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"Enzo Matrix" |
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Re: It's been a long time. |
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Mick the Merciless wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:41:29 +0100, Enzo Matrix wrote:
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>> To be honest, I've always thought Lennon and McCartney were
>> overrated. They are supposed to be the greatest songwriting team
>> ever. So, how does that explain "She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah"?
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>> "Yes, but..." I hear you say. "That was at the start of their
>> collaboration. They improved after that."
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>> So... explain "I am the walrus. You are the eggman. Goo goo ga
>> joob" to me.
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> Indeed they are/were overrated. What I wrote about not wanting to
> relive the sixties is all about what was overrated then and looked
> back on with nostalgia, stuff that wasn't particularly good anyway.
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> The Beatles and by extension Lennon/McCartney were of their time. They
> *were* great in that period. I don't deny loving them then and
> enjoying the music to this day, but I have no illusions about *any*
> of that sixties stuff being earth shatteringly good.
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> Of course, something I saw on another group, where you say that you
> were born in 61 would explain everything about your musical opinions.
nodnodnod although I recognise and enjoy a lot of 60s music, it simply
doesn't have the same emotional resonance for me that 70s and 80s music
does. During the recent series of "Ashes To Ashes" I was able to relate
virtually every song on the soundtrack to something that I was doing at the
time.
>
> Where you complain that all modern bands sound like Super Fluffy
> Animals,
Psychedelic Furs
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Enzo
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
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Enzo Matrix |
Tue, 13 May 2008, 2:31 am |
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