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| From | Ronald Sanchez Career Records <eldeluxe@bridgeband.com> |
| Subject | Re: __________ are my Beatles |
| Date | Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:21:00 -0600 |
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The Beach Boys were my Beatles.... But you are correct to assume, the
Beatles turned everything upside down.
XTC is one of the many bands I've liked since, but there isn't another
"perfect" band, except maybe the Who.
Bands like XTC, REM and GbV have been major faves, but they are all flawed.
In the case of XTC, for every great song, there are two or three that
just try too hard to be clever.... I also find Andy P's iron hand, and
obsessive chasing perfection have taken some of the air out of the music
for me. Wasp Star is as un-listenable as Bigger Bang. They have so much
material, there is still a mountain of great songs, but it's become
increasingly difficult for me to carry the banner so high.
The Beatles ended on a high note, and as Anthology proved, even the
discards were pretty good.
Bobby Sutliff wrote:
> As has already been mentioned The Beatles are my Beatles since I grew
> up with them in the 60's. I will also parrot the (imho) fact that XTC
> are by far the best band of the last 3 decades. They've released a few
> duff tracks in that time but basically they just friggin' rule. Andy
> Partridge is a genius on the order of any any 60's icon at the very
> least.
>
> Bobby Sutliff
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