― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:30 (twenty years ago) link
I admit I'm always a bit baffled by claims like this for 'pop' because surely it's true that pop is never NOT dominant.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:33 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:38 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:43 (twenty years ago) link
Well, I'm all for that! But to tie in with the Iraq theme:
41) Slightly repeating a previous point about the Reagan samples on "Gods of War," but a new example -- hearing this last night actually freaked the hell out of me:
"WE WILL NOT CAVE IN." *rocket launch*
There's yer America May 2004 attitude right there.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:46 (twenty years ago) link
42) The likelihood their decision to dress down was based on the fear that people would assume they'd been replaced by cyborgs.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:47 (twenty years ago) link
Gear OTM!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:04 (twenty years ago) link
And early R.E.M. WERE danceable in the same way that a lot of new wave was danceable.
― Tim Ellison, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:17 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago) link
true.
And they were way less danceable (not to mention way less weird, and way less beautiful) than the Byrds, too.
Hmmm...I think "Stumble" is a bit more danceable than "Eight Miles High," unless you're simply doing a wavey arm dance.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:27 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:32 (twenty years ago) link
Or maybe Jefferson Airplane.
― chuck, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:34 (twenty years ago) link
This is brilliant
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:39 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Ellison, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:47 (twenty years ago) link
I didn't suggest that it wasn't. It's just that I usually bring up Kix whenever discussing pretty much anything with Chuck to the point that it was becoming a bit cliched (sort've like taking a potshot at Killing Joke if you were trying to piss me off, etc.)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:59 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Thursday, 20 May 2004 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Thursday, 20 May 2004 22:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 May 2004 22:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Ellison, Thursday, 20 May 2004 22:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Thursday, 20 May 2004 23:59 (twenty years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:04 (twenty years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:10 (twenty years ago) link
3337: because steve clark and phil collen have the best dual guitar action ever. yes, better than carrie/corin AND tom verlain/richard lloyd and ANYONE ELSE YOU CARE TO NAME.
3338: they're better than reading long boring music criticism right in the middle of this thread. i mean no offense, my attention span is pathetic right now, whooooaaaa def leppard are so great. CUSPIDORIAN TO THREAD!
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:12 (twenty years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:16 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:17 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:20 (twenty years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:31 (twenty years ago) link