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Scuba
(53,475 posts)Saw him a couple years ago at the State Fair with Dave Mason. Great concert. Thanks LynneSin.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I remember ages ago (even before my time) there use to be a show called 'Sing along with Mitch Miller' (I know this because I had an Xmas album by Mitch Miller and every xmas I would play it all the time and sing along with it.).
Thing is this - Steve Miller Band concerts are like modern day versions of those shows since EVERYONE can sing along with Steve Miller!!
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)before he started playing bubblegum music...
"If I had the wings of an angel
over these prison walls I would fly
straight from the darkness, into the light"
Memories of long summer nights in the early 70's, cruising the astral plane....
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)warrprayer
(4,734 posts)is an insult to real bubblegum music, some of which was actually pretty cool!
Archae
(46,337 posts)Based on my views of his gawdawful shit he calls "music," (hell, Ted Nugent sounds better!) I wasn't expecting him to be exactly an Einstein.
But he was so stupid I'm surprised he had his pants on the right way!
When his biggest "hit" is "Rockin' Me Baby," that speaks volumes about just what a blithering idiot Steve Miller is.
... but I can't really disagree. Keep in mind though, that guy singing is not Miller, he's just the guitarist. Not a bad guitarist, but his choice of tennybopper material has helped him sell a lot of records, but not get much respect
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)another monumental hunk of musical shit...
"Abra...Abracadabra...I wanna reach out and grab ya..."
Really...it's either very very lame, or so deep we can never fathom it...
Based on the interview I saw, Steve Miller couldn't write anything intelligent if it fell out of the sky and hit him in the head.
And that includes "Fly like an eagle."
Just look at what records sold far more of, during Miller's "peak."
"Shake Your Bootie"
"YMCA"
"Disco Duck"
"Star Wars Disco"
lame54
(35,295 posts)Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)At the O'rena. Great show.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)even though i think it's had 3 or 4 names since then - and including it getting torn down and a new arena built next door.
anyway, saw Steve last month in Tampa and had a blast!
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)Saw some good ones there.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)songs like Living in the USA.
and My Dark Hour
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Self-plagiarism is still plagiarism, even if generally more permissible.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)but Paul McCartney was playing on My Dark Hour, so I guess it was o.k.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)lame54
(35,295 posts)Is he going to sue himself?
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Because Fantasy Records, not Fogerty himself, owned the rights to his songs. How idiotic.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)warrprayer
(4,734 posts)... if I said I didn't love this.
Blues harp by the late Norton Buffalo.