Dave Mason,
his pedigree within music is amazing,such a brilliant songwriter, man he has written some great songs in his time…
Have you ever seen this man’s live DVD…please note:I am just giving my opinion,this is not an advertisement for Dave Mason…he is not my 2nd cousin,once removed…ok so we have that CLEAR”
DAVE MASON (Live at Perkin’s Palace) when you see this DVD you willl understand what I am talking about,his unrehearsed brilliance is amazing.With his compatriot of 18 years, JIM KRUEGER who has since passed away,kicking the shit out of it right next to him on guitar…Just try and play guitar like JIM KRUEGER,and if you succeed,then give yourself a pat on the back because you are playing better than the best there is,and that is an understatement…the dvd is fantastic,and if you want you can here Dave Mason talk over the concert,he explains to you,the song and why he wrote it etc,etc.At times it is pretty funny.He gives JIM KRUEGER the ultimate salute as a vocalist/guitarist/songwiter and close friend.
Music is not the same as it was back in the old day’s, when these guy’s were recording,they were going into the studio with the whole band at once and as they say,would put it down,no overdubbing or anything like that,it was then and there and that was it,put it on plastic and let’s get it out there NOW,and most of the time,especially with these guy’s,it worked well…
Music is such a beautiful thing,and it shouldn’t be dragged down by repititious crap rap…Quincy Jones was the soul man for Rap,he did rap with style,and with taste,none of this “show me your gun gangster rap crap.”
I grew up with the music of the mother’s of invention,the tubes,the who,the rolling stones,jefferson starship,steely dan,traffic,the fugs,america,the doobie brothers,the b52 ‘s,devo,etc,etc…and these band’s that I enjoyed and still do,are really enjoyable to listen too,because most of these bands have a story to their song’s,so it gives you a start and a finish,and to me that is great.It gave me solace….which is real hard to find in a song.
I am sorry,but I have to speak up on this,because it is driving me mad,music has so much more to offer than what we are hearing these day’s.We don’t need stuff to sing that make’s no sense other than he is a rapper that has been to jail,or once was in a gang,I mean come on,just because he/she has fucking tattoo’s and is a bad ass,come on,give me a break.let’s here some music that has feeling and even,let’s say a storyline to it,that might even have an ending to it…how MAD would that be..
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