Re: (TV) Del Shannon

[eric gregory <crackcity_2000@yahoo.com>]

hear hear gregg, 
i'm glad somebody took the time to stand up for
del...i play my cassette of his greatest hits
regularly & (remember here, my opinion) it's a
thousand times more gripping than any beatles record
(in fact, i no longer own any beatles).
--- gregg luvoxx <murderedman@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:  Andy
> > Ferguson
> 
> > To me , the Sex Pistols , along with The Clash &
> The Jam , musically
> > speaking , are as important as Elvis Presley was
> and The Beatles were .
> >
> > The reason for this is because they offered a
> major alternative to young
> > music lovers who were bored with the mainstream on
> offer .
> >
> > In order :
> > Elvis v Guy Mitchell etc
> > The Beatles v Del Shannon etc
> 
> Del Shannon shreds IMO, especially that organ player
> of his. Maybe you
> disagree, but I say give 'Go Away Little Girl'
> another chance and tell me
> that proto-lounge melody doesn't grab you. Then find
> a girl and do a
> little twisty rumba to 'Hey Little Girl' (if they'd
> only bumped up the
> guitar a little bit). DS was a true rock n roller
> and the Beatles were in
> awe of him. And so he came to represent a style that
> was out of fashion in
> the public's mind after Richard Lester invaded the
> USA and Dr. Goldfoot
> had to shut down the bikini machine. I would say the
> prevalent MOR mood
> music that The Beatles bashed off was more like the
> likes of Paul Anka and
> Dean Martin. To me Lennon and McCartney were a an
> offshoot of the Brill
> Building style. They brought guitars back into the
> mix, but then didn't
> they go back to Tin Pan Alley orchestrations during
> the mustache period?
> Maybe if Del took a more enlightened trip as the
> Beatles had (or had the
> luck) he'd have shook his demons and still be
> rocking today.
> 
> Speaking of old fashion tunes, I was listening to
> the Andrew Sisters
> version of 'Rum and Coca cola' and the say, "...
> working for the yonki
> dollar."
> 
> Also there's a great Bobby Fuller Four song called
> 'Linda Lou'. It doesn't
> sound anything like TV's 'Lindi Lu' but it's a
> killer rock and roll song
> nonetheless.
> 
> BTW Lou Christie does a great version of 'If I Fell'
> on the Lightnin'
> Strikes album. This album is not on CD so I
> transferred this amazing song
> "Baby We Got To Run Away" from vinyl and you might
> find it on Audiogalaxy
> (get it before Audiogalaxy is shut down)
> 
> Hats off to Larry,
> GL
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