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| From | "Seaman, Dave" <seamand@upmc.edu> |
| Subject | uncool |
| Date | Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:26:12 -0400 |
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<<<Worst song ever? It's a tie -- 'Born To Run' or 'Paradise By The
Dashboard Light"....for the same reason. Overblown Broadway/West Side
Story histrionics....>>>
Which just goes to show us, once again, that one man's floor is another
man's ceiling. Now, I love a lot of the stuff touted on this list - and
I love simple 3 chord rock and roll (from Buddy Holly to Green Day),
Beatles A-Z, new wave and punk from Costello to Ramones to XTC, and
quite a lot of power pop 70s to today. But I also love "BIG",
overproduced songs - what you are calling overblown. "Born To Run" is
one of my favorite songs/albums of all time, in fact Springsteen's work
up until around Born in the USA is one of my favorite catalogs. And
while I am no Meatloaf fan, I love "Paradise by the DBL" - it makes me
smile, not gag. Of course, I also am a fan of "Scenes From An Italian
Restaurant", Tommy, Quadrophenia, the second side of Abbey Road, the
suite from Chicago 2, etc. Maybe because I grew up in a house where my
parents often played their "West Side Story" and Rodgers/Hammerstein
records...?
Hell, I even enjoy some early Kansas, Genesis and Yes at times (I say
early - I have zero interest in just about anything Phil Collins or
after the mid 70s).
Am I now banished to the "uncool" island? ;-)
Dave
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