All this idol-bashing reminds me of a conversation I had with Jim DeRogatis
not long ago (how's that for name-dropping??) about how taking on the
hallowed figures of rock and reevaluating them is actually a healthy thing.
In fact, DeRo is editing a book, due in June, called "Kill Your Idols,"
where a group of young-ish writers pokes holes in some of the sacred cows of
rock, including Sgt. Pepper, Pet Sounds and Nevermind.
I have to say, I think he has a point ...

john.
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John L. Micek
State Government Reporter
The Morning Call
Harrisburg, Pa.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net>
To: "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: worst bands


> --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, Stewart Mason <flamingo@t...> wrote:
>
> > I'm very much on the side of those who say that Hall and Oates don't
> belong
> > in that company, and I'm even willing to give it up for the likes of
"Say
> > It Isn't So" and "Kiss On My List," not just the cooler likes of "Sara
> > Smile" -- so I'll just limit myself to supposedly cool bands that I
can't
> > tolerate:
> >
> > Belle and Sebastian
> > Bright Eyes
> > The Darkness
> > Material Issue
> > Myracle Brah
> > Phantom Planet
> > Elliott Smith
> > Velvet Crush (not including the duo's pre-VC work and much of the first
> album)
> > The Vines
> > Paul Weller (solo career only)
> >
> > S
>
> Wow, I must admire your fortitude for posting a "loathed list" of artists
> who many of us have deified on Audities.  I can't help but wonder (and
this
> is not a rhetorical question) how much of the hype surrounding these bands
> has factored into your decision.  In other words, if the CDs containing
this
> music had been done by Joe Schmo, would you abhor them just as much?
>
> I mean, hell, for awhile in the '70s I couldn't stand Bruce Springsteen
> because of the all the smarmy ass-kissing he would routinely receive on
> WNEW-FM and might have said he was one of my least favorite artists, when
in
> fact he wasn't even close.
>
> David
>
>