I felt I had to write because while some of the comments "get it" the most important point has been missed: Alan Freed gave his life for his belief in what he was doing.....
You don't put up with the kinds of harassment he had to deal with just for fame or treasure: you have to believe in something.....
None of us is perfect in our motives or actions, but there are from time to time, those who "carry the water" for the rest of us, and for Rock 'n Roll Alan was the guy.....
I can remember listening to his pre-recorded show the night of the Big Brooklyn Paramount Rock show....I will never forget it......
Mr. Freed walked down a road that needed to be walked down for the rest of us, and had he caved Rock 'n Roll might have been beaten. That may sound like a big statement, but Alan was doing this in NYC, and if they could have killed it there, it would have died.....
But it didn't because the Good Lord loved a lot of the music, almost all of which at this time were love songs....and the Good Lord gets his way.....and he often uses us to get the job done.....
My heart goes out to Mr. Freed every time I watch this tape, and it is a travesty that it is not on DVD with special bonuses, etc......
Epilogue: While Alan died broke and broken I cry not for him, for he was just called home early, and is spinning discs even as you read this on that great radio station in the sky: WHEVN
You don't put up with the kinds of harassment he had to deal with just for fame or treasure: you have to believe in something.....
None of us is perfect in our motives or actions, but there are from time to time, those who "carry the water" for the rest of us, and for Rock 'n Roll Alan was the guy.....
I can remember listening to his pre-recorded show the night of the Big Brooklyn Paramount Rock show....I will never forget it......
Mr. Freed walked down a road that needed to be walked down for the rest of us, and had he caved Rock 'n Roll might have been beaten. That may sound like a big statement, but Alan was doing this in NYC, and if they could have killed it there, it would have died.....
But it didn't because the Good Lord loved a lot of the music, almost all of which at this time were love songs....and the Good Lord gets his way.....and he often uses us to get the job done.....
My heart goes out to Mr. Freed every time I watch this tape, and it is a travesty that it is not on DVD with special bonuses, etc......
Epilogue: While Alan died broke and broken I cry not for him, for he was just called home early, and is spinning discs even as you read this on that great radio station in the sky: WHEVN