh wait. They all did.<br /><br />But I'm sure we can all agree that those (insert adjective of your choice) Broadway shows performed by cover bands definitely improve on the Beatles themselves.<br /><br />Oh, by the way, did you know I'm the Grand Duchess Anastasia?<br /><br />And Gummo's analogy is --- um --- okay --- dead on. :-)Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67855100415810837992013-08-20T10:42:16.038-04:002013-08-20T10:42:16.038-04:00"Let's Kill Me" is a fun read, and I..."Let's Kill Me" is a fun read, and I've hung out with Legs, who is an amusing guy.<br /><br />But there are parts of that book that make me want to take a shower, and there is way WAY too much hero worship of the reptilian Danny Fields. Who is without question one of the creepiest people I've ever met, in or out of the music biz.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67103287230194754712013-08-20T10:23:58.990-04:002013-08-20T10:23:58.990-04:00OPS
If you want to know about "The Velvets To...OPS<br />If you want to know about "The Velvets To The Voidoids", look no further than "Please Kill Me" by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-52670894876324510942013-08-20T09:07:51.433-04:002013-08-20T09:07:51.433-04:00People who dis The Beatles really don't know a...People who dis The Beatles really don't know anything about music. <br /><br />How can you believe a word when you encounter such bullshit on page 8(!) of the intro?<br /><br />Here is "Long Tall Sally" from their first US appearance in Washington DC, February 1964. Half the fun is watching Ringo tear it up.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMD0o-sbIlg" title="Long Tall Sally" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMD0o-sbIlg</a> <br />buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-92173235019066972132013-08-20T08:33:45.440-04:002013-08-20T08:33:45.440-04:00Heylin's an idiot.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...Heylin's an idiot.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUAvmgSi4T4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-1599479335703953992013-08-20T07:19:12.117-04:002013-08-20T07:19:12.117-04:00Oh, it gets better --
In a book supposedly about ...Oh, it gets better --<br /><br />In a book supposedly about the history of rock bootlegging, HE IGNORES THE GRATEFUL DEAD.<br /><br />Which is like writing the history of radium and ignoring Marie Curie.<br /><br />But I still say it's an invaluable book, if only because no one else has done anything on the subject.Gummohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947040598570967596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-53263155273952635322013-08-20T00:43:31.280-04:002013-08-20T00:43:31.280-04:00Yowza! Flames shooting through the headphones! And...Yowza! Flames shooting through the headphones! And to sound that good with a crappy PA and monitors over the screaming crowd?! Yeah, bite me Mr. Heylin.<br />Ken J Xenozarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024446764828171613noreply@blogger.com