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Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts) Sun Jan 13, 2013, 02:59 AM Jan 2013

Otis and Eric............ Now Shake!

Best thing evah!?

How did we get to where ever we are now.... All energy and no soul?

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Otis and Eric............ Now Shake! (Original Post) Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2013 OP

In a word, MTV. rocktivity Jan 2013 #1

yup... the 'free hand of the market'.... except Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2013 #2

Here's the Eric Burdon Part rocktivity Jan 2013 #3

... Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2013 #5

Don't forget The Animals HarveyDarkey Jan 2013 #6

I don't know who these people are TheSovietUnion Jan 2013 #4

rocktivity

(45,008 posts)

1. In a word, MTV.

Reply to Joe Shlabotnik (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 03:19 AM

Jan 2013

Wholesale music video marketing shifted the emphasis from style to substance, which substituted constant visual reinvention for talent and musicianship -- why do you think that Madonna was MTV's patron saint?

rocktivity

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

2. yup... the 'free hand of the market'.... except

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 03:31 AM

Jan 2013

perhaps some things were never genuinely marketable in the first place. Nailed it. Everyone suffers as a result. Disco-ing might have been fun.... but it was a trade off of being genuine.

rocktivity

(45,008 posts)

3. Here's the Eric Burdon Part

Reply to Joe Shlabotnik (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 04:25 AM

Jan 2013

You're welcome.

Burdon subsequently came up with a very decent backing band:

who subsequently came up with a very decent solo album:

rocktivity

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

5. ...

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 04:52 AM

Jan 2013

boom boom boom boom.

One of the best (though lost in today's................. whatever the fuck it is)

HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)

6. Don't forget The Animals

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 11:27 AM

Jan 2013

TheSovietUnion

(11 posts)

4. I don't know who these people are

Reply to Joe Shlabotnik (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 04:39 AM

Jan 2013

But I like them.

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