A Higher Love
I've got this idea for a great concert series. It will star Steve Winwood, Michael Bolton and Jon Secada in kind of a Three Tenors nostalgia for the 80's music we can't believe anyone had the nerve to write. I was thinking we could get Extreme to open each concert with More than Words and they would all end with Mike and the Mechanics coming out and singing All I Need is a Miracle. That song is perfect for Steve or Jon, but if Mike was unavailable, we could get Mr. Mister to sing Kyrie Eleison with them. I know you think it's silly, but these guys could run out the last twenty years of their life selling out to the younger baby boomer crowd that's just now retiring.Time, Love and Tenderness. Millions!
Labels: Christ Have Mercy, miracles, singing angels, Super stars
posted by Aaron at 4/27/2006 11:08:00 PM
6 Comments:
Hey, Veggiemegan. Leave Steve Winwood off your loser's tour. Even if you're too cerebral to appreciate "Higher Love" you shouldn't just turn a deaf ear to his work with Traffic or the Spencer Davis Group. I, personally, know you've listened to much worse. I would be willing to bet you have tapped your patent leather pumps, or haven't changed the radio station, or have drummed the steering wheel to "Gimme Some Lovin" at least twice in your life. Besides, not everyone can be Bobby Goldsboro.
Hi Isabel,
I'm sorry if I've offended you or Mr. Winwood, but if you will notice, you are the only one to use an ad hominem here. I was only thinking of a way to put three diverse rockers together to attract three different crowds from the same generation. As Steve himself said, "Music is a never-ending learning curve," and he would probably be able to learn something from these "losers" too. I'm completely impressed with Steve's 58-year career, except for that short stint with Clapton in Blind Faith. Yuck! Like Cream Lite, but other than that, he's awesome.
Mr. Secada, born in Havana and being the youngest at 44 would be kinda the Sammy Davis Jr. of the group, but he does have an M.A. in jazz vocal performance and has sung with Sinatra, Pavarotti and Ricky Martin and I bet he's the only one of the three that's played Danny Zuko on stage (on Broadway).
As for Mr. Bolton , I bet he's the only one of the group who has written songs for both KISS and Kenny Rogers, not to mention Cher and Streisand. Also, Mike has actually sung with all three of the original Tenors, so I think he could bring some of their experience to the shows. Just the work he's done against domestic violence, child labor and racial equality (wait, not against this), qualifies him to be in this group. At 52, he still has a little spunk left.
I'm sure that you probably thought that I just pulled three cheesy artists out of my butt for this idea, but I really think this is a good idea and that's what love is all about. Besides, don't you think Steve would like to be back in the high life again?
Oh, yeah, one other thing. I used to listen to Gimme Some Lovin', but that and Take the Money and Run have come off my play list since I've gotten involved in this war on drugs thing. Whether you're getting high and having sex, or getting high and shooting some guy and running to Mexico with his money, it just don't seem right. Kind of the same reason that I've boycotted all of Clapton's music. She don't lie...
Yes, veggiemegan, you are right. I should never have described the tour you propose as a "loser's tour." I apologize. Mr. Bolton and Mr. Secada are fully 9 million times more talented than I could ever dream of being and have likely done great good in the world whereas I have done little. I was a bit confused by your transartform humor about the war on drugs but, noncerebro (whoops that's X-Men, isn't it?) that I am, I did finally "get" your play on words between Mr. Winwood's former band and the Stephen Soderbergh film. Play with words, like playing with scissors, is a dangerous pasttime, veggiemegan. Please use appropriate caution. And kids, don't try this at home!
I know Traffic was kind of a "War on Drugs" movie, but I think Gimme some Lovin' was actually Spencer Davis Group, so that doesn't really work. I was talking about the line, "Well I feel so good, everybody's getting high. You better take it easy 'cause the place is on fire." Obviously an Acid reference because I doubt the place was really on fire, and as we all know, LSD is a libido enhancer, hence the "Gimme some lovin'" title.
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to ask "Could I please have some lovin?"
Wow, and i thought i knew about defunct musical groups. You guys could write a book on this stuff. My compliments.
P.S. Isabel, i have to disagree. i am pretty sure that you have done more good for the world than michael bolton. I would put his contributions to society somewhere between Mao tse tung and dog poop. Oh wait, dog poop makes grass grow.
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