From: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org (jinglejangle-digest) To: jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Subject: jinglejangle-digest V5 #38 Reply-To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Sender: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jinglejangle-digest Friday, March 8 2002 Volume 05 : Number 038 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [MLL] Young Ladies, Middle Aged Men, and MLL ["Jonathan Gillespie" Subject: [MLL] Young Ladies, Middle Aged Men, and MLL This is a really interesting topic, and it made me think about my answer for a couple of days. Mary Lou, in my opinion, presents songs as SONGS! Not as some guy strutting around on stage shaking his money maker. Not as some girl with big fuzzy purple hair and a mini skirt cut to there. Not as a politico with a popular attitude and no clue as to why. Not to be the most popular girl at school. Not because it will get you laid. Not for money. Not for the sake of spandex. Not for musical gymnastics or guitar heroics. But.... ....because its a good song. Because a good song is important and should be presented to the people in a manner which is clearly demonstrative of the SONG. Because good music is important. Because its REAL. Because busking is really REAL. (And happens to be a kick ass way of reaching people and putting your stuff out there)Because there is nothing quite as good as waiting on a subway platform, when the busker who is standing over there, busts out a really good song, and does it well enough to make you miss the train. (a brief digression, one time, I had just been dumped, and I was waiting for a downtown train in Times Square station, and the dude playing dobro two platforms over started in on "Its Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding" and by the end of the first verse I was tearing up a little bit, and by the end of the second verse, I had made it over to the platform he was standing on, and an hour later, I realized I had gotten on a train for Queens) Why do middle aged men go to ML shows? (I'm only 30 btw)Men soften up as they get older, and it becomes okay to take out the Motley Crue tape and put in Live City Sounds. It becomes okay for there to be emotional content in the art we appreciate, and because Playboy gets boring. Most of us probably had a dream once during our lives that we where the ones onstage, singing those songs accompanied only by ourselves on guitar, and seeing ML is a way to recapture a little of that dream. Because stripped down versions of songs are the easiest way to imagine ones self as the performer. And yeah, theres probably a percantage who just want to pick up the cute girls who come to ML shows. Why do young ladies go to ML shows? Beats the hell outta me. Maybe because of sugar and spice and everything nice? I dunno...... Maybe because ML is the coolest grrrl out there. And most importantly, because Mary Lou ROCKS! Rantingly Yours, Jonathan _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ End of jinglejangle-digest V5 #38 *********************************