RE: (TV) Rock Element/Age is just a number

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@volpe.dot.gov>]

Re: "Do you think Verlaine should give up the rock element of his music just because he is over fifty? Give up the rock element and retire to soundtracks? That's how Tom's been thinking lately. He has an agent trying to find soundtrack work for him. I think he should put a band together"

NO, no, no, no, no, a thousand times no. This just confirms my worst fears regarding Tom's future musical direction. 

Why didn't Tom make a big push to get soundtrack work 12-15 years ago?  Why didn't he contact Alan Rudolph or other directors whose film work he appreciated back then?  If Terry Riepdel (spelling?) could create soundtracks for Rudolph  then Verlaine could certainly improve on him.  But why now?  Is it because Tom finds it a little unseemly to tour using the 'rock element' of his music because of his age.   


	Leo

Ps: It's not that the Stones are old that's not what I meant to infer by "fossilized" ---age is just a number,a state of mind---- it's that their newer material is pretty weak stuff. 

PPS: Why would Verlaine care if you critiqued a Stones' thread on the MM list?




-----Original Message-----
From: secretX@webtv.net [mailto:secretX@webtv.net]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 3:52 PM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: (TV) Rock Element


I was joking about mud on the carpet. Anecdotes involving bedroom scenes
don't bother Tom. I'm sorry if they bothered you. Tom loves talking
about bedroom scenes, singing about bedroom scenes, and reading about
bedroom scenes. That's the last thing that would bother him. What would
bother him is if I joined the thread about the Stones by saying
something like: That's funny, Jeff. Most Stones fans think Dirty Work is
their worst album and Stripped is one of their best. Leo, if you'd been
on their last tour you'd know the Stones are playing better than ever.
They did go through a dry spell in their career but what band doesn't?
Do you think Verlaine should give up the rock element of his music just
because he is over fifty? Give up the rock element and retire to
soundtracks? That's how Tom's been thinking lately. He has an agent
trying to find soundtrack work for him. I think he should put a band
together

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