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| From | ccdatsme@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: I dropped everything to buy album XXX |
| Date | Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:35:15 -0400 |
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It's 1979. I'm a high school senior who has become a full-fledged, skinny-tie
New Waver in terms of musical taste. Syracuae's 95X, which was far from being
the most ambitious rock station in American radio with regard to playlist
eclecticism, starts playing a turbocharged power pop number called "Can't
Imagine" by some guy named David Werner. I run out and buy his newly-released
eponymous album. It turns out to be an amazing disc, running a surprising gamut
of styles but packed with energy, hooks, and tough guitars on just about every
song.
Ah, yes. I remember writing an (unsold) spec review of that album for Creem, commenting that "Can't Imagine" sounded so much like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that Werner should break his own hand and file for bankruptcy.
(I meant that as a compliment.)
Another fave from that album was "Too Late To Try," which woulda been worthy of The Raspberries.
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