BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
YES
THE BAR IS HIGH BECAUSE PLAYING THE GREATEST MUSIC EVER WRITTEN REQUIRES THE THEME OF NOT SCREWING IT UP.....OK HERE !
THIS TRIBUTE BAND WITH SOME HISTORY OPENING THIS WEEK AT THE TIFFANY ROOM AT THE TROPICAN ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP. THERE IS BIG HISTORY HERE WITH THE FOLLES BERGE PLAYING 10,000 YEARS IN THIS ROOM...I LIKED THEN AND LIKE IT NOW.
NICE CROWD FOR THE 5:30 SHOW HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE THE MUSIC ?
FIRST....STARTED ON TIME...ALWAYS A GREAT START !
THE SHOW OPENED WITH A HOST (NOT SURE WE NEEDED HIM) AND SOME OLD BLACK AND WHITE HISTORY OF MUSIC WITH BUDDY HOLLY AND BILL HALEY (FROM THE 50'S)...THE BEATTLES WERE 60'S....NOT SURE I NEEDED THIS EITHER WHEN AT 61 MINUTE SHOW COULD HAVE INCLUDED SOME MORE OF THIS GREAT MUSIC.
MOST TRIBUTE BANDS DO THREE SEGMENTS....EARLY-PEPPER-LATE 60'S...ONLY THE FIRST TWO AND OF COURSE ONCE YOU OPEN THIS SONGBOOK YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH...I CAN'T ANYWAY.
THE TRANSITION BROUGHT BACK THE HOST FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES...STILL DON'T NEED HIM...WE COULD HAVE DONE STRAWBERRY FIELDS, PENNY LANE, A DAY IN THE LIFE, MICHELLE OR GOLDEN SLUMBERS OR A DAY IN THE LIFE OR NO REPLY OR ANYTHING ELSE....THE GROUP QUENCHED MY UNSATIABLE THIRST HERE FOR YET MORE !
THE SRGT PEPPER SEGMENT IS A NO BRAINER ONLY THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER...GIVE ME MORE !
RINGO DID ONE NUMBER WITH GREAT AUDIO AND HIS DRUMMING NEVER OVER POWERED THE LYRICS AND HE WAS TRUE TO THAT HERE.
GEORGE PLAYED WELL AS HE SHOULD AND DID ONE NUMBER.
JOHN'S AUDIO A LITTLE OFF ON THE SOUND SYSTEM AND MAYBE MORE OF A SMART ASS THAN I NEEDED.
PAUL WAS LEFT HANDED...COOL CORRECT INTERPRETATION...HE WAS GOOD.
ROOM TO TOUCH UP THE SOUND SYSTEM HERE.
WHEN I HEAR ONE OF THESE CONCERTS I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCE ONE MORE TIME IN MY LIFETIME.
SHOW SEEMED A TAD SHORT AND A TOUCH OF TOUCHING UP IS IN THE OFFING.
THIS REMAINS "MUSIC FOR THE AGES"...FROM THE GREATEST COMPOSTIONS EVER SO SIMPLE SO SWEET SO MUCH LOVE......LYRICS !
I AM ANXIOUS TO SEE THIS AGAIN IN 2011 AND LOOKING FOR SOME TOUCHING UP....RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD
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