TOday's music is very weak. It seems that rock has turned into a
bunch of kids screeming on the mic about how the world is against
them. I think a lot of it has to do with the way technology has
gone. Meaning kids are growing up in front of computer screens and
t.v. screens being entertained by video games and the internet.
They want instant gratification, don't want to work for anything and
get mad when they have to. Anyway, I appreciate the resoponse and I
will check out the GFR book.
Thanks....


In grandfunkequalforum@yahoogroups.com, Spook <richardfiser@m...>
wrote:
> mickey9084 wrote:
>
> > Well I really didn't expect anyone to reply, but am glad that a
few
> > did. Yesterday I went out to buy GFR's album On Time, but had no
> > luck finding it. So I dropped $40 and bought the Thirty Years of
> > Funk........I haven't stopped listening to it. It's got a great
> > history of the band and the music's amazing. I can tell it's not
> > really blues, but it's got soul. I guess it's their Mowtown
> > influence. They also sound really funky. I mean I find myself
just
> > sitting there bobbing my head up and down like I'm in a rap
video.
> > I can't believe I've missed out on these guys. I'm listening to
the
> > song Walk Like a Man...."by the time I'm in my prime I'm gonna
strut
> > like a cock until I'm 99"....that's great! I must say that I
like
> > the song Footstompin' Music better than Rock 'n Roll Soul. To
me it
> > just seems funkier. I also forgot how much Some Kind Of
Wonderful
> > rocks. I couldn't stop listening to it last night. I'm seeing a
> > girl that I've known for a couple of years and the song really
hits
> > home. Is it true that Don Brewer was lead vocals on that song?
And
> > how come Mark Farner hasn't been touring? I would imagine it's
> > because he's a born again christian. Anyway, thanks for the
> > responses and I hope to hear from y'all soon.
> >
> > Later,
> > Mike
> >
> For a little more history, find a copy of Billy James's book, _An
> American Band -- The Story of Grand Funk Railroad._ It was
published by
> SAF Publishing LTD. 188 pages of trivia and information about
Grand Funk
> and their relationship with their fans. Why was Grand Funk so
popular?
> Some say it was Terry Knight's brilliant promotion of the boys. I
agree
> with that only to a point. We shan't discount the bands ability to
> connect with a live audience and make us, the fan, a big part of
the
> show. And not with thoughts of violence as todays music does, but
with
> feelings of brother and sister hood and feelings that life is
worth
> living, with real power. Something you have to experience to
understand.
> After seeing the band live, just once, my particularly
uninterested wife
> became almost as huge of a fan as I am. There are many more of us
out
> there, my friend, but we are slowly dying. We need another
generation to
> understand this relationship. Try to get to a Farner show or a
Brewer,
> Schacher Grand Funk. If you're lucky you may even get to have a
meet and
> greet with them. Mark, Don and Mel are very un-rock starrish and
are
> very approachable. Brewer's and Schacher's wives are great too.
I've
> never met Farner's wife but I'm told she is a special lady also.
> Anyway, I'm not sure of the price of the book as the author, Billy
> James, gave me an autographed copy that I won't part with. I've
been
> offered a good amount of bread for it but I'm keeping it. I think
you
> can order it online at Amazon or one of the bookstore chains like
Barnes
> and Noble. Check it out.
> Peace
>
>
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