I still love it

[John A. Swartz]

> Subject: BOC: I still love it
> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:15:54 -0400
> From: Nick English <nick at NETPHD.NET>
>
> Well, everyone's else's criticisms notwithstanding, I
> still love "Curse" almost unreservedly.  And believe
> me, I'm not trying to make anyone feel like they should
> love the album as much as I do, or whatever.  I'm just
> VERY happy with the disc they put out.  I like the
> whole thing, basically.  Even the lyrics are
> palatable. . . at least more so than HF's.


My thoughts exactly - this album just "flat out" rocks... :-)


> > One thing I find interesting though, is that in all the
> > articles I've read about BOC over the last three years,
> > they always refer to Buck, Eric and Allen as
> > the "creative core" of the band, or something to that
> > effect.
>
> I expect that it's a case of lazy journalists just copying from the press
> release.


Probably.  It's easier for journalists who may have never really had a
clue as to the bulk of the band's creative energy back in the 70's - of
course, Buck did write all the Top-40 hits so he already had name
recognition.  But, back in the 70's fans and probably journalists alike
knew that the "creative core" was a different group.  And of course, it
makes for good press to advertise that after 30 years, three-fifths of
the band is still intact.

And, with "Stone of Love", Meltzer can boast that he's STILL providing
lyrics for the band even though that they've had so little to do with
him for probably over 20 years?

John