Re: (TV) Re:

[Jay Pontrelli <jpontrelli44@gmail.com>]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfNbRmCWJEo

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:21:17 -0500
> "Scott Simpson" <SSimpson@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > It's maybe possible that Lloyd was unhappy playing a 40 year old
> repertoire.
> > And weighed the consequences of actually playing a 60 year old
> repertoire.
>
> Richard has spoken in the past about the reasons he left, and the lack of
> input he had.  Out of the 3 studio albums, RL has a total of two co-writing
> credits.
>
> I have seen a number of musicians that are tired of playing their hits.
> The most outstanding example was Marshall Crenshaw in his "power trio"
> phase.
> He opened with the 2 or 3 songs people knew, played as fast as possible,
> with open distain for having to play them.  Once they were "out of the way"
> he then proceeded to play his new stuff, which was loud and obnoxious (but
> not
> in a good way).  I left after about 4 of the new songs.  If it weren't for
> the fact that Moxy Fruvous was the opening act, openiong my ears to them,
> it would have been a total waste of time.
>
> I know that Television did a number of shows this year where they played
> Marquee Moon (the album) in its entirety; I can see that leading to nice
> paychecks, but it's got to be hard on the creative spirit.
>
> "That's one thing that's always, like, been a difference between, like,
> the performing arts, and being a painter, you know. A painter does a
> painting,
> and he paints it, and that's it, you know. He has the joy of creating it,
> it hangs on a wall, and somebody buys it, and maybe somebody buys it again,
> or maybe nobody buys it and it sits up in a loft somewhere until he dies.
> But he never, you know, nobody ever, nobody ever said to Van Gogh, 'Paint a
> Starry Night again, man!' You know? He painted it and that was it."
>    - Joni Mitchell on "Miles of Aisles"
>
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