Beatlemania

[ianb@sun670.telecom.tandem.com (zen machine)]

Thread na`y kho^ng ngo*` la.i nho^.n nhi.p nhu* va^.y.

Ringo Starr ddu'ng la` thua^.n tay tra'i dda^'y. A`, to*'
co' di.p xem Ringo Starr mo^.t la^`n, ca'ch dda^y ma^'y
na<m, trong tour "Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band".
(Ly' do chi'nh la` vi` co' Todd Rundgren -- my favorite
rocker -- cho*i trong ban nha.c :)) Ngoa`i Todd ra co`n
co' Joe Walsh (nga`y xu*a cho*i cho ban nha.c na`o que^n
ma^'t ro^i`) va` con trai cu?a Ringo la` Zak, cu~ng cho*i
tro^'ng gio^'ng tia' no'. Co`n the^m va`i tay nha.c si~
kha'c nhu*ng to*' kho^ng nho*' he^'t. Ho^m ddo' Ringo
chi? dda'nh tro^'ng vai` ba`i, co`n la.i thi` dde^? cho
tha<`ng con dda'nh tu*` dda^`u to*'i cuo^'i (ban nha.c
co' to*'i hai da`n tro^'ng, co' ddo.an Todd cu~ng nha?y
le^n dda'nh tro^'ng luo^n! :) 

Concert ra^'t u* la` light-hearted va` vui nho^.n. Ringo 
ha't ma^'y ba`i tu? cu?a mi`nh nhu* "Photograph", "You're 
Sixteen", "With a Little Help from My Friend", etc. Pha^`n 
co`n la.i mo^~i ngu*o*`i trong ban nha.c ha't va`i ba`i trong 
repertoire cu?a ho. Todd cho*i solo ba`i "One World" vo*'i 
ca^y dda`n 12-string kho^ng cho^~ na`o che^, to*' nho*' ma~i. 

Trong bo^'n tay Beatles thi` to*' thi'ch nha.c cu?a George
Harrison va` John Lennon ho*n ca?, kho^ng bie^'t thi'ch ai
ho*n ai, nha.c mo^~i ngu*o*`i mo^.t ve?. Thi'ch nha^'t la` 
nhu*~ng ba`i nhu* "Tax man", "Old Brown Shoes", "Savoy Truffle" 
(mmm..) "While my Guitar..". cu?a George. John thi` vie^'t nhie^`u 
qua' ne^n kho^ng bie^'t ke^? sao cho he^'t :))

Nghe no'i Paul mo*'i ra CD mo*'i, co' ba'c nao` nghe qua chu*a?

Co`n George cu~ng vu*`a ra mo^.t dia~ CD mo*'i, cho*i chung 
vo*'i la.i (guess who?) Ravi Shankar!

Ma^'y ba'c thi'ch Beatles ne^n kie^'m dia~ "Shared Vision",
nha.c Beatles do nhu*~ng nha.c si~ kha'c cho*i la.i -- Elton
John, Stevie Wonder, Joe Cocker, Richie Haven, etc. Hay la<'m!

Nghe ma^'y ba'c ke^? be^n VN co' to^? chu*'c Beatlemania la`m
to*' nho*' la.i khoa?ng tho*`i gian 1980, lu'c John mo*'i che^'t,
o*? Houston co' to^? chu*'c Beatlemania la^`n dda^`u. To*' vo*'i 
tha<`ng ba.n ddi du*. Ho^m ddo' co' Beatles sound-alike contest.
To*' vo*'i no' hai tha<`ng thuo^.c lo.ai ddie^'c kho^ng so*. su'ng
ne^n cu~ng ghi danh thi (cu`ng la<'m thi` a<n ca` chua chu*' co'
gi` dda^u ma` so*. :)) To*' dda`n piano va` ha't, no' thi` dde^.m
guitar thu`ng, ca ba`i "Imagine". Kha'n gia? la`m gia'm kha?o
(ho. ddo cu*o*`ng ddo^. cu?a tie^'ng vo^~ tay dde^? ddi.nh xem
kha'n gia? thi'ch ai nha^'t). Cho' nga'p pha?i ruo^`i ra sao
kho^ng bie^'t, to*' vo*'i no' o^m ve^` ca'i cu'p ha.ng nha^'t
mo*'i la` la.! Talk about irony of ironies, hai tha<`ng da va`ng 
mu~i te.t ma` la.i ddi tha<'ng gia?i Beatles sound-alike!! :)))
Ah, the days of sweet innocence... 

BTW, Elton John has just turned 50, folks.

Cheers,
Ian