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Herb Alpert: Problem or Solution?

Posted at 1:37 PM on January 24, 2007 by Steve Seel (4 Comments)

Playing Herb's "Hello Dolly" today took me back to a Musicheads discussion we had a little under a year ago, when Herb's "Whipped Cream and Other Delights - Re-Whipped" came out. Mark Wheat came down on the side of Herb being a forefather of contemporary down-beat instrumental music, whereas Tony Lopez wasn't having any of that argument -- proclaiming any Herb Alpert "totally appalling" (and that is an accurate quote I recall with some fondness). You?

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Alpert co-wrote some of Sam Cooke's most enduring hits, had dozens of hit instrumentals over three decades, and gives away buckets of his money to support arts education for needy youngsters. Plus he founded and ran one of the most successful independent labels of all time, A&M, and then started the little imprint Almo in order to shove even more market calculated alternative rock into your innocent and gaping little brains. Perhaps this question solves once and for all who the major players at The Current. Steve Seel: the thoughtful mediator. Mark Wheat: the benevolent, slightly mad, vicar. Tony Lopez: the cute but hapless president of the yearbook committee.

Posted by p dub | January 24, 2007 2:40 PM

Hey, at least I'm cute. ; )

I stand by my argument, though. SPECIFICALLY, regarding the Whipped Cream remix, this is nothing more than elevator music with beats.

Posted by Tony lopez | January 24, 2007 3:14 PM

But ya gotta admit.. that album cover is iconic. I still have my vinyl copy.

Posted by Frick | January 24, 2007 3:46 PM

SPECIFICALLY, Lopez, you are a champ. But if you truly did sully the life and work of the great master of all music, Herb Alpert: you chumped. If Seel misrepresented you, well, I'll still sign your book. :)

Posted by p dub | January 24, 2007 5:14 PM

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