[Tango-L] music; live or dead

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I'm happy I don't have to dance in the UK under those conditions.

Manuel



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>From: "John Ward" <johnofbristol at tiscali.co.uk>
>To: "Tangolist" <tango-L at mit.edu>
>Subject: [Tango-L]   music; live or dead
>Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:05:21 +0100
>
>I don't know about the situation in the US, but here in the UK there is an
>almost
>universal feeling that live music (however crappy) is intrinsically better
>than records (however good).
>
>There used to be a chap who played the Kursaal in Southend who went through
>the same repertoire of admittedly dire arrangements; to such an extent you
>could set your watch by him ("He's just started Tie a Yellow Ribbon - it
>must be 21:20"). But we regulars would much rather have had him than even
>the best digitally remastered classics from the golden age of ballroom. A
>pub with a sign "Live Music Tonight" outside is sure to be packed out. 
>There
>is no need to say who is playing, or for them to be any good. But the 
>finest
>records played on the best system is likely to induce the cry: "turn that
>racket off please landlord".
>
>John Ward
>Bristol, UK
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