HW/NIK: Greasy Truckers Party 2001

[Eric Siegerman]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 04:13:46AM -0400, Doug Pearson wrote:
> >latterly of... pause... Culture Club.
>
> I would *love* it if someone on the list would step up and defend them
> against my prior defamation ... anyone?

Not me!  But then, Karma Chameleon was pretty catchy.

A lot of shit artists have done, like, one good song apiece.
Material Girl was a perfect 3-minute summation of the entire
decade.  Billie Jean.  Seems to me there was a Cure song I liked,
but I've managed to avoid even thinking of them for long enough
now that it's lost, hopefully forever.  My brother would have
Suspicious Minds and Born to Run on his list, but I'm not *quite*
so down on those guys...

I bet a lot of people for whom Depeche Mode are gods would say:
Spirit of the Age.

> (or at least convince me that they
> were better than Duran Duran?)

If DD had even one good song, I don't know it.  Q.E.D.

The only cool thing DD had going for them was their name.  Ditto
Heaven 17 (obscure movie references both).

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