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| From | "Mark Tate" <zumpp99@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Americans Just Don't Get It... |
| Date | Sun, 01 Feb 2004 21:36:23 -0500 |
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You're not wrong on this one.
Mark
>From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Americans Just Don't Get It...
>Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 21:31:03 -0500
>
>AT Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 14:37:39 Brian Curtis wrote:
>
>>That said, I think that the powers that be are about to push The Darkness
>>on
>>the American public and it will be fun to see how the current crop of
>>teenage "wiggers" and shoegazers react to the "awesome onslaught" that is
>>The Darkness. (Tongue firmly planted in cheek.)
>
>I think America, and Canada by default, are not warming up to the Darkness
>because they....well...blow. Put as much retro guitar/glam flashback or
>Spinal Tapian logic on it you want, but the bottom line is the singing
>kills it. Same reason our very own Tragically Hip have never caught on in
>the US...who the hell wants to listen to an album (and in the Hip's case --
>8 albums) of some guy attempting to find the key of the song. The band
>might rock, but listening to a cat get skinned alive for 45 minutes leads
>to a certain disenfranchisement.
>
>Of course, I've been wrong before (White Stripes anyone?)
>
>Jaimie Vernon,
>Bullseye
>
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