Re: JTQ Live
Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 15:08:23 -0700
elson wrote:
>
>Yes they did cover the 2001 theme (funny, cos JT was asking for requests,
>and pretended to hear "2001" as a request...), as did 'Starsky and Hutch'.
>I'm not a fan of most of the JTQ live covers at all. "Mrs. Robinson"
>bordered on hokey, and I never liked their "Whole Lotta Love" in the first
>place (The only stinker on the "...Inevitable" album). They also did Booker
>T's "Green Onions" - a classic, yes, but I'm sure JTQ can do better than a
>12-bar blues tune (so should The Greyboy Allstars, but I digress... :)).
>Only "Starsky" and "Blow Up" were the only covers that did it for me. Are
>they resorting to covers (they played most of the same covers during their
>U.S. tour last year) in order to wow the American crowd? C'mon, JT, We're
>more hipper than that; there were even a lot of mod-types at the show who
>even requested some Prisoners tunes and others who wanted some 'Money
>Spyder' material!
>
I think he did play something from the "Money Spyer" album.
But, I did like the horn section playing "instument" guitar to "A Whole
Lotta Love." But, then I wanted to hear "The Cat." But, Creation would
have been really good.
later,
erik g