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| From | Eb <ElBroome@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Another poll |
| Date | Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:03:41 -0800 |
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Michael Bennett wrote, in part:
>a list, that, with the exception of a few titles, are the albums
>that dominated
>the 'serious' rock press in the U.S., such as it is.
>Yet this poll, while a representive selection of some quality music,
>is (to put it in Beefheartian terms) as 'safe as milk'
>What exactly is your point?
Oh please. The CoF poll (consider its origin) is clearly slanted
toward white-guy retro-pop as well, just not as severely as the
Audities poll. Albums by...mmm, let's see...Costello, Aimee Mann,
Bowie, Rhett Miller, George Harrison, Ben Kweller, Brendan Benson,
Badly Drawn Boy, Neil Finn, Kristian Hoffman, the Wondermints,
Jellyfish, Supergrass, the Negro Problem, the Eels, Suede, the
Shazam, Oasis and Stew finished much higher in the CoF poll than
where they finished in most other lists. Not to mention the otherwise
heralded, non-pop albums which *didn't* rank in CoF. The pop bias is
pretty clear -- it's just that this poll favors more contemporary pop
which doesn't necessarily pander to the IPO cult. Bands which display
some signs of personal vision, rather than "mediocre bands who just
have the basic moves down," to paraphrase a pithy Stewart M. quote
which would have been dogpiled if I had written it instead. That was
my "point."
(Note: If you're motivated to respond to this, you might try Bcc:ing
your post. Those of us taking the digest are really handicapped,
lately...the backlog of posts is incredible. Over the weekend, I
posted something and received *five* complete digests before my post
turned up in the queue. I only found your above comments by checking
the Web archive.)
Eb, still bewildered by what a non-presence Cornelius is on every
2002 poll he has seen (don't let me down, Pazz & Jop...)
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