> Which makes me wonder: at that divergent
> moment, could we have created a tendency to like
> harder-edged, ultimately more 'indie' releases than we
> ended up liking for many years thereafter?

I was really into 70s progressive rock in 1979 when my friend and I, as a
joke, took his older sister's new Graham Parker album, "Squeezing Out
Sparks." I think I might have purchased "The Wall" the next year, but for
the most part, I don't think I ever listened to another progressive album
again.

And I'm still listening to "Squeezing Out Sparks."

Scott

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