Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:ag4 From: ag4@pucc-h (Jeff Lewis) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: Mannheim Steamroller Message-ID: <1253@pucc-h> Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 22:17:20 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-h.1253 Posted: Mon Sep 24 22:17:20 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 19:23:32 EDT References: <1150@hou4b.UUCP> Organization: The Widget Works Lines: 31 > > [Jeff Lewis] > > ...it strikes me that these types of groups lack a good solid > > background in current popular music because they don't realize > > what is old hat (i.e. BORING) from that style. > [Ed Horch] > I don't think Jackson Berkey, et al, care about their popularity. If > they did they'd not be recording on some no-name Omaha record label, > and they wouldn't be charging >$15 per album. They'd payola their > way onto some influential radio stations, and not allow for a > minute their music to be heard as the background to "ABC's Wide > World of Sports" commentary. Actually, though, if we talk about > popularity as universal appeal, rather than superstardom or tours > or airplay or record sales, they are VERY popular. I have played > the Fresh Aire albums for many people, with tastes ranging from > ghetto-blaster music to C&W to heavy metal, to Bach/Brahms. The > albums were enjoyed by EVERYONE, without exception, that I played > them for. I love for groups to not care about their popularity; it keeps their heads where they belong. What I meant by that comment was that, while I enjoy The Steamroller (I just purchased a copy of F.A. III, and at those prices, you know it's more than a passing interest), I just wish, for example, that their drummer would play something more interesting than the standard overused four-on-the-floor set-playing that was perfectly acceptable in Jr. High, and most top 40 songs, but ... (O.k. so I'm a percussionist and it hits a sore spot) -- Jeff Lewis {decvax|ucbvax|allegra|seismo|harpo|teklabs|ihnp4}!pur-ee!lewie