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| From | "Mike Kropp" <mkropp@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Welcome to Uncool Island! |
| Date | Tue, 7 Oct 2008 19:04:15 -0400 |
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I'm bringing the first three Foreigner albums to Uncool Island. I like 'em.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff" <jeff.teez@comcast.net>
To: "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 4:18 PM
Subject: Welcome to Uncool Island!
> Dave S. wrote:
>
>>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
>
> I say:
>
> Welcome to "Uncool Island" Dave! It's great to have you as a neighbor.
> We try not to think of ourselves as "banished", but I think it's always
> at least somewhere in the back of our minds. I'm tellin' you though man,
> we have the BEST parties. If there's anything we can do to help you get
> settled in, please just say the word. It's a big island and there's
> always room for more.
>
> jeff teez
> Hospitality Director
>
> NP: Styx, "The Grand Illusion"
>
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