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| From | Bruce Brodeen <popmusic@notlame.com> |
| Subject | Blue Ash Influence and....Jellyfish, too |
| Date | Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:17:14 -0600 |
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I don't disagree. I was saying 'one could make an argument' they could
place up there. Much as I love the band, not sure I could! There were not
a lot of bands in the mainstream making music like this in the early 70s -
so the ones that were there(at least on major labels), had influence on fans
who were into post-Beatle pop/rock.
That's another thread, though - a list of the Top 25 most influential power
pop artists.
I'll throw depth charge out, tho. My putting out the Jellyfish box set
back in 2002, I can tell you with all kinds of anecdotes and stories how
much I UNDER-estimated the bands' influence. And *I* freaking mortgaged my
house to get that bugger out back then and I really did not have an idea of
their impact on so many, many thousands of music fans.
I have hundreds of emails from fans that I saved - the passion was
unbridled, for sure - but it was clear how incredibly impactfull the band
was on almost anyone who saw them live and the experience folks had w/
listening to their records was well beyond the band just being a casual
favorite for so m any fans.
Before 2002, I would place Jellyfish, say,Top 20 or 25, if I was inclined to
ponder a list. After my experiences the last five years w/ fans from
releasing "Fan Club", I would put them easily in the top 10 as the amount of
bands and musicians inspired by their (limited) work is immense and
influence substantial.
(btw, there are a few handfuls of the original discs (not the box sets) that
I found a few weeks ago and put up on the site - email me off list if yr
interested or just search jellyfish on the not lame site - but do so in next
day or two)
Bruce
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:02:04 -0400
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> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:43:06 -0400
> From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
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> Subject: Re: Blue Ash Vs. NY Dolls
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com>
>> I'll argue that not enough people heard them to make a top 25
>> "influence" list. Not that they wouldn't be worthy - I'm ambivalent
>> there - but to be influenced by someone you need to encounter them
>> at that certain stage in your career. I suspect there's a long list
>> of bands ahead of these guys.
>
> I'm a fairly knowledgeable power pop fan with an eye towards the
> music's history. I'm not sure I could name three Blue Ash songs other
> than "Abracadabra," and frankly, I tend to think of the Records'
> version first, because that was the one I first heard. I'm not saying
> they're not worthy or anything, but I'm with Bill: I wouldn't think of
> them as anywhere close to a Top 25 act.
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