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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
| Subject | Re: Caution, May Induce Vomiting. |
| Date | Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:39:39 +0000 |
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I agree completely, John. "Thriller" also got blacks artists on MTV, which included rap, which then enabled that whole genre (and what I guess is now 'new R and B') to basically take over the charts.
Nirvana and other grunge bands had nice but brief chart success; the chart topping rock band seems pretty rare these days. Seems like it's all rappers and divas, with the occasionally rock band thrown in.
And with black artists dominating the charts and MTV, it's changed the way all these suburban white kids dress and talk the last 20 years. It's completely mainstream now. Before Jackson on MTV it wasn't.
64-74- yea, right. For every Beatles there was shit like Vanilla Fudge.
Smoke another joint, hippie.
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Subject: Re: Caution, May Induce Vomiting.
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> "Thriller" may be the second best selling record of
> all time, but it has none of the raw energy, it lacks the cultural
> impact of "Meet The Beatles."
As with so many of his treatises, Lefsetz's perceptions are colored by the era in which he grew up. I don't know about anyone else who came of age in the '80s, but there was a hell of a cultural impact from "Thriller" by my recollection, and although the Beatles are and always will be my favorite band of all time, I can honestly say that I still spin "Thriller" way more than "Meet the Beatles."
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