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Re: MSG refunds New Wave/Alternative



--- Jeff House <jjthandmeh@juno.com> wrote:
 I defy you to
> include or exclude these artists in the wave, if you
> include them all you
> will find great dissimilarity in their musical
> styles:
> The Doors (prominence of keyboards and pretentions
> to art), Velvet
> Underground (see Doors), Roxy Music (See Velvet
> Underground), Bowie (Ziggy
> Stardust to Lets Dance), Police (punk, reggae or
> pop?), Elvis Costello, U2
> (Bono's 80s hair and Unforgettable Fire), Talking
> Heads, Go Gos , B52s, The
> Clash (Sandinista & Combat Rock), Beck
> 
> I submit to you, the jury, that these artists
> represent attempts to combine
> previous forms of music into something their own. 
> This is what The Who (all
> all good rock) has done and will continue to do. 
> The exhaustion of the rock
> genre comes when artists can't get passionate about
> continuing to combine
> previous styles together because they are either too
> bored, drunk, tired,
> stoned, or old to get fired up about it any more.  

I agree with you totally Jeff. Short statement but
it's true.
       -jess in jersey 
 
 


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