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| From | deedlemusic@sbcglobal.net |
| Subject | Re: need suggestions |
| Date | Sat, 22 May 2004 14:52:48 -0700 |
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Yes, but don't forget that Elton had some kind of epiphany a few
years ago and discounted everything he did after Captain Fantastic
for being horribly shlocky and soul-less -- so that kind of awareness
has to count for some kind of offset, doesn't it?
We submit (at number one, we think):
PAUL McCARTNEY. I like the first two solo CD's but as soon as Wings
hit the fan it was all over. "Someone's Knockin' At The Door" has to
be one of the worst songs ever written, this from the man who gave us
"Blackbird" and "Yesterday". Talk about de-evolution!
Jimm says: "Elvis Presley -- he was doing great stuff until 1977, but
all of the recent CDs have just been crappy remixes!" (Don't pay any
attention, Sam -- the boy is a bit confused. He thinks Elvis is
living in a trailer in Raisin City, CA. I love him anyway.)
Hugs,
Wend
At 4:38 PM -0600 5/21/04, Sam Smith wrote:
>I'm trying to come up with a definitive "Oh How the Mighty Have
>Fallen" list. The basic concept is what artist/band that was once
>awesome now sucks the worst. I guess I'm more concerned with the
>sellout kinda suck than I am just the "just lost it" kind, but hey,
>I'm open to suggestions.
>
>I think I have a clear top 3, and maybe 4 and 5. Anybody with ideas,
>let me know. Here's where I am right now.
>
>1: Elton John - up until 1976 or so he was god. Now he cries himself
>to sleep every night over Diana.
>2: Sting - The Police were one of the most amazing bands in the
>world. Now he's devolved into, well, Sting®.
>3. Rod Stewart - Faces. Jeff Beck Group. Now he has middle-aged
>housewives heaving their XXL panties at him, and he seems to enjoy
>it.
>4. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds to "Kokomo." This is mostly a Brian
>WIlson thing, ain't it?
>5. Metallica - Pay Lars, but not for St. Anger....
>--
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>...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the
>lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in
>strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing
>behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice
>kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch,
>and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing
>from your heart.
>
> - John Millington Synge
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