[Heeplist] The Age Old Heep List Argument

Mon Mar 9 09:56:58 EDT 2015

I personally have light breeze vocal since the first time I heard him I'm
reading silence which i think is also a good disc that doesn't ever really
get enough mention....Cheers...
On Mar 9, 2015 8:54 AM, "Igor Shveitser" <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:

>  Scott,
> It is not about sports, these parallels seem highly incorrect, it's about
> what you consider art and what do you prefer, what (and why) you love. No
> one I know starts it with "Back in my days... when I was young..." etc.,
> they just rate David Byron as an outstanding singer and performer no matter
> how long has he been out of the band or even dead. Can you say the same
> about Bernie? Or Goalby? Or Sloman? I think only John Lawton has a
> comparable level of magic. But it's about tastes really, they do differ as
> a matter of fact.
> Cheers, Igor
>
>
> Воскресенье, 08 марта 2015, 20:24 -05:00 от "Scott Manion" <
> scottmanion at earthlink.net>:
> >
> >I met a guy at the Milwaukee show and his first words to me were "It's
> just not the same without Byron."  I stifled a laugh.
> >I asked him if he knew when Byron left the band.  He wasn't sure.
> >I told him 1976...and next year will mark the 40th anniversary of David
> Byron NOT being in Uriah Heep.
> >
> >These arguments about the olden days are as relevant as watching old
> re-runs of your favorite sports team back in the 70's and endlessly arguing
> that nobody will ever be better than the 1976 New York Yankees!  (I don't
> even know if they were good that year but you can get the idea.)
> >
> >I agree with Doug.  Teams get new players.  And though I might 'long to
> be in the stadium' when Babe Ruth (American Baseball Icon from the 30's)
> hits one out of the park, I can still enjoy baseball now without feeling
> that it's an injustice that others have filled Babe's shoes.
> >
> >Mick Box has been true to his fans for 5 decades, getting new players to
> keep the team together.
> >Every year this band continues to tour the world and put out music is a
> cause for celebration.
> >
> >The only thing missing from a lot of these posts is the phrase  "Back in
> my day...."
> >I'm certain we all have the ability to accept and tolerate change!
> Especially with a band that has been around for 45 years.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf
> Of Douglas Devers
> >Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 7:30 PM
> >To: Igor Shveitser; Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
> >Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Live shows
> >
> >Well, Bernie DOES have the advantage of  not being dead...
> >
> >dgd
> >
> >
> >On Sunday, March 8, 2015 2:30 PM, Igor Shveitser < zlenko_iv at mail.ru >
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >And what about the geezers not so old who have no particular memories
> connected with the band, never seen any classic Heep live but heard a lot,
> know all about all the line ups and still choose the one with the original
> singer as well as the one with JL? Most of hard rock lovers I know
> personally (actually all of them) definitely belong to this category - and
> you can't take that away, that surely means something, it ain't just
> nostalgia, gentlemen.
> >P.S. The one who prefers Bernie Shaw to David obviously haven't noticed
> what made David one of the finest singers that  have ever emerged during
> the best days of rock.  As for Bernie... well, he's good at what he does,
> but if you see his era as a preferable one, I am afraid you've already
> missed the whole world that was there before and which made it possible for
> the current line-up to make ends meet after all these years. Please, take
> no offence, but certain things are really hard to understand unless you
> were born in 199-something and grew up listening to modern Heep.
> >
> >
> >Воскресенье, 08 марта 2015, 9:13 -07:00 от Dale Fredericks <
> dalhel at sbcglobal.net >:
> >>I agree Dave. Us old geezers have to have something to hold on to from
> the past !
> >>I just am so grateful we were able to see David, Gary, Ken, Lee and Mick
> together and the memories of that classic time of Heep music.
> >>
> >>Dale :-)>
> >>
> >>Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>> On Mar 8, 2015, at 9:03 AM, DAVID M SHERROD <  porcupineheep at cox.net
> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I think what many need to remember is there's a lot of fans in fact
> more at the shows that don't remember Heep from the 70s but from the 80s,
> those of us that remember the classic lineup are fewer and fewer every
> year. My wife is one that can't understand what anyone sees in David Byron,
> and things anything with Bernie or John Lawton is far better than anything
> with David, not that she doesn't like him, she thinks he's ok just not
> great, she also thinks from the 90s on they are far better than any time
> before that, and she was around and even saw the classic lineup. She's not
> the only one I've known or talked to that feels this way, though when I
> meet older people that remember Heep seem to think they stopped playing
> after High and Mighty, and never knew they have always been around. And at
> least two people I meet in the last month were excited to hear they were
> playing in any format and both said they are going to the show here after I
> told them
> > about it. Dave S
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