Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Listen Kid We've Heard It Before!
This morning the MYL mechanical engineering editor was making his daily inspection of the plumbing equipment when he came across The Rock Snob's Dictionary. Taking a moment to flip through this tome, something caught his eye. Listed with several "new Beatles" which he was aware of (Badfinger, Klaatu) was a band called Pilot. No further information was given. Turning the matter over to our crack researchers, we learned that Pilot was a Scottish one-hit wonder in the states, with the smash-hit "Magic' ("woah, woah, woah, it's magic, you know, never believe it's not so"). Apparently in the U.K. they were a two hit wonder. But does this really qualify as a "new Beatle"? Klaatu had the mystique, Badfinger had the hits. We obliquely asked Monz and found they rate so low on the true Beatle fan's list, they are indistinguishable from Ambrosia.
The editors immediately ceased and desisted from any further research. Chicken/sharp-cheddar/no-ham sandwich on a French roll. But we add this trivia note -- one of the co-authors of this tome was the drummer for a band that many years ago Monz municificently acquired a CD of in London at our request.
This morning the MYL mechanical engineering editor was making his daily inspection of the plumbing equipment when he came across The Rock Snob's Dictionary. Taking a moment to flip through this tome, something caught his eye. Listed with several "new Beatles" which he was aware of (Badfinger, Klaatu) was a band called Pilot. No further information was given. Turning the matter over to our crack researchers, we learned that Pilot was a Scottish one-hit wonder in the states, with the smash-hit "Magic' ("woah, woah, woah, it's magic, you know, never believe it's not so"). Apparently in the U.K. they were a two hit wonder. But does this really qualify as a "new Beatle"? Klaatu had the mystique, Badfinger had the hits. We obliquely asked Monz and found they rate so low on the true Beatle fan's list, they are indistinguishable from Ambrosia.
The editors immediately ceased and desisted from any further research. Chicken/sharp-cheddar/no-ham sandwich on a French roll. But we add this trivia note -- one of the co-authors of this tome was the drummer for a band that many years ago Monz municificently acquired a CD of in London at our request.
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