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The history of rock has brought many weird parings. For instance, Jimi Hendrix and the Monkees. This from the New York Times:
"In one of rock's all-time mismatches, Jimi Hendrix and the Experience signed on as an opening act for the Monkees in midtour. After dates in the South, they played several concerts in July 1967 in the stadium at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills. What were they thinking? Answer: The Monkees wanted respect, and Hendrix wanted publicity. Despite the notoriety from his guitar-burning appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival the month before, Hendrix was better known in England than in the United States, and was far less popular than the Monkees, who had been created for a television sitcom and whose fans consisted mostly of prepubescent girls. According to an account of the incident in "Oops," a new chronicle of modern fiascoes by Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger, Hendrix's temper boiled over at Forest Hills. The problem wasn't the performers, who got along pretty well. It was the Monkees' fans, who had little interest in the scary psychedelic dude who preceded their idols. Hendrix's riffs were drowned out by screams of 'We want Davy!' (Davy Jones was a Monkee.) Finally, Hendrix gestured obscenely, with words to match, and stomped offstage. A publicist had a master stroke, putting out the fictional story that opposition from the Daughters of the American Revolution had forced Hendrix off the tour. It worked. His next tour, before appreciative audiences, was a success, and within a year, he was a superstar."
Hendrix Meets the Monkees - New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/nyregion/09fyi.html (last visited Dec. 20, 2011).
Who the **** thought that was a good idea? Anyway, no matter what type of combination--producer/director; "superstar" band, same billing/tour, what are some of the greatest mismatches of all times?
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Permalink Reply by Stan Schwieger on -
Let's kickstart this one with one of my favorite folkies...Nanci Griffith. She had made several classics with Rounder Records, then jumped to MCA. Her fourth disk for MCA--she teams up with Rod Argent (?!?) to produce Storms. Now, I am not dissing Mr. Argent at all. But the man responsible for "Hold Your Head Up!" is a rather odd paring for Ms. Folkie. Storms, IMHO is not her best, but certainly not her worst effort. However, it is was at that point, the furthest she drifted from her roots.
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Cruz on -
Stan-if I recall Rod Argent produced Late Night Grande Hotel. I believe he was chosen because he had success producing another female singer songwriter, Tanita Tikaram. As you know, this is a frequent tactic of record labels-hire the "hot" producer (monkey see monkey do).
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Permalink Reply by Stan Schwieger on
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You are Right and I am wrong. It was Late Night Grande Hotel.....[Note to self...get checked for Brain Death.] Glyn Johns produced Storms....and thanks for the insight in to why. That was absolutely puzzling. And remains so.
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Cruz on
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Stan you're right that Late Night Grande Hotel strayed from her acoustic roots to mixed results. It was the last Griffith album I bought until the One Fair Summer Evening sequel Winter Marquee.
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Odd yes, but I think it works
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Permalink Reply by Julie Jurrjens on -
The Wanda Jackson/Jack White thing was a little odd, too. But good for him for getting them both some play.
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Permalink Reply by Harry on -
The guy from the Buggles taking over as the lead singer for Yes that time ("Drama" album and tour....)
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Permalink Reply by maximum jack on -
I recently stumbled upon this gem of an odd couple from a Minneapolis morning program. Check out the audience, priceless. Here are the uploader's comments:
I directed this! These guys were great and Steve and Sharon took a leap of faith in booking them because it was such a departure for "Good Company". As I recall, we pre-taped this. They were so loud, people from all parts of the station showed up to see what was going on. I loved it. I may have the full performances somewhere. Thanks Husker-Du! I was really proud I got to do this.
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Permalink Reply by Julie Jurrjens on
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Brilliant. Somebody at KSTP needs to cough up the rest of that.
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