(TV) 3 Oct. 1998 The Bowery Shows vs. Music for Film Project / Maurice

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

I've listened to the 3 Oct. 1998 shows and tried to compare their songs 
 to the later Music for Film Project that began in Oct 1999.

I was planning on doing a more thorough analysis 
and write-up but I don't have the time (been neglecting 
my job to send a billion[?] posts to MM list recently 
plus Discography stuff for Keith, plus overwhelmed with 
frozen/burst pipes in my laundry room).  

I'm hoping that Maurice, who is intimately familar 
with he Music for Film 'tunes' can write the 
definitive, detailed comparison of which particular 
tracks of the Bowery Ballroom shows closely match 
which tracks of the Music for Film project. 
Maurice don't worry-- I know you're extremely busy 
with other stuff yourself---maybe you could post 
something in two months or so? 

My brief conclusions--I believe that Steve Rovner 
was absolutely right, 90% of this closely matches 
tunes TV later did/used for his Music for Film project 
(albeit tunes are sometimes shorter than the later 
Film stuff);  the other 10-15% is fantastic stuff too.  

This may seem strange but I find these Bowery Ballroom
show tunes looser [in a good way] and thus for me 
'superior' to the recordings of the Music for Film 
programs that I'd previously heard. Also, the audio 
quality and the emotion and inventiveness of Tom's 
playing are stupendous.

Granted, playing along to a silent film involves 
more limits and forced structure than playing at 
The Bowery, and the combination/synergy of film 
imagery and Verlaine's guitar when seeing a Music 
for Film performance live is obviously more powerful 
than just these nascent tunes themselves.

	Leo
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