>1) Billy, you'll be really happy to know that the nu-metal stuff was popular 
>only with a segment of the population, the same types who listened to Poison 
>and Motley Crue in the '80s, NOT the crowd who was ever into our stuff. And 
>yes, its popularity has been waning (at least in the Northeast)

I doubt most 21-under Nu-Metal fans would ever admit to ever liking Crue and
Posion. Where I live (East Texas) Country, Hip-Hop and Dance-Pop rule, the
only
people who buy the Nu-metal albums here are mostly teenagers, some young
adults.

>2) I thought the SAME THING about that Darkness song when I heard it!! It's 
>VERY bouncy-Cure, if not a blatant rewrite of "Friday I'm In Love".

When I first heard the song iI thought "they beat Cheap Trick at thier own
game". The whole album is catchy and the lyrics are hilarious ("The way that
she moves me - move me to write bad poetry"). Still I think they are too
much a
"joke band" to stick around for longer than a year.

>Also, as a more general reply to many... if you haven't heard OutKast's 
>"Speakerboxx/The Love Below" then you honestly don't know what you're
missing.
If 
>you harbor deep seated hatred and fear of hip-hop in general, then it won't 
>change your mind, but it's one of the most kaleidoscopic, fun, and 
>forward-looking albums I've heard in a long while.

I have heard the follow-up "I Like the Way You Move" and its your basic
gangsta
party rap with a super catchy chorus that sounds like it was pilfered from
some
"new jack swing" hit from 1989-92. I guess they released this to please the
Rap
following who thought they might be going too pop with "Hey Ya". 







Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio