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lotus_nz 09:01 pm UTC 07/30/07 |
| In reply to: | re: from knelleyknits.blogspot.com - pidunk 07:49 pm UTC 07/30/07 |
> > > > 13 Minutes > > > > That's how long my parents lasted with Meatloaf. Thirteen > > minutes. I had anticipated that it would be loud - too > > loud for my mother to enjoy, but I was way off. My father > > called it "absolute noise" - and he's not one of those > > fathers who complains that all that crap the kids listen > > to these days is noise. He really meant it. > > I'm sorry I seem to have lost track of time. What decade > are we in? Let's see......*look at calendar*.....says here > we are in the first decade of the second millenium? > Odd....this is a phenomenon of the sixties....sixties > what? The sixtieth second of the first decade of the > second millenium? Noooooo.....it was the sixth decade of > the first millenium. So let me see if I know my arithmatic > (some of you don't think so but I've got you fooled I've > got my abacus right here....no, that is a peanut....*finds > calculator*). Seems like, the sixth decade of the first > millenium is four decades earlier than the first decade of > the second millenium. A decade is ten times four carry the > one...no there is no one......there, there is no one > there....ooops, left in the dark again...wrong > concept......ah! forty years! Now I know what I wanted to > say. That is a phenomenon of forty years ago. When parents > were hearing rock for the first time, and kids weren't > agreeing with their parents on ANYTHING, and this was > called "The Generation Gap". Now, here this guy who has > not reached 30 yet (the dreaded thirty of the sixties, got > that, age thirty, decade of the sixties, a myth that no > one (see, there really is no one there after all) could be > trusted after the age of thirty, but silly enough that > concept was created by people who were all over thirty, > talk about hoots. They wanted to create social subversion. > Social subversion is that thing that separates one class > of people from another for the purpose of dividing and > conquering a society. Nasty stuff is social subversion. > Anyway, one of the things they did was the great thing we > love of bringing us rock and roll, but now that we all > have generations that love it together, the social > subversion has shifted to that of political subversion > which was their goal anyway. Which, when all is said and > done, when it comes to elders, the parents of a > twenty-something not appreciating rock, or knowing of a > rock artist of their own "day", I say, respectfully of > course, that's bullcrap! > > > > > > Apparently, Mr. Loaf's preference for performing is to > > crank up the volume to a decibel level that can inflict > > pain. (Did you know that a sound measuring 120 decibels is > > 10 times louder that a sound at 110 decibels? The decibel > > scale increases in a logarithmic formula . . . . oh, give > > it up. I don't remember the details, but let's just say my > > dad knows stuff.) He said it was so loud, you could have > > started up a jet engine in the arena and no one would have > > heard it. Both of my parents wore earplugs (such good > > planners!), but they didn't help at all. My dad said his > > teeth hurt. > > I once walked out of Van Morrison's much anticipated show > at the wonderfully acoustic Philharmonic Hall (now known > as Avery Fisher Hall) at Lincoln Center because of > decibals. I waited for that show because I really enjoyed > the music of Van Morrison, but the show itself was so > loud, that physically I was not able to tolerate the > volume, and walking out, I was very disappointed. But that > was a sound-board sabatoge, one could say, because anyone > who knows sound and realizes where the heck they are, > would place reasonable levels down on the board for > listening pleasure, rather than listening pain. > > Seems to me Justin, like someone just wanted you to write > about your experience and so they made it as awful as they > could. Don't be coy, you are known to attend such shows > and write of them. So see through the blinders and point > to the ones who did that. It wasn't Meat. > > I once performed in a small production on an amatuer but > public level as Peppermint Patty in You're A Good Man > Charlie Brown, had all my lines and the rehearsals with > the guy playing Linus went fine. Except we had no > rehearsals on the stage with the mics, and no run-throughs > with audiences prior. Linus broke from cues and made every > line of mine obsolete and I stood there, dumbfounded, as > if I had been drunk myself. Shock of surprise could do > that to someone who misapplies trust. So my advice to you > is to get a vision of the more complicated things of life. > And your life will be more successful. > > > > > > > > > After what seemed to be Mr. Loaf's second song (it was > > hard to tell if they were actual songs because it was > > really just noise and Meatloaf screaming), they left the > > arena, joined by many, many others. One woman said she had > > to take her heart medication because the noise made her > > heart start to pound. > > Sustained loud sounds are very bad for a heart. When you > go to your local gym and they have those damndable beats > as low bass and loud volume as they can go, they are > actually hurting people. Truth. They are elevating > people's heart rates even when they are not on a > treadmill, and some people are there who could tolerate > strength training but not cardio. I've had times where I > had to walk out of a gym just because of the sound system. > > > > > > > I talked to my mother after the conversation with my > > father. She said that Meatloaf looked like he was "drunk > > or on something" (Disclaimer: Mr. Loaf, please understand > > that is simply her opinion based on her observation of you > > - and from a distance, I might add. Although there were > > close-ups of you on the two large screens that flanked the > > stage. And you looked pretty sloppy.) > > I think someone is putting Meat through the ringer. This > is the United States, and this country is filled with > those types. That is why such a difference exists between > American and European performances. I'd wager once this > administration is humbled properly, Meat's voice will > sound just fine all the time. > > You wonder what politics and the administration has to do > with it? Yeah, that's a wild one. > > Sorry your parents did not have a good time. But why > didn't they appreciate Meat along with you from their own > music appreciation? You make them sound like this is a new > venture for them. That is confusing to me. > > >Meatloaf had a red > > bandana tied to his microphone on the mike stand and my > > mother asked my aunt why she thought he had it there. My > > aunt's reply was, "so he can find it." > > > If you look at many photos, he has been tying it to the > microphone so he does not have to wave it in his hands > like he used to. That red scarf, or red sash, has become > his performance security blanket, seems to me. > > > > My parents, my aunt, and my uncle were able to salvage the > > night at Mohegan Sun by having drinks and a good dinner. > > My uncle really salvaged the night by winning $600. Not > > too shabby. At least they didn't pay for the tickets. > > > > Like I said, you could consider it a command performance > in your honor so you would write bad things. > > It does not take much to rattle someone on a stage, before > the stage and everywhere in between. They call such ones > who do that stuff, "pros". > > | |
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