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Comment on Kokomo by mashedhaddy

mashedhaddy — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:40:50 +0000

well said. Interesting post!

Comment on Kokomo by KrushedKiddie

KrushedKiddie — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:23 +0000

The music that Kokomo made back in the day was fantastic. I always remember picking up the first album around the same time as getting into AWB and playing it to death. After attending Tony O’Malley/Kokomo’s recent gig at the 606, I can testify that the vibe is back and in full effect. Most of these guys, apart from the “newer” floating band members are pushing 60 (or older), but their enthusiasm for playing the music and their ability to whip out some cracking, heartfelt renditions of the old tunes plus grooving mightily on the newer material was, and is, plain to see. The atmosphere at the recent gigs has been incredible. All you need to do is look around the audience (of very varying ages) to see everyone just digging these guys and having a great time.
Yes, Alan Spenner sadly passed away in 1991, but I don’t think for a second his contribution and lhis importance in Kokomo has ever been in question, nor will it ever be forgotten by his former band members. There’s always going to be political and personal shenanigans going on within bands. Being in a band and playing music requires an emotional commitment and therfore an emotional contact with each other that goes beyond the realm of the day to day. Ask anyone who experiences or has experienced that.
I stumbled across this blog by accident and was pleased to read something that was well written and well informed about Kokomo. There’s precious little elsewhere on the net. More importantly, the author has an enthusiasm and positivity about his subject that not only gives us historical context but, more importantly, gets across an accurate impression of where these guys are at this moment in time.
Crashed Mommy’s response seems to be a negative swipe at issues that are obviously stuck in the past…..a former band member, or someone previously connected to the band with an axe to grind perhaps? I would suggest that he or she put their predjudices to one side and go and see O’Malley and the gang live. This is not just about respect for the past legacy of Kokomo but also about taking this music to the streets in the here and now. It’s a shame to see such a negative response about music that still speaks from the soul.

Comment on Kokomo by mashedhaddy

mashedhaddy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:50:35 +0000

Interesting comments. I guess you haven’t been round to O’Malleys for tea recently? Whatever the truths and the in’s and outs – and I bow to your superior knowledge on many things no doubt – O’Malley can’t be so much of a monster otherwise why would so many of the cream of the Uk – and wider – groove community wouldn’t be working with him for love and little money? Although I for one never met/knew him there is no doubt of Spenners reputation and a tragic loss to all i’m sure.

Comment on Kokomo by crashed mommy

crashed mommy — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:10:38 +0000

your enthusiasm is noted. but the author has apparently only recently stumbled upon kokomo. there are frequently repeated errors here.
for one, dylan didn’t “recruit” the band — he had no idea who all those brits were who filled the studio that night. and the result, as anyone who heard it knows, was useless.
but above all, and this could be news to the author, kokomo was spenner’s band. he led the thing, he usually chose the material and he was the real heart & soul of the thing. he was the engine, etc. he was the genius. the band ran on his timetable.
and they were incredibly wonderful — until o’rourke got ahold of them. the best band in london until crucial members started getting fired. and the power trips began.
the humorless o’malley, who was usually kept off to the side of the stage where his ego grew into the mutant life form we know today, was part of the rhythm section. he was one of many vocalists. that’s what gave the initial — and best — kokomo lineup so much personality. almost everyone in the band took a lead vocal now and again — and each was unique. spenner on “new morning,” speaking of dylan, was a show-stopper.
so, yeah, keep up your efforts, for whatever they’re worth. o’malley, as you shall see, is a very tough sell.

Comment on Review: Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures by admin

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:49:57 +0000

I did!

Comment on Review: Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures by mark

mark — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:38:38 +0000

Hope you could hear some music amongst the sound of barrel scraping!

Comment on Sophie Madeleine by Jim Barker

Jim Barker — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:22:27 +0000

Well said, Sir. She is an enormously talented woman. She does have a lovely voice, and plays very well, but so do a lot of other people. She also writes her own music and lyrics, though, and these she does superbly. I continue to be impressed by her, and cannot recommend her highly enough to anyone who has not heard her yet.

Comment on About by mark

mark — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:09:24 +0000

nice work batman!