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Re: REM boring?
- To: babel-list
- Subject: Re: REM boring?
- From: Rob Baker <rob>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 08:57:35 +0100
- In-Reply-To: <B5891962.2AB%section.musicale>
- Reply-To: babel-list
- Sender: owner-babel-list
In message <B5891962.2AB%section.musicale>, Christopher Niquet
<section.musicale> writes
>WELL, TO ME REM'S MUSIC IS COMPLETELY RADIO FORMATED. WEREAS PATTI'S IS
>SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WORKING AND CONSIDERING RUELS. REM IS COMPLETELY
>PLAYING THE GAME, WHEREAS PATTI IS NOT.
Hmmm... well then I ask you to compare REM's 'E-Bow The Letter' (which
PS sang on, incidentally) with PS's 'Glitter In Their Eyes'. Or how
about 'Crush With Eyeliner' with 'PHTP'?
OK, so REM have made a number of obvious singles (lest we forget the
awful 'Shiny Happy People'), but EVERY artist has done that. Yes, even
Sonic Youth. Even the Pixies. Even Nirvana.
You cannot criticise a band for making songs that radio likes,
especially when that claim does not even stand up next to the evidence.
--
Rob Baker
* Innocence has had its day *
- Patti Smith
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