From: yomama@someplace.com   
      
   HERE HERE!   
      
   On 6 Apr 2006 14:21:32 -0700, "The old geezer"  wrote:   
      
   >....Went in to work today still kinda bummed out about Mr. Pitney's   
   >passing & wuz shocked to find out that most of my co-workers had no   
   >idea who he wuz!!!  Only a few old geezers like myself knew of his   
   >music.   
   >   
   >Ahhhh, these young whippersnappers, what do they know?  They admire the   
   >musical prowress of the likes of Eminem or (shudder) Kurt Cocaine!   
   >.....sigh.   
   >   
   >Gene Pitney wuz a VOICE! Like Roy Orbison, Frankie Valli & Bobby Vee.   
   >   
   >He wuz one of the few shining lights in the dark days between payola &   
   >Beatlemania/British Invasion!   
   >   
   >But two things scare me about all this.  One is the ignorance of   
   >history (musical & otherwise) by younger generations (35 & under).   
   >   
   >The other is that little by little, piece by piece the world that I   
   >know is rapidly dissapearing.   
   >   
   >Am I to eventually become like Abe Simpson, locked away in some   
   >government controlled "Assisted Living" home......babeling(?) on & on   
   >about some madmen named Jerry Garcia & Frank Zappa????   
   >   
   >We won't forget you Gene!  Your music rules!!!!   
   >   
   >The old geezer   
   >   
   >NP: All Time 25 Greatest Hits - Gene Pitney   
   >ND: Saranac Black & Tan   
      
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