Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site uokvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!ctvax!uokvax!emjej From: emjej@uokvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Re: 'the monkey' - (nf) Message-ID: <4000029@uokvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 5-May-84 12:18:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uokvax.4000029 Posted: Sat May 5 12:18:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 9-May-84 01:45:45 EDT References: <400@ucbvax.UUCP> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:ucbvax:-40000:uokvax:4000029:000:704 Nf-From: uokvax!emjej May 5 11:18:00 1984 #R:ucbvax:-40000:uokvax:4000029:000:704 uokvax!emjej May 5 11:18:00 1984 /***** uokvax:net.music / opus!rcd / 7:39 pm May 1, 1984 */ Everything from there on in is artificial - let the image- makers do hair, costumes, etc. Have someone find a gimmick - the more ludicrous, the better. Get flashy looking instruments and LOTS of amps and speakers. Hire a primo agency to book a tour and advertise an album. Huh? Music? All that and you want them to be able to play and sing??? /* ---------- */ Too bad that the music put out under the Monkees name is considerably better and musically more interesting than 100*(1 - epsilon)% of the popular music of today...let's see, "Beat It" alternates between Em and DM, with one excursion into CM per verse... James Jones