[bomp] what's their problem? self-absorbtion, perhaps?

[Brent Walker <bcwalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 08:21:26 EDT
>From: ItsBoss9@aol.com
>Subject: [bomp] what's their problem?  self-absorbtion, perhaps?
>
>i totally do not understand people like that...good music, the best music, is
>suggestive of its time, but not absolutely rooted in it. the remains exemplify
>the  timeless, 100% real core at the heart of all great rock & roll. chuck
>berry, the dead boys, the beatles, whatever...
>
>Rob,
>
>That's just it; these people HATE punk rock, you know.  Because it overturns 
>everything THEY represent.  The notion that you'd put the Dead Boys in the 
>same sentence as Chuck Berry and the Beatles would elicit huge condescending 
>laughter in their ranks... ultimately, becuase the Dead Boys never had a top ten 
>record, let alone a top ten record when they were growing up.  See to them, the 
>measures of succcess lie not in the music, but in the countable dollars it 
>added up to for whoever profited.  To them, music is like Sports, no different; 
>there are winners and losers, and it's all about who wins the competition.
>
>I gotta tell you, as a music book author, I'm supposed to have all those Joel 
>Whitburn BILLBOARD books around, but I intentionally don't keep them handy so 
>I won't rely on thinking like these people.  If I need BILLBOARD info, I rely 
>on calling someone who has the the book, that way, reference to a records 
>success remains low on my totem pole when discussing MUSIC, and those stats don't 
>define my conversation.  I'd rather not be Ross Porter (perhaps only Brent 
>will get that reference, but it's worth it, Brent)


C'mon Dominic, don't you know the Dead Boys only had a .217 average when played on left-handed turntables on Thursday during the daytime? (Ross Porter was a former Dodgers announcer who was the anti-Vin Scully...most of his patter was based on reciting unbelievably minute baseball statistics in his Oklahoma drawl--but I miss Ross compared to the other guys they have now.)

>
>Besides, I'd rather call my collector pal and find out how it charted on 
>KRLA, KFWB, KHJ or KBLA if I'm gonna stoop to chart position reliance.  Fact; 
>Them's "Baby Please Don't Go" b/w "Gloria" was #1 on KRLA on April 4-10, April 
>11-17 and April 18-24 (three weeks)... and #1 on KFWB April 10-17 and April 
>17-24... So shoot me.
>
>Domenic Priore
>

That explains why "Baby Please Don't Go" frequently in the late 70s and early 80s on LA oldies stations, but it was never listed as one of Them's top 40 hits. 

Going by the Billboard charts don't tell you the truth about what was really going on....I mean we all know that the Chantays were a much bigger draw in Southern California circa 1963 than Dick Dale, right--since they had a national top 40 hit and he didn't. And that those no-hit wonders Chocolate Watch Band were a much less significant San Jose group than hitmakers the Count V and Syndicate of Sound, right?

Brent Walker

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