I’m tuning in and out of the fourth of July special on PBS. Right now Huey Lewis and the News are on. Behind them sit the orchestra. They look … well … uncomfortable. I suspect people would say I do too, when I’m sitting on stage for something like this. It’s not that I don’t like the pop music. But when I’m holding an oboe I just feel like I look out of place.
Or maybe that’s just my problem!
On the second tune some of the orchestra is playing (they are doing Power of Love). At least then we have something to DO, which makes things better. It’s that darn sitting thing that’s not fun to do, I think. If I start to “rock out” (huh? ME?) I think I look tremendously goofy.
Oops. Huey Lewis just dropped his microphone. Good thing someone else was singing right then.
Good thing he didn’t drop an oboe.
I think that sort of music works much better live than live on TV.