Rachel Flowers covers Pirates

There are some things that can be missed here … and one of them is in Starless … where you can hear all the small ticks and tacks and stuff that BB did, which are lost and buried in all KC mixes, because rock fans only care about cowbells … well, that's the joke anyway! And get PC to do it!

Using software instruments, is all that is possible these days. Your criticism is a bit scary, since no one could afford to get a big synth that cost thousands, and the replicas that are twice that much, to make you think that it can sound the same … regardless, it can't … it's in different hands!

Tomorrow, even the guitar will not be played like it is today and will be done by a keyboard player … which already happens anyway, and your chance to see/hear a blues player will be gone forever … because times have changed and no one learns instruments anymore … music is not taught in school, and they are too stringent and borderline and stick to instruments that most orchestras don't even use anymore … besides the point that there are not enough good players out there … and some orchestras are having a hard time filling in the numbers because of the costs involved.

Rachel's appreciation for music, specially many of the things that we consider "progressive", is without a doubt, one of the biggest and best shows, of what PROGRESSIVE meant to a generation of folks, that is being lost by some people, as yourself, today! You don't get it … do you? It's not just the instrument, it's everything else, and Rachel has been very successful in making these come alive … not to mention the one thing that stands out the most, that you might not see … SHE'S BLIND … but not blind to the music, which ought to signal you a thing or two.

It's really weird, and strange for my 68 years to hear someone say that the feeling is "artificial", specially these days, when most music is so danged artificial, and much of it gets a lot of publicity that shows how empty it all is, and simply look at this body and her titties, or fancy album cover, which supposedly makes the music better … if that is not artificial, I don't know what is … but criticizing someone for LOVING MUSIC AND DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB BRINGING IT TO YOU AND I …. is insane.

Maybe we ought to lock you up listening to 10 different interpretations of THE RITE OF SPRING, leaving Tomita's to last of course, so we can have a decent course in music appreciation … and I'm not criticizing as much as I am hoping that you bring up your music appreciation level a little bit … someone doing the piece 40 to 50 years later, can not, in any shape, form or idea, even come close to the original … in fact, according to the many bootlegs at the time, even then too many things were different because they could not get all the stuff tuned correctly and properly 110% each and every day … so, your feeling "artificial" is kinda scary … (check out the Edgar Froese autobiography to read a heck of a lot more on this!!!!!)

It was meant for music that is older than you and I, not some stupid rock song that you happen to like!

It wouldn't be so bad, if it was a different song … but it's always the same one! Or another Jethro Tull song … !!!