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| From | Kevin Mathews <kevin@powerofpop.com> |
| Subject | Re: pop vs. rock |
| Date | Wed, 2 Jul 2003 05:18:39 -0400 |
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very erudite dissertion of the pop-rock divide by Greg
>I've always held that the only reason why a lot more power
pop bands
>sound like the Beatles or the Byrds or Big Star or the Kinks
than they do
>the pre-*Tommy* Who is because the Who is one of the most
difficult
>rock'n'roll bands in history to imitate, if not *the* most
difficult.
Well, the British punk bands of '77 like the Pistols
("Anarchy in the UK"), the Jam ("Art School"), the Clash
("1977") & Buzzcocks ("What Do I Get") certainly knew their
Who vocabulary well...
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