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| From | "bob" <segarini@sympatico.ca> |
| Subject | Re: Punky pop ideas for a teenager with awakening ears |
| Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2003 01:33:41 -0500 |
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First three Beatle Albums...first three Stones albums...see where it takes
her.
You're trying to start her on reaction...not action.
bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart Mason" <flamingo@theworld.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: Punky pop ideas for a teenager with awakening ears
> At 01:54 PM 11/24/2003 -0500, Richard Metter wrote:
> >I don't want to be didactic with her: I'd rather it be something that
just
> >gives her a sense that there's a lot to be explored. For instance, if you
> >think about it, even Weezer would probably be new to her. I know she has
> >recently discovered some really "old" stuff in the form of Green Day, but
I
> >wonder -- although it would be educational -- if first generation punk
stuff
> >would really appeal to her.
>
> I think it's probably too early for the likes of the Clash and the
Pistols,
> but I see no reason why something along the lines of the Ramones' "I Wanna
> Be Your Boyfriend" or the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen In Love" wouldn't go
over
> big.
>
> >Challenging stuff can wait for the third edition, when she's 15. But I'd
> >like to throw in SOME 1st generation punkish stuff, like maybe the
Ramones.
> >Any ideas would be welcomed. I probably take this way too seriously,
because
> >I'd like to be influential, and I don't want her to just dismiss it. For
> >instance, I think some "girl" stuff would be a great idea, but do I play
it
> >really safe with the Go-Gos or try something that's a little edgier like
the
> >poppier side of the Muffs (maybe their cover of "Kids in America"?)(but
can
> >you put a band called "The Muffs" on a 13-year old's mix CDR?).
>
> Honestly, I don't know if a 13-year-old girl would even get the reference,
> but she would probably just giggle if she did. I think there's room for
> both the Go-Gos and the Muffs, and maybe even some early Pandoras, before
> their metal-slut phase. (For example, if you've got "You Lie," that would
> work.)
>
> My advice: mix in a few things by bands you know she already knows, just
so
> it's not entirely new stuff, which is always a turnoff. Like throw in
> Green Day's "Basket Case" and Blink-182's "What's My Age Again" (which, as
> dull as I find much of their stuff, I still think is a great single) in
> between the new-to-her things.
>
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