Re: [bomp] Re: More thoughts on the new crop

["Ciaran Daly" <theidlehands@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One doesn't need to taste the entire bottle of wine to judge the vintage...

~ Oscar Wilde


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From: <blairb@mac.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [bomp] Re: More thoughts on the new crop


>
> Don:
> > >> Ever see The Vines play?
>
> Me:
> > >     No.  In fact, I haven't heard every song they do, either.  I've
only
> > > heard a few and I *didn't* like those.  But I have to ask, do you go
> > > out and
> > > see every band that comes to town? Do you listen to every song by a
> > > band to
> > > figure out if you like them? How much time does someone have to put in
> > > before they're allowed to state they don't like a band?
>
> Don:
> > No. No. Depends.
>
> <snip of Don telling us how he didn't like Elvis Costello based on certain
> songs, but...>
> > when Mick Jones of The Clash played lead guitar on Big Tears, the young
> > man was forced to take another listen. He heard something in The Other
> > Elvis that he hadn't heard before. A listen to the rest of This Year's
> > Model confirmed that he had been wrong about the guy named after
> > Abbott's partner. He became a huge EC fan
>
> Better him than me.  With the exception of a few songs, I'm not a fan of
> Elvis Costello.  (The only reason I gave a crap when I saw his name listed
> on the NJPAC sign in Newark on my way home tonight was 'cuz I knew Jahna
> would be interested.)
>
> Yeah, yeah, yeah... I know it's heresy to some of you, but so be it.
>
> To get back to the point... Don's point is that the time someone has to
put
> in before they're allowed to state they don't like a band "depends."  It
> seems pretty obvious to me that we can all change our minds.  In the case
of
> The Vines, the only way someone's gonna get me to go see them at this
point
> is if they happen to be on a bill with someone else I like.  Gotta love
the
> fact that what first turned me *off* to them was the free promo CD-single
> (or whatever) that was given away to people coming out of the Bowery
> Ballroom after a Hives' show in June.  Have I heard other stuff?  Yes.
But
> the song(s) I heard on that disc repulsed me.
>
> One man's opinion.
>
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