OFF: Motorhead/Another Perfect Day, Jethro Tull/Thick As A Brick

[Robert C. Mayo]

In a message dated 11/13/2001 6:11:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
stemfors at PIPELINE.COM writes:


> Then MH came to NYC in '83 on the APD tour and did a 3-night stint at
> LAmour, and we all went out for that, even the detractors. No question,
> Brian ruled the stage on the night I was there, synth-guitar, shorts, and
> all. To their credit, many of the nay-sayers ate their words after that, and
> even the hardcases muted their criticism - it was a storming set of gigs.

well, i'm the guy who originally wrote 'my crowd loved it when it came out,
still do'; but let me clarify i was talking about the lp, not the tour...

I was at lamour 2 of the 3 nights, and was very disappointed. who cares about
the friggin' shorts the guy wore; the guitar synth was simply not meant to be
amplified at full Moto-Volume. The sound was terrible, as it was at the
living room in providence, ri a few nights later. when he played that
freaking thing my fingers went to my ears. also, as is well-documented in
many places---he wouldn't learn much older material, resulting in a 25 minute
set, which is just a plain-old rip-off for us punters money-wise, and a
let-down for those who wanted to hear the staples. and i'm a big robbo/lizzy
fan, too, excited as i was to see the guy play, it sucked.
so the lp is great; a decidedly 'left-field' offering but an important and
interesting one...but based on the 3 shows i saw, the tour sucked.
bobm