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highvoltage_ said:
One of the reasons they stopped touring. "They can't hear what we're playing, so why bother?"
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Yes, that, but also they didn't need to tour. Initially, the tours were about promotion and they didn't need that anymore anyway. Big sound reinforcement wasn't available then either, they had stacks of Fender amps not high flying JBL or Altec speakers with thousands of watts behind them although, ironically, that might have made it worse, just raise the overall level of noise. Imagine it from the Beatles point of view, they were just kids too, I imagine overwhelmed by it, especially in context of that time.
 
From what I've heard, the new "Swiftie Movement" is the at the now chaotic mass crowd event that the youngers are enjoying with the present reigning music gathering.

After listening to and viewing some of the youth (mostly female) it's a worldwide money making machine!

There have been others before like ABBA, and other groups who capture the moment of excitement, only to be exchanged as the youth crowd changes over time. And the Beatles had their time at-the-bat as well, with others almost to the same degree of popularity.

Q
 
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Quadman2 said:
From what I've heard, the new "Swiftie Movement" is the at the now cahocitc mass crowd event that the youngers are enjoying with the present reigning music event.

After listening to and viewing some of the youth (mostly female) it's a worldwide money making machine!

There have been others before like ABBA, and other groups who capture the moment of excitement, only to be exchanged as the youth crowd changes over time. And the Beatles had their time at-the-bat as well, with others almost to the same degree of popularity.

Q
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Swiftie Movement... what's that? :)
 
Quadman2 said:
Get serious, spicer.

Yer playing with me!

Or...you gotta get out more. Just ask for permission, eh? :D


Q
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Yeah, but since the 'game' haven't heard from her on the very main stream MSN home page news site. There oughta to be a song. It's a new era and gotta keep it going or move along for the next act. The world is waiting.
 
spicer said:
I saw them in Tuscon, Arizona at a standing room only stadium. Big Fender amps on stage, you couldn't hear anything except the screaming girls. Beatles said same, couldn't hear our instruments so we basically just made noise to match the screaming girls. What a scene.
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It wasn't Tucson, it was Phoenix 1965. Same experience. We, visiting a friend, drove up from Sierra Vista outside of Ft. Huachuca. Long time ago. Someone thoughtfully informed me the Beatles never performed in Tuscon and sure enough. I am getting old, it was a long time ago.
 
spicer said:
I saw them in Tuscon, Arizona at a standing room only stadium. Big Fender amps on stage, you couldn't hear anything except the screaming girls. Beatles said same, couldn't hear our instruments so we basically just made noise to match the screaming girls. What a scene.
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I remember reading an interview with McCartney once where he said that during one of those early screaming shows he looked over at Lennon and he was actually singing "Row, row, row your boat". Of course nobody in the audience had any idea.
 
LF240 said:
I remember reading an interview with McCartney once where he said that during one of those early screaming shows he looked over at Lennon and he was actually singing "Row, row, row your boat". Of course nobody in the audience had any idea.
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McCartney was probably lip reading.
 
All this written "band" talk just caused a "random thought"...Wonder how many ONE hit wonders have been there? The bands who made it to the "Top of the charts", only to have that single success story.

A quick look-see astonished me o_Ohow many there were!


So...why the ONE hit...and then into OBLIVIUM?

Q
 
Quadman2 said:
All this written "band" talk just caused a "random thought"...Wonder how many ONE hit wonders have been there? The bands who made it to the "Top of the charts", only to have that single success story.

A quick look-see astonished me o_Ohow many there were!


So...why the ONE hit...and then into OBLIVIUM?

Q
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Popularity in art or of art is always a crap-shoot...
 
DeadRock said:
Exactly...as defined by you (the artist)...
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For me it's about customer satisfaction. Seeing the customer(s) smile when the job is done is what makes the job worth doing.

With that, if I was a musician/band leader, making music that the listener, who is the customer enjoys would be the primary goal. A lot of the more up tempo songs I enjoy sound like fun to play since they're fun to listen to. I can picture the musicians smiling as they play. That's what creates the relationship between band and listener.
 
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