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| From | "bob" <segarini@sympatico.ca> |
| Subject | Re: Darkness, darkness everywhere.... |
| Date | Tue, 3 Feb 2004 02:29:39 -0500 |
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There has always been crap that the general public has embraced...there is
crap that the general public is embracing...there will be crap that the
general public will embrace. Pass me a diet coke...
bib
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: Darkness, darkness everywhere....
> At Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:33:15 m m wrote:
>
> >Really? The first time I heard them was when they covered Radiohead's
> >Street Spirit. I thought it was hilarious. The "poking fun at rock and
> >roll" stuff is in their music as well as everything else. I can't
imagine
> >someone hearing them on the radio and thinking that they were serious.
>
> [snip]
>
> >But they sound exactly how they look. They sound like a parody of
70s/80s
> >rock and they look like a parody of 70s/80s rock. It's one big parody,
> >with some impressively catchy tunes thrown in. It's my belief, that you
> >can tell this simply by hearing them. The rest of it just confirms it,
if
> >you initially thought that, for some reason, they could be serious.
>
> Here's the problem with the audio cues for telling if these guys are
serious
> or not:
>
> The Vines. The Hives. The White Stripes.
>
> I thought *these* bands were jokes. Turns out I was dead wrong (according
to
> the world press and millions of album sales later). So, now that a band
like
> The Darkness shows up with even less originality in a fistful of kitsche
> '70s riff rip-offs what the hell am I supposed to think now?
>
> Oh, those guys were serious...THESE guys are comedians.
>
> Sorry. The whole scene has been one big turn off. Bad production. Bad
> performing. Bad songwriting.
>
> Sheesh, I'm starting to sound like my parents when I brought home the
first
> Clash record...
>
> God, I'm gettin' old...and intolerant.
> Jaimie Vernon,
> Bullseye
>
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