[Heeplist] Bob THE Heep Fan

Mon Mar 31 19:57:43 EDT 2014

Good job, Bob!  I was an idiot about Tapio!  There is another guy named
Tapio who runs the "Dio" site.  My bad, as some Americans say.

Rick
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On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:

> Igor, Jay and I have known each other for close to 18 years now, and he is
> bringing up some old jokes from the list I will explain in a moment.  What
> he says is not meant to be taken seriously.  I am not the worlds greatest
> Heep fan or any better than anyone else here on the list.  I do love Uriah
> Heep music and think of them as very special and admit I am seriously
> obsessed with them.  I do think of them as the greatest band and above all
> other bands.  That is just my opinion though and every one has a right to
> theirs.  And if someone on the list thinks Equator or Conquest sucks that
> is
> their right.  I certainly cannot change their minds or argue them into
> liking.  Although in the latter 90's I did try that, lol!!
>
> Back in the early days on the list, I was a very stubborn, narrow minded
> highly opinionated person.  So rather than admit I was wrong at times, I
> created an alter ego Robert Warren, which happens to be the formal first
> name and middle name on my birth certificate.  With Jay's help it developed
> into a list institution, just like Jay claiming "he was always right" or my
> "All Heep is Good Heep".  I used to actually post as Robert Warren flaming
> Bob Winward, but everyone on the list at the time saw the humor in it.  I
> hope that helps you understand Jay's post.  I apologize for my trouble
> communicating in English.  As one of my beloved UK friends pointed out to
> me
> at HV 2000, I speak American, lol!!  (I was once handed a pair of
> headphones
> at Stone Henge while standing at the translation desk by a fellow Heepster
> who said "here Bob, they have it in American")
>
> I love all the fun I have had on the Heep list over the years and the
> friends I have made and do cherish that!  It makes it easy to digest the
> few
> flame wars that erupt from time to time.  My goal now, is just not to cause
> any.  :-)
>
>
> On 3/31/14 7:05 AM, "Igor Shveitser" <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:
>
> >  That was an amazing passage :)))) You are the men, men :) High and
> Mighty as
> > the Wizards keeping on trying should be :)))
> Cheers, Igor
>
>
> Sun, 30 Mar 2014
> > 21:52:24 -0700 (PDT) от
>
> Jay Pearson <deepheep at yahoo.com>:
> >Bob, quit being so
> > humble!!!! You are THE MAN when it comes to the Ultimate Heep Fan!!!!!!
> (at
> > least of those on the list)
> >
> >Man, I just had a long chat with Robert Warren
> > about this. We thought long and hard if there was anyone else even
> close. He
> > stated, and I agree: "Winward needs to look at himself, wake up, and see
> that
> > he is the wizard of Heepfandom. I keep on trying to be very 'umble like
> him,
> > and one day I just might, but for now I'm just a dreamer. One way or
> another
> > we've got to get that confession out of him. I can't stop singing his
> high and
> > mighty praises. You just can't keep a good man down...I think it's the
> spell
> > he weaves. If I had the time, maybe in a year or a day, but I'm so
> tired, it's
> > like chasing the shadows and the wind trying to keep up with that
> > man!"
> >
> >That's a quote straight from a wise man's own mouth, Bob. His words,
> > not mine...
> >
> >
> >Jay ;-)
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> > From: Bob
> > Winward < uriahheep at comcast.net >
> >
> >
> >
> >Well I am glad we have that
> > straightened out!  No seriously, I do not think
> >of myself better than anyone
> > else.  I was just admitting I am obsessed with
> >Heep and like Heep more than
> > other bands.  By "the rest" I meant the rest of
> >the bands, not the fans here
> > on the list.  I love groups like Styx, Yes,
> >Genesis, Kansas, ELP, DP, UFO
> > etc, but do not become fanatical about them
> >and buy every release.  I choose
> > Heep as my top band, then there is the rest
> >of the bands.  The other point I
> > made, is some have to show they know more
> >than anyone else, or have all the
> > scoops or the secret in with Mick and the
> >boys.  There are several on the
> > list who share my fanaticism and understand
> >my opinion.  Plus I have fun with
> > the "ultimate heep fan" stuff on the list.
> >It is my gig, my signature, my
> > material and sadly some take it too
> >seriously.
> > Lol!
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