tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post352113665093179999..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: R.I.P.John B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-76670348090340946622009-06-25T21:13:35.116-05:002009-06-25T21:13:35.116-05:00"...much as I love Lowell George-era Little F..."...much as I love Lowell George-era Little Feat, I'd never have gone to a concert of theirs expecting Lowell to bust a move."<br /><br />you crack me up, John. Lowell George woulda broke several things trying to "bust a move." if he remebered he was supposed to after finishing a blunt, that is...<br /><br />; ' )<br /><br />Yeah, Mike was always fun to watch, more Nickhttp://willnotbetelevised.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-91755285197326830922009-06-25T20:43:07.288-05:002009-06-25T20:43:07.288-05:00Thanks for commenting, Nick. Those are fair obser...Thanks for commenting, Nick. Those are fair observations--and you list some folks there I greatly admire also. I'd just say that in his genre--R&B-inflected pop--there was no one better in the '80s and '90s. I wouldn't say "Billie Jean" changed my life or anything--just that I'd never before seen anything like that performance on the Motown special. I mean, John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-90218649184820611672009-06-25T20:09:37.265-05:002009-06-25T20:09:37.265-05:00Funny, I had forgotten how absurdly strange his ov...Funny, I had forgotten how absurdly strange his oversized glove was. I kept thinking: WTF?<br /><br />There was some dintance between Mike and me; he was a pup still when I went overseas. In the early 80s, when i finally got around to attending college, the difference in perception of him between myself and all the other teens/early 20s students was vast.<br /><br />Yes, he was <b>the</b> Nickhttp://willnotbetelevised.comnoreply@blogger.com