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| From | <gabrielfuentes@fibertel.com.ar> |
| Subject | Re: uncool |
| Date | Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:07:34 -0300 |
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I am an unashamed fan of the Yes catalog..and my fave Yes album?..Tales from..
I am uncool..and proud of it
; )
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De: "Seaman, Dave" <seamand@upmc.edu>
Fecha: Martes, Octubre 7, 2008 12:26 pm
Asunto: uncool
>
> <<<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....>>>
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> Which just goes to show us, once again, that one man's floor is
> anotherman'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
> workup 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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