I have two problems with the whole controversy:
1) The author of the article Caio originally posted sets himself up as an
authority on popular music, yet he mis-identifies the girl group who sang
"He's So Fine" (The Chiffons) as a "Motown group." Hey, not ALL 1960s girl
groups were Motown; at least three were in Phil Spector's harem.
2) I dislike the implication that liking one artist over another--or even
finding one more significant than another--is a zero-sum game. I like the
Beatles AND Nat "King" Cole. Maybe I should apply to the Foreign
Service....
Liz
>From: "Caio Rossi" <caiorossi@t...>
>Many artists and bands have done much more than they have in mixing
>different influences eversince, so they should logically have more
>prestigy. Although I doubt the Beatles became popular or even more popular
>AFTER they became more serious, and not the opposite, what would destroy
>your argument, but assuming you're right, you could only explain why they
>were so popular THEN, not now that many other artists have mixed everything
>you can imagine... but don't have half of their popularity.
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>And I don't believe most people who appreciate them can recognize those
>influences and, if they could, they would have also noticed them in other
>artists and would appreciate them as much or even more... but they don't.
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>Last, but not least, what I'm saying is not much different from what John
>Lennon himself said in an interview published by the Rolling Stones a year
>or more ago. Which Beatlemanic dares to discuss with "the man"??? hehe
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>Bye,
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>Caio Rossi
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