kincaid@ur-valhalla.UUCP (glenn kincaid) (05/08/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR COMPLAINT *** Well folks, I'm usually one of the more fervent David Letterman fans around, but last night (Tuesday) he did something which REALLY irritataed me. If you didn't know already, Eric Clapton was on the show, playing with Paul and the band. There is no complaint with that! What really pissed me off was the fact that they never let the man play for the television audience! We were stuck with hearing the beginnings and ends of songs which the guys played during the commmercials. I mean hell, David says that EC is going to be on the show, so I tune in to hear him, and I barely get the chance. Oh, the pity of it all .... Glenn
lsmith@h-sc1.UUCP (liz smith) (05/13/85)
> Well folks, I'm usually one of the more fervent David Letterman fans > around, but last night (Tuesday) he did something which REALLY > irritataed me. > > If you didn't know already, Eric Clapton was on the show, playing with > Paul and the band. There is no complaint with that! What really pissed > me off was the fact that they never let the man play for the > television audience! HEAR HEAR ! I think we should get Dave an account with access to the net and let him know that we're all pissed off!
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (05/23/85)
I have the feeling these people don't watch too much Letterman. To begin, this is NOT a musical variety show, it is a comic variety show. Second, if you will pay close attention to the members of the band, you will note that 3 out of 4 nights, there is someone guesting in the band. Sometimes they are NAME players, sometimes not. Letterman, to my knowledge, has never featured the band guests unless they were sit-down guests also. I, for one, would rather have it this way. If you had noticed, while DL was in LA, there was a guest band member every night. Only one was introduced, Van Halen. The same thing happens on the Carson show with not as much regularity, but it happens. If the guest happens to have a name most people will recognize, they are introduced and take a bow. Otherwise, they go unoticed except by the folks who do recognize them. Saturday Night Live has guest bands. How many times have you retched when some of them came out to play. They could well eliminate the guest bands on SNL as most of them are terrible anyway. I think DL does a good job not letting the show become a showcase for some artist pushing their latest album. Keep the comedy. If you want to enjoy te music, get tickets and listen during commercial breaks. T. C. Wheeler
evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (05/27/85)
Letterman has some of the biggest names in jazz and R&R sitting in with
his band from time to time. Sure, he has lesser knowns sitting in from time
to time, and I don't care to see them, but when Eric Clapton sits in (and he
never makes TV appearances), I would LOVE to hear him play something, especially
when he is announced in advance as being a special guest on the show. While
I am not a Van Halen fan, I would have even enjoyed seeing 1 song from Eddie.
It seems that the artists who do get to play are the jazz artists, and while
I like to see quality musicians, I prefer R&R...and they get relegated to during
commercials only, and the interested fans get to see 5-10 sx before and after
the commercials.
As a matter of fact, I like most of Paul's arrangements, and wish that every
now and then Dave would let him play one of his own arrangements of an oldie.
--Evan Marcus
P.S. Has anyone besides me noticed how appropriate the Letterman Show's bumpers
are? (Bumpers are the still photos they use before and after commercials.)
If you look at them right, they are very funny!
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"We're all different."
"I'm not."adler@aecom.UUCP (Elliott Adler) (05/29/85)
> I have the feeling these people don't watch too much > Letterman. To begin, this is NOT a musical variety show, > it is a comic variety show. I resent this comment... I, for one, am a Dave fanatic... I can't get enough of the man, BUT!!! I am very upset at the way he handled the guest musicians. Dave, to me, has always been someone who kept all the cards on the table... he never pulled garbage like that. Some of my friends (devotees also) tuned into Dave the night of EC with extra special devotion... only to get nixed. We enjoy the music of EC very much, and listen to it all the time... and we hoped that when EC was on Dave, we would have a chance to "talk" to EC... but no go!!! I still love Dave, but even a parent must rebuke his/her child every now and then... Dave, if you ever do that again!!! Elliott p.s. next week (June 3 - June 6), Dave will be broadcasting his first 5 shows... all I ask is that they should be in black and white, after all, these must be from the late 50's :-) -- {ihnp4|spike|rocky2|philabs|pegasus|esquire|cucard}!aecom!adler
rsy@iwu1d.UUCP (Robert S. Yen) (05/30/85)
I totally agree. When I heard Clapton (Behind The Sun is a great new album!) was going to be on Letterman, I tuned in only to be similarly disappointed when Dave didn't interview him. And a couple of days ago, Smokin' Joe Walsh was on. This time he interviewed Joe for a whole 5 minutes!!! Maybe Dave needs to get a nice LOOOOONG petition requesting him to pay a little more attention to the guest musicians..... --Robert S. Yen ihnp4!iwu1d!rsy AT&T Info. Sys. Naperville, IL.