I happened to catch Paul Kaza's review of Lindsey Buckingham's show at the Flynn Center in yesterday's Burlington Free Press and it sort of pissed me off. So, I thought I'd write to the editor like a cranky old man.
You can read the full review here.
Dear Editor,
I'm writing you concerning the giant dick slap Paul Kaza laid on every musician that has graced a stage in Vermont since 1977. The offense occurred during Mr. Kaza's review of Lindsey Buckingham's show Sunday night at the Flynn Center which appeared in the Burlington Free Press on Tuesday.
Early in his review, Mr. Kaza lets the hyperbole fly when he uncorks, "it was one of the most superlative rock performances in the last three decades". WOW! Now, normally, that statement alone would be enough to warrant a letter to the editor pointing out all of the other great acts that have come through the Green Mountains over the last three decades. However, I'm more annoyed with Mr. Kaza's next revelation.
After heaping praise on the brilliance of the performance, Mr. Kaza then points out that, for part of the show, the bass tracks weren't played by a musician but simply pre-recorded and mixed in at the soundboard. Geezum crow! Mr. Kaza thinks a show using pre-recorded music was one of the best live performances in Vermont since the Carter administration?!?!
Out of respect to every musician that has ever had the guts to stand on stage and play their own instruments, Mr. Kaza should have immediately eliminated Lindsey Buckingham's show from even being considered worthy of such adulation. Perhaps, Mr. Kaza should have come down off of his emotional high of hearing "Go Your Own Way" for the 4,513th time before he sat down to accurately assess the concert.
8 comments:
oldman? crybaby! :)
Well said sir, well said indeed.
dick slap!
yeah, i had the same reaction when i read that load of shit...
Geezum crow!
Can't a brother play some samples from "Tusk" and get away with it?
For someone who didn't even go to the show you seem to have some strong opinions. However, because you weren't there you lose all credibility.
Do I really need to be at a show to know that if a band uses pre-recorded tracks during its live preformance that it shouldn't be considered one of the best live shows in the last 30 years?
I wasn't at the show either ... and I say it sucked geezum!
Crow all you want -- just don't say that you love me. Just tell me that you want me (TUSK!).
I heart this post, Murph's letter, these comments, and most of all Murph's Ron Burgandy-worthy command of exclamations.
Now I'm off to write an obscenity laden letter to the cryogenically frozen head of Robert Hilburn.
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