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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
| Subject | =?US-ASCII?B?UkU6IFJlOiBUaGF0IHdoaWNoIGhhcyBubyBhbnN3ZXI=?= |
| Date | Wed, 16 May 2007 12:36:25 -0400 |
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>I'd add to this list of influential contemporaries
>Velvet Crush's "In
>the Presence of Greatness". Talk about standing
>the test of time.
Amen. And 'Teenage Symphonies to God" ain't to shabby either.
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Wed, 16 May 2007 14:28:05
>
>Greg wrote:
>
><<Yes, lots of power pop aficionados loved (and
>love) *Bellybutton*, but
>I
>
>hardly think it spearheaded the entire pop
>underground of the nineties
>
>and oughts. I don't think *any* one album loomed
>that large. In fact,
>
>I'd argue that two albums that were roughly
>contemporary with it,
>
>Matthew Sweet's *Girlfriend* and Teenage Fanclub's
>*Bandwagonesque*,
>
>were just as influential in the formation of the
>latter-day pop
>
>underground, if not more so. >>
>
>
>
>
>
>This quote from Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review of
>"Girlfriend" on
>allmusic.com is interesting in light of this
>discussion: "Sweet's music
>might have recognizable roots, but Girlfriend never
>sounds derivative;
>thanks to his exceptional songwriting, the album is
>a fresh, original
>interpretation of a classic sound."
>
>
>
>I'd add to this list of influential contemporaries
>Velvet Crush's "In
>the Presence of Greatness". Talk about standing
>the test of time. If
>you haven't listened to this one in a while, you
>must do so. Absolutely
>as engaging and refreshing as it ever was.
>
>
>
>Gary B
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