Next Weekend -- 10/14-17!!! Who will be there???

[heathriel]

I'm thinking we have a wee bit of a generation gap here

 

[Magicbus]

I'm thinking we have a wee bit of a generation gap here

More like a chasm.

 

[heathriel]

S'alright.

We'll just serenade you if you drive us back to the fort

 

[Magicbus]

S'alright. We'll just serenade you if you drive us back to the fort

I dodged that bullet. I don't work nights.

 

[heathriel]

Depends on your idea of a bullet - I'm actually a trained opera singer with a Broadway pedigree.

Who loves Gershwin & Mika

 

[Magicbus]

Depends on your idea of a bullet - I'm actually a trained opera singer with a Broadway pedigree.Who loves Gershwin & Mika

I'm actually pulling your leg. I was a keyboardist for a number of top 40 club bands for most of the 80s. I also produced local bands and formed a musicians networking organization called Musicians Anonomous in the New England area. It was a fun time.

I know who Howard Jones is. Still not one of my favs. I'm more into the harder rock stuff.

 

[Lil' Lisa]

I'm thinking we have a wee bit of a generation gap here

More like a chasm.

Hey! Howard Jones was my generation too... and I know that you aren't THAT much older than I am! (are you???)

Actually Howard Jones was one of those pop singers in the 80's who had a lot of hits, but wasn't really someone that everyone knew by name. Most folks who were around in the 80's would recognize his songs, but don't necessarily know that he was the one who sang them.

 

[heathriel]

Very cool. I was in primary school throughout the 80's, and taking vocal lessons for 3 hours a day and piano another hour on top of that, and then playing around with my computer in any spare time I had on top of that.

I thought Howard Jones and Devo and Thomas Dolby and their ilk were awesome - they could do such amazing things with a keyboard and a computer. And Howard Jones was so awesome in that he'd do one man live shows that sounded like he had an entire orchestra, reprogramming the cartridges between sets - which was just so awesome to a 7 year old, and it's still impressive to me at 33.

Trent Reznor wouldn't have had a career if it weren't for HJ and those guys.

And, if you think about it, neither would Kei$ha or half the other people today who use completely computer-generated arrangements.

 

[heathriel]

Howard sounded awesome last night, btw Even with some technical difficulties during the first set.

 

[Lil' Lisa]

Howard sounded awesome last night, btw Even with some technical difficulties during the first set.

Did you get any pics?

 

[Magicbus]

Howard sounded awesome last night, btw Even with some technical difficulties during the first set.

You mean it wasn't part of the show. I thought it enhanced his performance.

 

[heathriel]

Check out his shoes - that's some craziness going on there.

I was in the front row