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| From | Bruce Brodeen <popmusic@notlame.com> |
| Subject | Blue Ash Vs. NY Dolls |
| Date | Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:45:20 -0600 |
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Joe nails it. (genius, Joe - they DID take the past and turn it into the
future!)
False choice. Silly juxtaposition. Two very different bands coming from
different places(NY City Vs Ohio) and motivations.
Love 'em both.
Quite prodigiously, in fact. We all(well, most of us, possibly) agree,
musically, Blue Ash. Duh.
But that is not what it's all about, right?
In terms of impact on rock 'n roll. Undeniable --- and Frank Secich(of Blue
Ash) would agree, I'm guessing.
For me, at this time in '73/74, along w/ The Stooges and T. Rex, the NY
Dolls completely turned my world upside down. I was 11/12 and rock 'n roll
was my future because of them.
I was enlisted in the same army as countless thousands of others fans of the
band, as well.
Theirs was a front-line assault, too - it was dirty, dangerous and downright
proletarian.
Now, in terms of power pop and its influence? Blue Ash could, arguably, be
in the Top 20/25 of most influential in the genre.
Indicative of the future for the Dolls were the blank, bored looks of the
rocker dudes in the front row of that video clip. Not a soul was stirring
except the handful of groupies in the front row. I guess I was too young to
know better as they sure had me jumping up 'n down in my bedroom. I was a
world famous mirror star w/ Thunders, Blackmore, Iommi and Page all playing
nicely together in those days.
Uh, these days, too. ;-P
Bruce
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> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:24:52 -0400
> From: "Joseph Savitz" <jsavitz3@gmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: NY Dolls on Midnight Special '73
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> That's the point. I bought both the Dolls and Blue Ash and dug them both.
> It'a a false choice. Were Blue Ash better musicians? Certainly. If that's
> the criterion, then they're the better band. But it is about more than the
> music. The Dolls took the past and turned it into the future. Blue Ash
> weren't even the present. So there.
>
> On 6/11/08, zzzzz <govango@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Man this is a tough call. Apples and Oranges
>> perhaps.
>> Blue Ash were a great band, but so were the dolls.
>>
>> michael
>>
>> --- Doremi Fasolatido <markwayne61@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> What is really hard to comprehend is that Mercury, in
>>> their infinite wisdom, actually decided to promote the
>>> Dolls over Blue Ash. I understand the "larger market"
>>> theory...but come on...musically, their is no
>>> comparison. Blue Ash were far and away better than
>>> the Dolls. But, we all know, it's generally not about
>>> the music.
>>>
>>> Doremi
>>>
>>>
>>> Check out the audience.
>>>
>>> Check out this video on YouTube:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVXnDJPmsKY
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