02-04-2015, 22:58
Marvelous piece--thanks for sharing. The point of it was that they were trail-blazers in a unique time. That Elbow Parsley concert happened nearly a decade later, and may not have been possible (the worldwide reach) if not for the Beatles. Also he's not that well known as a songwriter and that was an unspoken coda here too--the Beatles may have gotten their start as a cover band but soon broke the stranglehold that the Brill Building folks and others had on both writing songs and owning all the rights to them, and controlling their careers. EP was excellent at everything he did as a singer; they were paramount, sui generis, in all they touched and can't imagine anything like them or the times again.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR