Mr. Heartbreak

Grazie & merci!

Any suggestions for must-see stops in either of these great cities? Only have a couple days in each. On the schedule so far is a day at the Louvre and a day (or less) in Vatican City.

Believe it or not, it won't be a very small venue, at least not here in Florida. The place I'm seeing them holds around 10 or 11K. Still, the seats are very good, so that makes up for it.

I haven't listened to the whole album yet, but I am actually going to catch one of their shows in November, so I'll give you guys a full report.

Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.2 Grateful Dead - Europe '72 Bob Dylan - Live, 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert ... And yes, two of the three are big enough to hurt ... a lot.

Bob is at stage left, so if you're in the audience, he's on the right. He also gets up fairly often and takes center stage with either a guitar or harmonica.

Heard One Wing last night at Burlington Coat Factory.

Yes, it was D.W. Griffith's Intolerance. http://www.filmsite.org/into.html Very apropos, given today's political climate. There was no opening act.

Great Dylan show tonight at the USF Sun Dome, my first time there in my 15 years in Tampa. The place is kind of a dump, an old basketball gym, basically, and it only seats 11K or so, but I'd say Bob brought in about 7-10K (that's a rough guesstimate, and I don't pretend it's even close to accurate). Bob opened with Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, which was great. He played Tangled Up In Blue, which is one of my favorites, and shortly thereafter he really surprised me by adding the next track from Blood on the Tracks, Simple Twist of Fate. Instead of hunkering down behind the keyboards all night l

I feel the same way. I was just watching him on the David Hasselhoff roast, and now he's gone. He and Lisa Lampanelli are always consistently funny on those things, so he will be seriously missed.

I don't know how many Comedy Central fans we have on here, but I just found this out. Total bummer. He was my favorite on all those "roast" programs... http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/09/29/comedian-greg-giraldo-dead-at-44/?flv=1

Montana - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention Unbroken Chain - Grateful Dead On Her Hand A Golden Ring - Phil Ochs Willie The Pimp - Frank Zappa Cry Cry Cry - Steve Miller Band Bring on the Lucie (Freda People) - John Lennon American Tune - Simon & Garfunkel Bright Sky - Bruce Cockburn Loser - Grateful Dead Sad Sad Day - Muddy Waters

I'm probably the guilty party who used the terms "major rock act" and "filling arenas." I would define a major rock act as an artist or band who not only released multiple artistic triumphs which also sold well, but is/are well-known throughout the world, that is, household names. You can argue all day about whether or not they were filling arenas during the time they released their best work... This would include the so-called "dinosaur" acts like Led Zep, Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, the Stones and U2. It would not include John Mayer, Lady Gaga, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, or even Rad

They have always been there my entire life, too...not to mention Bowie, Elton, Neil Young.... I also think of those who haven't been with us for a while, like Jerry and Uncle Frankie. I still wish I could see either of them again. Because the music business is so fragmented now, and tends to be dominated by pop acts, rap/hip-hop and indie bands, I can't visualize a big resurgence of major rock acts who can fill the big arenas or stadiums again. But then again, I couldn't visualize America electing Dubya, so what do I know? Of course, it's fair to mention that Roger Waters wouldn't fill the

Looks like Jon Brookes, the drummer for the band referenced in the original post, has a brain tumor. May have been lucky to catch them when you did... http://www.spinner.com/2010/09/22/charlatans-jon-brookes-brain-tumour/?icid=main%7Cnetscape%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk2%7C172170

Well, Lester Bangs was wrong there, but I do think that the end -- at least, for now -- of the epic megastar rock show is just about here. Maybe some day there will be a whole new batch of rock bands who can fill large arenas (and Wilco deserves to be one of them), but probably not too soon, given the cultural zeitgeist and the economic situation...

I'm sure this is an epic show, quite literally, and I'm sure he sounds good enough for the audience. I, too, will mourn the passing of the great rock (and folk) icons. To me, we are truly coming to the end of a musical renaissance, and nothing will replace it in our lifetimes...and that's okay. When the great jazz legends of the 20th century were gone - Coltrane, Miles, Lee Morgan, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday - there was nothing close to replace them. Sure, there are still great musicians playing jazz, but nothing on a level like back then. If I could time travel, I would see them all. Simi

Yeah, he never could sing that song. I think that's why they had Roy Harper do it. All right, it's got to be time for some Chicago people to deliver a review.

Wow. I'm really looking forward to this. New Rolling Stone cover article mentions Waters working with a vocal coach, so I guess he's not doing any lip synching. I guess that old youtube link above had him adding his own vocal to the Roy Harper vocal?

Some great Zappa interviews have shown up on youtube over the last couple of years.

Well, I haven't seen Bob a million times, so I guess I'm a little different than many of the hardcore fans. Actually, I could live without hearing All Along the Watchtower again, but Like A Rolling Stone is such an iconic song, I'd be bummed if he skipped it at "my" show. (See, now it's MY show...it's all about me. )

It depends on the artist and show. For example, I'm going to see Roger Waters on The Wall tour in November, and I have an expectation (totally reasonable, I think) of hearing The Wall in order, possibly with a track or two that didn't make it to the original album. I'm also seeing Dylan next month, and I would be disappointed if he didn't play Like A Rolling Stone or All Along the Watchtower, as those are concert staples for old Bob. Then again, if the set is dominated by Together Through Life, I will be a little miffed. Most artists do what The Charlatans did, which is pretty much the same

I really like the studio version of Fire on the Mountain. It has sort of an "icy" quality to it which could never be recaptured live. In fact, as many great Scarlet > Fire combos as there are out there, I've never really heard a great vocal performance on a live Fire.

I don't know. Maybe Lou just imagined in his head how it would sound and decided he would rather stick a pencil in his eye than hear Perfect Day performed like a Broadway number.

Yes, especially Thursday Afternoon, which is one 60-minute track!