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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: The Only Ones |
| Date | Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:01:07 -0400 |
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From: "Brad Harvey" <billionbrads@att.net>
> How about an opinion on The Only Ones? 'Another Girl, Another
> Planet' is
> definitely classic but does the rest of their material measure up to
> this
> great single?
Nope. Not that I'm trying to pick on old UK punk acts or anything
today, but no, there is nothing else in the Only Ones catalogue that
touches that single. If you know that going in, you're less likely to
be disappointed, which is a good thing, because they're not that bad.
Just bear in mind that the Only Ones owe a LOT more to Mott the Hoople
than to the Buzzcocks: they were only vaguely associated with the punk
scene (the drummer had been in Spooky Tooth!), and were more of a
tougher-than-average mainstream '70s rock band that saw the wisdom of
wearing short hair and black suits.
S
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