OFF: 10 Most hated

Laj Waldner erebus7 at DLCWEST.COM
Sun Mar 21 17:09:03 EST 1999


Andrew Apold wrote:
>
> >> ah, that song never bothered me.  I marginally prefer it to most of
> >> the others of that vein, including "Marshall Plan", "Shooting Star",
> >> etc.
>
> >"Shooting Shark" is a beautifully written song, great lyrics, GREAT
> >guitar work, for a Cult band BÖC has one of the greatest pop artists I
> >have ever heard in one Buck Dharma. I think you could easily compare
> >"Shooting Shark" to songs like "I Love the Night", "Deadline",the entire
> >Flat Out Album, and most definitely "Harvest Moon" from HF, and a few
> >more that escape my mind right now :-).
>
> I don't mind Shooting Shark at all.  But I was talking about songs of
> the "kid discovers guitar, becomes hero and (maybe) dies" variety, and
> referring to Bad Company's "Shooting Star", not BOC's "Shooting Shark".
>
> =============================
> "To dwell within Samsara, however, is to
>  be subject to the works of those mighty
>  among dreamers."
>
>  - Mahasamatman, in Zelazny's "Lord of Light"
>
> Andrew Apold

Ah gotch ya, never heard "Shooting Star". Though "Marshal Plan" isn't
really trademark BÖC, I really kinda like those "I Love Rockin' Roll"
tunes (to much Kiss maybe), I'm taking it you probably don't care for
"R.U. Ready to Rock" either :-).

Laj.



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