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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: New Cars |
| Date | Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:11:03 -0400 |
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From: "Michael vg" <govango@yahoo.com>
> Why can't it just be for the love of getting out there and playing?
> Trying something new, or takign something old and making it new.
But neither of those things are happening in the case of the New Cars.
They're taking something old and trying to make it sound as much like
it used to as possible. (Rundgren is even mimicking Ocasek's vocal
phrasing!) This is lame state-fair-circuit stuff, about two steps
above being a tribute band.
I don't think anyone would be saying this stuff if these same people
had picked a new name and were writing new material together, maybe
throwing in a couple of Cars and Rundgren covers. The difference is
that doing that wouldn't cover Rundgren's mortgage payments, and
that's clearly his main interest in this gig.
S
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