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From | mkropp@comcast.net |
Subject | Re: Lydon |
Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:05:59 +0000 |
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<< Enough has been said/written about Bollocks. We can all admit that it's a tremendously important (and great) record.>>
<< And for the fact that he told that carb-head Wenner to fuck off means we should respect him (dare I say 'love'?) even more.>>
double amen.
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From: "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net>
> Amen, my brother.
>
>
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> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:36 AM
> Subject: Lydon
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> > Got to call bullshit on the Lydon bashing, saying that he 'didn't have any
> > songs'. Simply not true. Enough has been said/written about Bollocks. We
> > can all admit that it's a tremendously important (and great) record.
> >
> > After the Pistols broke up, everyone was expecting JL to remain Johnny
> > Rotten and put out Bolllocks, Pt. 2. Instead, he formed Public Image, Ltd
> > and released music that was not only radically different than the Pistols,
> > but also extremely influential to the post punk world (somewhere in Dublin
> > the Edge was listening to Keith Levine).
> >
> > No songs? Death Disco, Rise, Disappointed and others are, in a word,
> > fantastic.
> >
> > You may not like JL's voice, but rock and roll/punk/whatever isn't about
> > technique, range, etc. as much as it is about delivery and attitude.
> >
> > And for the fact that he told that carb-head Wenner to fuck off means we
> > should respect him (dare I say 'love'?) even more.
> >
> >
>
>
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