> In this sector of the genre, it's fairly classic for my ears.   A simple,
> consistent and immediate listening pleasure.   I was shocked at how many of
> these songs made it on my Ipod.
>
> But ,arguably....rock 'n roll as an healthy, growing, evolving rock 'n roll
> form *is* in crisis and been in 'stasis', a slowdown phase for over 20
> years.
> 
> Discuss.

I listen to new cds and work with a sticky note beside me and I tick off the track number for every song that sticks out - then I'll rip it for the iPod and the radio show later ... and I made a tick for all but a few songs of the Eugene Edwards cd - which is rare for me.  I love the '77 Elvis/Rockpile/Squeeze era of British pop and pub rock so I was happy.  I can recognize the influence in the style but never thought any particular song was a re-write of some old song - I think they hold up fine on their own - and I don't think there's a glut of people doing it as well as he does.  I'd like 10 in that style every year.

And speaking of picking songs - the Blue Ash is a little tough to distill down to 3 or 4 songs to use on my show - not knowing their history very well, and liking a large percentage of the tracks, can anyone make a suggestion for 'hits' or signature songs for airplay?

Thanks,
Lee Elliott
www.anotherplanet.ca

NP: The Hives (love the track that turns into a Specter rave-up in the second half)