[MikeInNV]

Originally Posted by michelej1

[In a Guardian article Ritchie Blackmore worries that FM may be getting too mellow. Here is the excerpt]

By Jon Young 4/15/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...ut-i-dont-mind

“No, Kiss I like because they don’t care what people think of them. They take a chance and it’s worked. They’re the first ones to admit they’re not good musicians. I’m talking about middle-of-the-road bands that turn out that lethargic, laid-back cocaine beat. The DJs love it and they play and play it all the time.”

Oh, Fleetwood Mac?

(Laughing) “Funny you should mention them. Nice people, but I have reservations about what they’re doing. But the rest of America doesn’t seem to have reservations. It’s gone into this mellow thing and I’m not keen on that. I like intense music that comes across as drama, as acting.”

The new wave has that excitement, doesn’t it?

“Well, that’s got the impetus, the energy, but it hasn’t got the music. That’s wrong as well. I don’t quite know what I prefer to listen to, the new wave or Fleetwood Mac. I often think of that and I think I would play Fleetwood Mac because I can’t take the other stuff.”

Wow. Someone should tell this guy that a live FM show is NOT mellow and it IS acting.