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FPM C10 wrote:
You know what bothers me about The Last Waltz?

The Band's music is so goddamned REAL, yet every scene of Robbie Robertson seems so posed and artificial. He and Scorcese were buddies and Robertson is the producer and every scene of his seems ACTED, perfectly lit - "Robbie baby can you give me that line again with a little more sincerity this time?" Whereas the other guys come off as REAL guys talking about their life. And the acting/reality dichotomy is just as prominent onstage - Robertson, his hair perfectly coiffed, dramatically gesticulating as if he's wrenching every note out of his bronzed strat by dint of some superhuman skill, yelling directions to the other musicians as if they needed to be told what to do - as opposed to the sublime Levon Helm, playing drums like no one else and simultaneously singing with more grit and character than anyone this side of Johnny Cash, (and if you think singing and drumming at the same time is easy, TRY it sometime!) or for that matter ANY of the other guys in the Band, all of whom were one-of-a-kind, amazing talents.

I don't know all the details, but Robertson SCREWED the other guys in the Band out of songwriting royalties, setting himself up so that HE'D never need to work again - and the general public consensus seemed to be that if Robertson wasn't involved, the Band wasn't the Band. So the other guys were left struggling after being on top, playing third-rate gigs. Richard Manuel hung himself after one such gig. Rick Danko, who is so absolutely amazing in the Last Waltz, died of a heart attack. Levon Helm had throat cancer and plays wherever he can (I've seen him twice with Hubert Sumlin)and Garth Hudson does studio work. It seems to me that he didn't play with them when they were inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame, either.

I'm just left with a real dislike of Robertson which is inversely related to my admiration of the music they created TOGETHER. The magic of the Band seemed to lie somewhere in the harmonies created by the blending of their rough, unmannered voices, and to me Robertson always seemed like the LEAST important factor.

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egon wrote:
ju,
what you say; you, me, 2006, the stones, barcelona..?

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Candace Youngblood wrote:
Hope you enjoyed your birthday weekend, babe.

Glad I was part of it.

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Jumacfly wrote:
I say that you and me will take your brand new car to see the Stones next year in Barcelona!!!
Im planning this with Miss Mc Fly and another couple of friends, so hope you ll be there too( San Miguel and AMstel are waiting for us buddy!)
ps: FPM C10 should come too!!

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egon wrote:


i say hell yeah!
and will have the car ready as from next monday.
was by myself the last tour, but had a blast.
crowd's better than marseille imo.
speaking off; will u come to marsillia as well...?

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throbby wrote:
A belated Happy Birthday FPM C10! Your post on the Clash show I shall never forget.

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FPM C10 wrote:


Well, thanks Throbby, but here's one of the horrible things about getting older - _I_ don't remember it!

I'm sure I was all wound up, whatever I said.

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Jumacfly wrote:
ps: I plan to come to massilia may be end of august...

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