OFF: 10 MOST HATED

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:

>      When I was 15, I thought they they _were_ the greatest band
> in the world.  Mind you, the only other band I knew well then was
> the Monkees :)

        I was listening to a compilation tape of the Beatles when this
blew up and though I can't say that they've ever struck me as particularly
able musicians (George's guitar's all *right*), the songs themselves
are none too bad and they still strike me as being incredibly innovative
in lots of different ways. Even if they didn't originate their ideas
(which given my grounding in 60s stuff is possible) they still used it
good and fast. I'd cite 'Revolver' as well as 'Sgt. Pepper' for influence,
though.

>      Context I see here again!  For me the Beatles represented
> _real_ rock music, as opposed to 80s cheese.  Guitars, free-thinking,
> drugs, no hair-spray ....
>
>      Gee, kinda like "grunge", I guess :}  Except more colourful :)

        Can't help laughing at that... When grunge hit the news in the UK
it was mostly Nirvana, though there were some long-haired disreputable
types who got very upset at the way Nirvana had hijacked the phenomenon
when people like Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains, who somehow 'deserved'
success more, were being left behind. And with Nirvana, the stance on
drugs always seemed to be, "No, I tried that and it's crap as well." The
US perception was probably a bit, well, closer to the music.

        As for Queen, I'd vote to rescuing 'Seven Seas of Rhye' before
throwing their songs on the fire... It aches to be covered by someone
really distorted and obnoxious...

>      Fair enough!  Though I thought May was a good guitarist,
> and "Tie Your Mother Down" was a cool track.

        Yeah, that can stay too :-) Yours,
                                           Jon
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