| Re: 1967 the greatest year for rock music |
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Group: rec.music.progressive · Group Profile
Author: tension_on_the_wiretension_on_the_wire Date: May 3, 2008 09:38
On May 3, 12:51Â am, Bart Simpson nohomer.net> wrote:> Â frontiernet.net> wrote:
>>> Are you getting paid by the word? Â :^)
>
> Well, it was kind of neat in 41 years-ago when Soft Machine and Jimi Hendrix
> played the joint in Toronto, but since I'm 50, my older brother told me about
> it! Â The Doors played the same crap hole in a year later in '68!
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> It looks like I missed "the good old days".
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> But then, in 1978 I saw Elvis Costello at the El Mocambo and later on
> suffered through U2 a few times in small venues. Â So life can't be all that
> bad!
The El Mocambo lived on its laurels for many years after the Rolling
Stones played there one night, I forget which year. It's been all
downhill ever since.
--tension
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