Re: Legends Special on VH1

[Pete Whelan <whelan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I found Mr. Tyler to be an amicable host.  Certainly he's a fan which is
much better than some narrator lacking enthusiasm.  As for the show itself,
it appeared hurried to me and this showed through Mr T's delivery.  I
believe it would have been better had it been done over a two hour time
slot.  In which case they could have played a few complete tracks.
Certainly it was informative, but without any previous knowledge of the
music I would have found it hard to get a _feel_ for the band, IMO.  I
would have much rather seen a time-line segment packaged together with a
complete track from the same period - (Ding)!  Nonetheless, it's still nice
to see VH1 put this together and will no doubt make a nice addition to the
Legends catalog :)

BTW, how about that Starship description?  Perhaps those VH1 producers
should have tuned in a few episodes of A&E's Weekday Wings.  A Boeing 727 -
doh!  As I close my eyes I can hear Sir Peter Ustinov: "The Boeing 707 was
developed in 1954.  Originally nicknamed the Dash-80, it was developed in
secrecy as a direct competitor to the ill-fated British Comet..."

Cheers,
Pete

At 11:53 PM 11/21/97 -0500, Mark Shull wrote:
>Well, I just finished watching the Legends special on VH1, and I enjoyed
>it very much.  I thought it was very well done. There was some great
>footage in there too. Any thoughts?

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