FRANKIE MORENO

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

FROM THE TOP....RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS.

LATE

LOUD

DARK

WE  GOT TWO OF THE THREE BIG NEGATIVES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE STRATOSPHERE THEATRE.

LATE IS ALWAYS DISRESPECTFUL AND COSTS A POINT ON YOUR SCORE FOR EVERY MINUTE LATE.

IT WAS TOO TOO TOO LOUD

NOT TOO DARK

FRANKIE MORENO AND HIS 9 PIECE BACKUP GROUP GO FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK AT THE STRIP STRATOSPHERE THEATRE.....OUTSTANDING VENUE...GREAT TECHS...LOTS OF ROOM...COMFORTABLE.

MORENO GOES AT 8 WED THUR FRI SAT.....702 380 7711  

IF 200 WERE IN THE CROWD I THINK 199 OF THEM LIKED THE SHOW....NOT ME...TOO LOUD

MORENO....YOUR GOOD LOOKING ENERGETIC HERO PLAYS PIANO...DRUMS ...HARMONICA AND VOCALS WITH TONS OF ENERGY AND SHAKING HIPS....TOO LOUD.

ONE OF THE HOOKS ON THIS IS NEW MUSIC COMPOSED BY MORENO WHICH I SALUTE....HOWEVER THE BACKGROUND NOISE KILLS THE LYRICS...EVEN MY WIFE WAS UNHAPPY BEING UNABLE TO HEAR THE LYRICS....I SALUTE CREATIVITY AND NEW MUSIC ....HOWEVER AT 68 I AM IN THE NAT COLE...SAMMY DAVIS....NEIL SEDAKA...FRANK SINATRA REALM OF MUSIC I CAN HEAR AND UNDERSTAND.

UNFORTUNATLEY FOR MORENO I AM THE OLDEST STICK IN THE MUD PATRON AT HIS SHOW AND NOT TUNED INTO WHATEVER WAS GOING ON....THE CROWD ENJOYED HIS SHOW AND IT HAD SOME CLEVER HOOKS.....SERVING DRINKS TO THE CREW....WORLD VIDEOS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS GETTING CROWN ROYAL FROM MORENO....I AM A TEE TOTALER.

THE VIDEOS OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE REALLY CLEVER AND INFORMATIVE  HOWEVER THEY WERE A HIGH TECH MULTI MASS OF CONFUSING IMAGES WITH BAD AUDIO THAT KILLED THE MISSION.

I WAS THRILLED TO SEE TWO VIOLINS AND A CELLO WHICH I WAS UNABLE TO HEAR FOR 93 MINUTES BECAUSE OF THE BACKGROUND NOISE.....THE CONCERT REALLY WAS NOISE....THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MUSIC AND NOISE....HOWEVER MOST LIKE IT....TOO LOUD FOR ME.

WHAT GREAT STUFF MORENO COULD HAVE DONE WITH 3 STRINGS AND THE PIANO BUT 3 PLUS HORNS AND TWO GUITARS AND A TOO LOUD DRUMMER KILLED IT.

OF ALL THINGS BEING A BEATTLES FAN......THIS HURT ME THE MOST.....MORENO CONCLUDED WITH ELEANOR RIGBY WHICH I WAS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND ONE WORD OF....JUST AWFUL...NOISE...TOO LOUD.

THIS IS NOT A BAD SHOW IN FACT IT IS QUITE GOOD AND MARKETABLE I BELIEVE ....MORENO ON SOME KIND OF A LONG RUN AT THE STRATOSPHERE WHERE THE STAFF AND  PRODUCTION PEOPLE WERE TERRIFIC...WE WENT UP TO THE TOWER COMPLETING A REALLY POSITIVE VISIT.

I AM  ACTUALLY SORRY I DIDN'T LIKE IT BUT I DIDN'T....MORENO VERY LIKEABLE...I WOULD BE OPEN TO HIM AND THE PIANO AND STRINGS.....DRUMMERS NEVER ADDED ANYTHING AND OF COURSE RINGO WAS THE BEST...HE DIDN'T GET IN THE ROAD.

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