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Yeah,
I wasn't really addressing the whole "shit that went down" issue
specifically, just the people like me and most of you that are
disappointed and while he often lives up to his namesake, some of the
events that may be part of who he is. Even so, you probably won't see
me rushing out and buying tickets every time he comes around.
--- In , bruce d <wizzbangg2003@y...> wrote:
> Ted, you make an excellent point and directly hit on something I was
not consciously thinking of when I threw my postings in a couple of
weeks ago. However, in all fairness to everyone concerned, after
coming out of the "Dark Ages" of the 70's, with the Second and Third
Waves starting 25 years ago, DD has continued to perform his classics
in a less original form, which is frustratingly dissatisfying to his
long-term fans.
>
> Is it possible his ego has outgrown his motivation to please the
crowd? If so, he loses a degree of entitlement to claim ownership of
songs he no longer performs as the audiences want him to, IMHO.
>
> Bruce D
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> spskins <superchimp9@h...> wrote:
> Sorry for bringing back a dead thread, but I never weighed in while it
> was going on. I was definitely in the "disappointed" category of DD
> fand since the first time we played with him back in 94. Even though
> Pulp Fiction and Miserlou were HUGE at the time, he just included it
> in the medley as usaual w/o really giving it the treatment it deserved
> and the psuedo heavy-rock trio thing really bummed me out. There
> wasn't a surf beat to be had during the whole 2 hours. Of course, I
> wanted the Del-Tones sound and it just bummed me out.
> Anyway, this morning I was leafing through my Surfin' Guitars by Bob
> Dalley and decided to read the DD chapter again. I had forgotten so
> much about all the shit he went through, especially the rectal cancer
> and surgeries that put him out of commission from 65-71. We all know
> that 1971 was a lot different than 1965, but he decided to keep trying
> to make it as a musician, which meant adapting to give people what
> they wanted. We've all seen the semi-nude pic from the Playgirl Club
> gig, etc..and along with his massive ego, this had to be tough for him.
> The point I'm getting at is that I'm not so hard on him anymore. After
> playing with Dick, Link Wray, the Ventures, and the Wailers, there is
> always some level of disappointment compared to what I hold so great
> about their original records (though I'd say the Ventures and Wailers
> had more moments where I was transported back in time and was hearing
> what I wanted to hear). But, for them, they've been making a living
> doing this for some 40 years that also happened to be the most
> radically changing period in rock n' roll.
> Most of us on this list do it as a hobby, it's something we love. We
> have the luxury of retro-hindsight and doing what we want, while
> they've got a whole infrastructure to support and make their decisons
> based on that. After what they've been through, playing through the
> decades, it is no wonder they are the way they are and look at us like
> spoiled brats when we ask them why they don't play like they did in
> the early 60s.
> Ted Pilgrim
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