The Stan Kenton Orchestra is a close second.
Posted on 09/28/2019 7:50:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Metallica says its frontman James Hetfield has entered rehab, and the band is canceling its upcoming tour in Australia and New Zealand.
Three of the heavy metal band’s members posted a statement on Twitter Friday announcing the decision and apologizing to fans. […]
The statement didn’t elaborate, but the band’s members said they appreciate fans’ understanding and support of the 56-year-old Metallica co-founder. …
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Yes.
I know.
Been a fan since the early 70s.
:D
The Stan Kenton Orchestra is a close second.
Okay.
You’re right, and I cannot argue.
Those lyrics about failed marriages, prison and failed lives aren't just pulled out of thin air.
But I bought the score to the overture to The Flying Dutchman (composed in 1841) and was astounded by what he had the strings playing and he did with the brass. Check out this video and go to 8:50 and listen to the strings after the break. The man easily set the stage for metal over a century later.
Imagine what he coulda done with Marshall stacks at Bayreuth.
Oh yeah, him. What a way to differentiate himself from the former Steely Dan singer of the same name.
...may have been a precursor to Wagner's leitmotif technique which came alive in The Ring.
However, Wagner's lush use of brass and fast string runs and fff seals Wagner as Metal's Godfather for me. But I could agree that Beethoven's is to Wagner and metal what the Declaration is to the Constitution and America. Thank you.
Not exactly an example of a sober life.
I wonder did Frank get tired of singing New York
Interestingly enough, in his youth, my dad waited tables at an upscale restaurant in an out of the way location. He said one night a guest at a table suddenly started singing. It turned out to be Frank Sinatra. Apparently the man was such a narcissist that he couldn't deal with not receiving attention so he had to make a scene in a restaurant in order to draw attention to himself.
Thank you for pointing out the typo.
And, those were merely rumors, that he was addicted.
From a 1984 People Magazine interview:
it’s hard to believe Beard’s ever been anything other than a hip-looking, conservative-thinking businessman with a penchant for Giorgio Armani. But by the time he was 16, he was an acid-popping, high school dropout and father. (He’s only recently been reunited with his two teenage daughters.) And just seven years ago he was an alcoholic with an equally nasty heroin habit.
Stay on point please
You claimed that going on tour and performing oldies the fans want to hear is horrible to performers
I and others here called you on that as bull
Now you’re dodging
You made a poorly thought out conjecture
Being this forum you were challenged
Just own it
Tks
LOL! My original point still stands.
Put a different way, imagine da Vinci having to repaint Mona Lisa over and over for the remainder of his career.
Your original point is nonsense same as your attempts to defend it
LOL! You claim some celebrities never grow bored doing the same thing over and hold up as evidence Waylon Jennings, a performer tormented by substance abuse. ROTFLMAO!
Now you say I speak nonsense. It would appear you realize at some level that you have painted yourself into a corner.
You post Alice without pinging Salamander?
FTFY
She knows!
I have first hand knowledge from a performer and others
they don’t get tired of it
You have what
The usual freeper refrain of hunches and feelings and insults
Waylon snorted a dump truck of coke cause he liked it not because he hated performing
Nothing unusual there ...most folks who snorted blow in the 70s did so cause they liked the high....too much
Waylon performed until his diabetes wouldn’t let him anymore
He loved performing for his fans
As do most other performers sans the arty tortured ones
Your assumption he needed coke to perform his oldies for his fans is reflective of your overall reasoning on this topic....poor
Let’s examime the pinnacle of this subject
The Stones or The Who
Stones net worth per band member ranges from
Ron Wood 90,000,000 to Mick and Immortal at around 250-300,000,000 each
The Who last two members
Roger and Pete range from 90-105,000,000
Why stop there
Brian May touring right now 210,000,000
Slash and Iron Maiden both clock in at 100,000,000 plus net worth
All these folks touring this year
Does it look like the need money
No they like touring and playing for fans
It’s not torture ...
Even though yes it can be when you’re broke on a poorly planned tour
Older rockers like it
Your assertion perhaps reflects more of yourself than fact
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