[bomp] Drums Keep Poundin' A Rhythm To The Brain

["Perry L. Adler" <PerryAdler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 14:17:16 -0500
 > From: Rat Pfink <ratpfink@earthlink.net>
 > Subject: Re: [bomp] Clash?  Over-rated??
 >
 > At 09:14 AM 12/31/2002 EST, you wrote:
 > >
 > >By the way.....am I the only person whose favorite Clash LP (as a
LISTENING
 > >experience, now, not in terms of its Global Importance) is "Give 'Em
Enough
 > >Rope"?)
 >
 > Nope, me too (with the original import debut a close second).
 > Great songs and I love the big hard rock production.
 >
 > >Why is this album so universally dissed by serious Clash fans?  So
 > >the drums sound a little bit too big.  Jesus, it's a stunning record.
 >
 > Because the punks didn't like anything that didn't sound like it
 > was recorded in a shower stall...

     I've never understood the concept of drums being too loud, and it's not
just punks who have said that about records. This has been THE BIG BEAT
since the Fifties, right? 

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