(TV) Townsend & Link Wray / Batman / R. Lloyd + James Bond/ Q/ U-2 Rev isited

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

Jesse (and other[?] insulted Batman tv-show fans), 

>Hey, them's fighting words! I'm somewhat younger 
>than you, Leo, and let me tell you, for a young 
>boy at the time, that was a pretty exciting show! 
>I'm >not even sure I recognized it as "camp." Made 
>me a >Batman fan for life. Plus a great theme song - 
>covered not only by Wray but, among many others, 
>the Who and the Jam.

>From about age 7-14, I collected Batman comic 
books (then all the stories and artwork were 
done by Batman's creator Bob Kane, nothing' 
like the comic and 'novels' of Batman now, 
which I don't read).  

You know how kids can get a 'little' fixated or 
obsessed about certain things? ----well that's 
how I was about Batman comics. I tried to track 
down old issues that relatives and friends might 
have tossed half-ripped into their garages or 
basements---I'd also spend way too much time 
in used-comic-book-stores.

About 5 days before the end of each month, the 
waiting and  anticipation for the latest issue 
to go on sale at the  neighborhood drugstore was 
almost unbearable.  (If  felt that same intensity 
about Verlaine/Television releasing new material, 
given the long wait, it would kill me.)


Years later, when Kane sold the rights to have 
Batman be a late 60's tv show, (but my interests 
had moved on to music James Bond, and girls--not 
in that order) I was still intrigued--even a bit 
nostalgic at the prospect of a tv Batman.

And then when I get to watch the first tv-episode 
I was crushed----I hated it; it was cheesy and 
the totally camp angle was a  big no no (another 
one of my vices I hate(d) camp in music esp. 
rock---say, The Dictators--Oopps! probably 
just insulted someone else---I'll take my 
music straight thank you---if I want camp I'll 
read Susan Sontag :>) .

Much later during my poverty stricken College 
years,  with its never-ending College loan 
payments, I got so financially desperate that 
sold all but 5 of my extensive collection of 
Batmans to one of the new breed of Comic Book 
Stores (they offered me practically nothin even 
though they were quite aware how rare and 
valuable they were).  

>Plus a great theme song - covered not only by 
>Wray but, among many others, **the Who** and the Jam.

I got a phone call from a boyhood buddy of mine, who 
said today's Globe Link Wray obituary quotes Pete 
Townsend as saying that he never would have taken 
up playing music if it hadn't been for hearing Wray.

Speaking of soundtracks/themes, there are a couple 
of live recordings of Television in which (I'm 
pretty sure it's Lloyd)---between songs, to kill 
time so Tom can fuss with his pedals[?]---plays that 
James Bond theme, the spooky guitar riff (the 
1960's Bond movies' version), and at another 
concert (again I think it's Lloyd, although the rest 
of the band plays along for a few seconds) there is 
a snippet of the more modern (Pierce Brosnan-era) 
Bond theme.

I know John Barry composed the music for the early 
Bond movies , but I've always wondered who actually 
played that particular guitar riff. Does anyone know?

Last but not least, regarding my MSG e-mails earlier: 
what do you get when you add 130 to Nov. 22 ?

-----Original Message-----

From: tv-owner@obbard.com On Behalf Of Jesse
Hochstadt
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:40 PM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: Primitive Stuff / RE: (TV) Link Wray, RIP
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