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Date:         Sun, 15 Nov 1992 10:50:03 EST
From:         Sonia Kovitz <skovitz@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
Subject:      For Those About To Rock

Just saw a great video last night.. _For Those About to Rock We Salute You_

Film of tour to Moscow in 1991 probably only a few weeks or a month after the
coup ... of Pantera, Black Crowes, Metallica, AC/DC.  They performed
(apparently all in one day--none of the details were made very clear) in that
order.  Hey Ilia!  Were you there? Any inside stories????

This was my first VIEWING of these bands (I know--talk about being totally out
of it)...  Incredible concert... though at the outset, during Pantera, there
was a lot of violence and mutual aggression between the crowd and the
militia---thanks to Pantera's ominous and threatening demeanor; they were my
least favorite of the four.  The mood became more upbeat as the other bands
came on,
and by Metallica's turn, which seemed to be around sundown, there were a lot of
militia-men sitting up on each other's shoulders, waving their jackets in the
air and JAMMING.

I never realized until I actually saw them how late 60s British Invasion
Psychedelic the Black Crowes are... They were kinda fun, but I guess I'd have
to say they are lightweights (i.e. a little too derivative).

Metallica--WOW--good stuff, and Kirk Hammett is a fun guitarist to watch...
but folks, what I really have to tell you is
that here I am about to join ANOTHER fan club... I never realized until I saw
this video what a great rockin band AC/DC is!  This is horrible to admit, but I
would see grubby nerdy little weasels wearing dirty AC/DC T-shirts and
figured... yuck,
without even knowing anything about the band.  I am now a TOTAL CONVERT... they
were tremendous!!!  This video was on the "new arrivals" shelf so if you
haven't seen it yet, I recommend.

Libby Doe Death To All Who Don't Blow: funny you should ask whether any
non-canooks have heard the Barenaked Ladies doing "You can be my Yoko Ono"... I
heard it literally just THIS MORNING, thanks to a Great White North comp sent
by Bob Tee-Hee... Bob, I've only heard tape one but I like it a lot... I
especially like that guitar sound of the Skydiggers (?) and the other band
(forget
their name right now)... are those acoustics with pick-ups or what?  Wonderful
kind of wide-open-minor-mournful-yet kickin sound.

(Also I recently saw a wonderful Natl. Film Board of Canada film, "Strangers in
Good Company," that's one of the best, most unusual films I've seen in a long
time)

Demonic Upchucko -- Hey, tell me MORE about this Bootsy/Bernie/Buckethead
Praxis CD!  Sounds like something I might actually want to "gain purchase
on"... I guessed I missed the earlier post about it.

Ken:  on misinterpreting lyrics--I am a downright idiot savant at this, but my
favorite non-comprehensible lyrics were "Duke of Earl."  Years went by and when
I finally discovered they were saying "Duke of Earl" I was totally non=plussed.

That's enough silly chatter for now.

Sonia "Rampaging AC/DC-ite" (maybe I can find one of those grubby t-shirts at
the Salvation Army)
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