Re: [bomp] brian epstein article

[Bob Widenhofer <bwidenhofer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Most people on this list seem to recognize that the Heartbreakers and the Buzzcocks *should've* had top 40 hits.  While Sister Sledge should've drowned in their own manure.
   
  So of course our "second guessing of history" is somewhat slanted.
   
  In the end, I think it's a fucking miracle whenever something I really like becomes a hit record.  If that makes the Beatles, Stones, Kinks,<whoever>, Official Historical Miracles---that's cool with me.

jumpinginthenight <jumpinginthenight@yahoo.com> wrote:
  
Maybe they 'd be as well remembered as Johnny Kidd & the Pirates.
Maybe bands that dressed like hooligans would gotten a shot.
Cleaning up was a brillian idea. Of course, the songs and the skills would still be there.
2nd guessing history is so tricky! 
Why did a band with everything like Barry & the Remains or the Bobby Fuller 4 (or the Pretty Things) not do better? I 've always thought there was just so much going on: Dylan, Beatles, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones and then brain freeze sets in.


kevin owens wrote:

Interesting piece in the washington post magazine today on brian epstein.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101714.html?hpid=features1&hpv=national

who knows what would have happened had the beatles kept their tight leather look?




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