In a message dated 10/8/02 6:49:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi Bryan: > >I think that's a gross understatement. JT has had a zillion more hit > > singles than JM, even throughout the 80's. And, generally speaking, his > > songs are simply more...simple...which makes them resonate with the > > "general public." I'm not knocking him at all, I've always loved his work > > > (though I don't own any of it). > > Now me: > > I stipulate, in this case, to being the master of understatement. It > pained me to even write that, since I think so much of JM and continue to > be mystified by her lack of commercial appeal. Why don't they get it? It > made it easier to write by making a non-committal and flagrantly flighty > comparison. I, on the other hand, have succumbed to the charms of JT over the years and am a > member of the general public who own most of his works. He was > terrific in his performance at the Hollywood Bowl on the 4th of July. The > tradition of LA area folks making their way to the Bowl for 4th of July > fireworks concerts puts extra pressure on the Bowl to have "mainstream" > performers of no controversy. Typically, one will find Patti LaPone (sp?) > a Mauceri favorite, Trisha Yearwood, Peggy Lee (GRHS), and others of > similar mainstream-ness performing. The Patti LaBelle choice of a few > years back was unfortunate. (I love her, but her antics on stage, however > correct, were in horrid taste). Their choice of JT this year, performing > with orchestra conductor John Williams, put him in a class different from > any other in which I have considered him to reside. He also helped fill > the 20,000 seat venue, which was sold-out. Thanks for responding to my post, and thanks again, Deb, for bringing the issue up for discussion. No regrets, Coyote Rick Casa Alegre Hollywood, California "Only fools are afraid to be burned by fire..."
