CaptRenault said:He came to Montreal in June 2000 to attend the F1 GP and he also attended Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté's famous post-race party on Sunday night of F1 weekend (I wasn't invited ). That night Harrison first proposed the idea for a Cirque production based on Beatles songs and the show ....
joelcairo said:Too bad it's not Bono's ghost and a living George.
Doc Holliday said:You also hate Bono? Man, you're a hard guy to please!
What or whom do you actually like?
joelcairo said:NOT St. Bono, NOT Sting, NOT McCartney, NOT Celine, NOT Michael Jackson, NOT Elvis Costello.
If you ain't heard this, you ain't heard nothing.http://www.amazon.com/Sing-Marcia-B...bs_sr_9?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1201080285&sr=8-9joelcairo said:Irma Thomas, Fats Domino, John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Nils Lofgren, Tina Turner, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Billy Bragg, Robyn Hitchcock, Lucinda Williams, Joan Jett, Prince, Diana Krall...to name some of the living ones. (NOT St. Bono, NOT Sting, NOT McCartney, NOT Celine, NOT Michael Jackson, NOT Elvis Costello).
Must confess, JC, that given the impeccable taste (other than Diana Ugh Krall) that your list reveals, that I'm surprised by your inclusion of Elvis Costello on your not list. You ought to revisit him, particularly his recent collaboration with Allen Toussaint, The River in Reverse.joelcairo said:Irma Thomas, Fats Domino, John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Nils Lofgren, Tina Turner, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Billy Bragg, Robyn Hitchcock, Lucinda Williams, Joan Jett, Prince, Diana Krall...to name some of the living ones. (NOT St. Bono, NOT Sting, NOT McCartney, NOT Celine, NOT Michael Jackson, NOT Elvis Costello).
rumpleforeskiin said:Must confess, JC, that given the impeccable taste (other than Diana Ugh Krall) that your list reveals, that I'm surprised by your inclusion of Elvis Costello on your not list. You ought to revisit him, particularly his recent collaboration with Allen Toussaint, The River in Reverse.
And where's Wilco? I assume you've heard their collaborations with Billy Bragg, whose show at Club Soda last year was one of my year's highlights.
How did he diss Ray Charles? I'm unfamiliar with that?joelcairo said:As for Elvis C., I've never forgiven him for dissing Ray Charles in 79.
rumpleforeskiin said:How did he diss Ray Charles? I'm unfamiliar with that?
Personally, I've never forgiven Ray Charles for giving a 45 minute concert about 20 years ago. I don't recall what I paid, but I do remember that the tickets were as pricey as any I'd ever purchased.