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| From | "Kevin Mathews" <kevin@powerofpop.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Police |
| Date | Sun, 4 Feb 2007 13:47:11 +0800 |
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>>Summer's guitar style would influence U2, the shoegazers and Radiohead,
>>Coldplay in the modern context.
>
> Actually....The Edge noted once in an interview I read that it was Keith
> Levine (late of The Clash) who influenced his guitar style. Has he ever
> mentioned Summer's? Cause that would make so much more sense....
Yes, he did, Jaimie - heard him say so in an interview found on one of those
"Classic albums" DVDs of Joshua Tree... harmonics & all that... listen to
"Regatta De Blanc" - the song (1978) and then listen to the instrumental
break in "I Will Follow" (1980)... it all makes sense...
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