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| From | "bob" <segarini@rogers.com> |
| Subject | Re: Elton used to have it |
| Date | Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:52:16 -0500 |
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They never reached me, Ken...and everything I have ever read or heard
Michael Stipe say makes my skin crawl.
I'm happy for their success...there's room for everything in the world of
music...but I can fire off an Uzi at my record collection and not hit an
R.E.M recording. I get a kick out of peter Buck, though. The man knows his
way around a 12-string...
bob
"chark"?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Kase" <kenkase@nighttimes.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: Elton used to have it
> Have a nice nap, Bob. Maybe they jumped the chark when you could actually
> understand what he was saying.
>
> --Ken
>
>
> On 1/16/05 12:25 PM, "bob" <segarini@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>> Wake me up when Stipe says something that's not pretentious, precocious,
>> or
>> puerile...
>>
>> bob
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken Kase" <kenkase@nighttimes.com>
>> To: <audities@smoe.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: Elton used to have it
>>
>>
>>> REM survived some battles with the shark, but finally flew overhead with
>>> "Monster", Kenneth's frequencey notwithstanding.
>>> --Ken
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/16/05 11:39 AM, "MogleyB@aol.com" <MogleyB@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 1/16/05 7:01:48 AM, Gene Creson writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When did Elton jump the shark. His mid 70's music was such a joy.
>>>>> Lot's
>>>>> of
>>>>> interesting sounds, vocals and jangles mixed with the piano work.
>>>>> Those
>>>>> singles are still great fun to listen to. But now, all we got is a
>>>>> professional entertainer. Such a waste.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> well, for me everything including Empty Sky and The Friends Move
>>>> Soundtrack
>>>> through Brick Road are essential and as good as it gets
>>>>
>>>> The question i'd like to pose to this list is.
>>>> whose body of work has by passed shark jumping for more then a decade
>>>> even with some dips in the shark tank
>>>>
>>>> who are the exceptions.
>>>>
>>>> Lennon?
>>>> u2?
>>>> Neil Young?
>>>> MCcartney?
>>>> Bowie?
>>>> R.E.M?
>>>> The Ruttles?
>>>> Mb
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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