Re: Joe Jackson??

[Doug Ciceri <dciceri@credit.erin.utoronto.ca>]

>Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 15:42:40 -0400
>To: Aaron Yarlas <yarlas@PSYCH.UCLA.EDU>
>From: Doug Ciceri <dciceri@credit.erin.utoronto.ca>
>Subject: Re: Joe Jackson??
>
>I'm well aware of Costello's work!  Jackson is nowhere close to Costello
and a comparison between the two should not even be made - this of course is
my own humble opinion and can be quite debated by others on the list as have
my other comments.  Thanks for your opinion though - the fact that we have
(at least) two Joe Jackson supporters suprises me.  Have you ever seen Joe
perform?
>
>DC
>
>At 02:57 PM 5/14/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>Doug,
>>
>>Count me in as a second supporter of Joe Jackson.  To call his work 
>>"candy pop" and to compare him to the Archies means only one thing: that 
>>you obviously have little to no familiarization with the Joe's body of 
>>work.  Joe is an intelligent lyric writer and has a fabulous melodic 
>>sense, much in the same vein (though not QUITE at the same level) of 
>>Elvis Costello.  Of course, if you feel a need to also label Costello as 
>>"candy pop", then you are a hopeless case.  Try listening to someone's 
>>work before you bash it, eh?
>>
>>Aaron 
>>
>>
>
Douglas L. Ciceri

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