Comments on: The Magic Power http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/ First in Music Analysis Tue, 22 May 2012 02:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lukedaddy on Delp http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30585 Lukedaddy on Delp Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:18:00 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30585 Brad was one of the nicest guys I even met. Jammed with him when Van Halen opened the Cabo Wabo club in 1990 when a few of us were invited. I hung with Ed as I was going thru a horrendous divorce and Ed and Al and the guys were there for me and Brad came up to ME and went out of his way to tell mew he dug what I do. It meant a lot to me. It's kinda funny and fucked up that you have to die to get some respect. Don't get me wrong...it's tragic, but all these people NOW come out and say they dig Boston?? How shallow the hipsters are. "More Than A Feeling" is one of the THE classic rock tunes of all time. Like it or not (guilty pleasures guys??) a classic! Scholz had a SOUND, his OWN, thank you, and Brad's voice was the vibe. man, what range! AND yeah, a really nice man. God bless him and his family and I hope FINALLY people will get their heads out of their asses trying to lick the bungholes of the supposed "new talent" and their 5 minute existence to realize "hip or not' a great band that has records that EVERYONE knows is more than relevant! Lukather Brad was one of the nicest guys I even met. Jammed with him when Van Halen opened the Cabo Wabo club in 1990 when a few of us were invited. I hung with Ed as I was going thru a horrendous divorce and Ed and Al and the guys were there for me and Brad came up to ME and went out of his way to tell mew he dug what I do. It meant a lot to me. It’s kinda funny and fucked up that you have to die to get some respect. Don’t get me wrong…it’s tragic, but all these people NOW come out and say they dig Boston?? How shallow the hipsters are. "More Than A Feeling" is one of the THE classic rock tunes of all time. Like it or not (guilty pleasures guys??) a classic! Scholz had a SOUND, his OWN, thank you, and Brad’s voice was the vibe. man, what range! AND yeah, a really nice man. God bless him and his family and I hope FINALLY people will get their heads out of their asses trying to lick the bungholes of the supposed "new talent" and their 5 minute existence to realize "hip or not’ a great band that has records that EVERYONE knows is more than relevant!

Lukather

]]> By: Bruce Eaton http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30292 Bruce Eaton Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:24:10 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30292 Hi Bob - One of my all-time favorite music quotes comes from Charles Shaar Murray circa 1977: "If you're too hip for Fleetwood Mac, I guess you're just too hip." And to rightfully paraphrase: IF YOU'RE TOO HIP FOR BOSTON, I GUESS YOU'RE JUST TOO HIP. Hi Bob -

One of my all-time favorite music quotes comes from Charles Shaar Murray circa 1977: "If you’re too hip for Fleetwood Mac, I guess you’re just too hip." And to rightfully paraphrase: IF YOU’RE TOO HIP FOR BOSTON, I GUESS YOU’RE JUST TOO HIP.

]]> By: gregg bell http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30291 gregg bell Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:23:51 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30291 bob - i'm continually amazed that my musical (i-tunes) library often unfolds in a similar fashion to yours. i purchased both "a man i'll never be" and "magic power" within the last 8 months. i just turned 40, and remember the tail end of the arena rock days when bands released albums every year and visited your city shortly there-after. i still listen to a lot of this stuff, and find it takes me back all over again to when music was such a powerful force in my young life. i especially like listening after being disappointed by the supposed "next big thing" like the the clap your hands, the shins or mickey avalon. great music is still out there, but it rarely gets anywhere near the mainstream rock press. if a band appears on the cover of spin or rolling stone, it just means that's something that i don't have to waste my time with. -gregg bell bob –

i’m continually amazed that my musical (i-tunes) library often unfolds in a similar fashion to yours. i purchased both "a man i’ll never be" and "magic power" within the last 8 months. i just turned 40, and remember the tail end of the arena rock days when bands released albums every year and visited your city shortly there-after. i still listen to a lot of this stuff, and find it takes me back all over again to when music was such a powerful force in my young life. i especially like listening after being disappointed by the supposed "next big thing" like the the clap your hands, the shins or mickey avalon. great music is still out there, but it rarely gets anywhere near the mainstream rock press. if a band appears on the cover of spin or rolling stone, it just means that’s something that i don’t have to waste my time with.

-gregg bell

]]> By: Mark Bradley http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30290 Mark Bradley Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:23:34 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30290 I know it's hugely unfashionable to like Boston. I also know I listened to "Hitch A Ride" 20 times in a row when I was in college way back when. It was a great song then; it's a great song now. Mark Bradley Atlanta I know it’s hugely unfashionable to like Boston. I also know I listened to "Hitch A Ride" 20 times in a row when I was in college way back when. It was a great song then; it’s a great song now.

Mark Bradley
Atlanta

]]> By: Jeff Jones http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30289 Jeff Jones Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:23:17 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/10/the-magic-power/#comment-30289 Dear Bob, I grew up in Arlington Mass, a suburb of Boston. I worked at the Harvard Coop in the record department from 73 to 76. At that time the Coop was the greatest record store on the East Coast, we carried everything. I mean EVERYTHING. On a good Saturday we would do 40,000 dollars in biz, when albums were 3.99. We had people whose passions included all kinds of music, Rock to Jazz to Broadway to Blues to Cassical. It was a store where people lived music and they would say, if you like the Rolling Stones have you heard Robert Johnson or Muddy Waters. We not only stocked the major labels, we carried labels like Folkways, ESP, or Yazoo. It was my education it was my coming of age. In May of 1976, I was hired as the mailroom guy in the local CBS Records Boston Branch. I'll never forget, Lennie Collins who was the local Epic promo guy ( one of the sweetest and funniest people in the world, who also won the lottery !! ) giving me the advance cassette to the first Boston record. That summer my friends and I had rented a cottage on Cape Cod. Or "down the Cape" if you're a local. I can remember it so clearly, the joy, the thrill of playing the tape over and over as loud as the car stereo could handle. Sitting outside the cottage on a hot Friday night with the car doors open yelling at my friends that they have to hear this fucking record, it's incredible! Working for the CBS branch in Boston made that band ours. We took great pride in the amazing success of Boston. We felt we were a big part of breaking that record. Everytime I hear the opening chords of More Than A Feeling or Peace Of Mind or Rock N Roll Band, I can't help but feel that joy of being 20, sitting with the boys, drinking beer, laughing, hearing that music rocking and screaming out into a hot summer night. 35 minutes of pure heaven. Not a care in the world. One moment in time. Forever. Thanks Brad. Dear Bob,
I grew up in Arlington Mass, a suburb of Boston. I worked at the Harvard Coop in the record department from 73 to 76. At that time the Coop was the greatest record store on the East Coast, we carried everything. I mean EVERYTHING. On a good Saturday we would do 40,000 dollars in biz, when albums were 3.99. We had people whose passions included all kinds of music, Rock to Jazz to Broadway to Blues to Cassical. It was a store where people lived music and they would say, if you like the Rolling Stones have you heard Robert Johnson or Muddy Waters. We not only stocked the major labels, we carried labels like Folkways, ESP, or Yazoo. It was my education it was my coming of age.

In May of 1976, I was hired as the mailroom guy in the local CBS Records Boston Branch. I’ll never forget, Lennie Collins who was the local Epic promo guy ( one of the sweetest and funniest people in the world, who also won the lottery !! ) giving me the advance cassette to the first Boston record. That summer my friends and I had rented a cottage on Cape Cod. Or "down the Cape" if you’re a local. I can remember it so clearly, the joy, the thrill of playing the tape over and over as loud as the car stereo could handle. Sitting outside the cottage on a hot Friday night with the car doors open yelling at my friends that they have to hear this fucking record, it’s incredible!

Working for the CBS branch in Boston made that band ours. We took great pride in the amazing success of Boston. We felt we were a big part of breaking that record.

Everytime I hear the opening chords of More Than A Feeling or Peace Of Mind or Rock N Roll Band, I can’t help but feel that joy of being 20, sitting with the boys, drinking beer, laughing, hearing that music rocking and screaming out into a hot summer night. 35 minutes of pure heaven. Not a care in the world. One moment in time. Forever.
Thanks Brad.

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