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- From: jjonsson@alexandria.lib.utah.edu
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- Subject: Re: Top 10 Bands of all time
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 00:10:12 GMT
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- In article <BxvDr1.H19@cleo.abt.com> todd@cleo.abt.com (Todd Nix) writes:
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- >In <jjonsson.247@alexandria.lib.utah.edu> jjonsson@alexandria.lib.utah.edu writes:
- >>In article <cubsfan.721781292@camelot> cubsfan@camelot.bradley.edu (Michael Silverman) writes:
- >>[Top 10 list deleted]
- >>THE CURE -- Defined Goth. May have defined late '80s early '90s pop along
- >>with it.
-
- >NOT! Don't get me wrong. I love the Cure, but defining goth? I think not.
- >Dark videos, mopy lyrics, and black clothes do not a goth band make.
- >I can define goth in 2 words: Joy Division. And if you need some further
- >references to go along with it...I'd suggest Bauhaus and the Sisters of Mercy.
-
- Actually ever since I posted that list I've been thinking it over, and here
- are some changes:
-
- Instead of saying Neil Young Invented Grunge, I'm going to have to say it
- was THE STOOGES. Check out 1969's "Fun House" with classics like
- "TV Eye"
-
- Also, I've changed my position on The Cure. I'd have to say that the
- definers of Goth were SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES.
-
- >As far as influence goes Roxy Music has to be way up on the list. Just
- >take a look through the Roxy video history and check out where some of the
- >early 80s most succesful MTV bands got there ideas. (ABC, Adam Ant, Duran
- >Duran,
- >etc.) Remember, thats where Eno got his start as a musician, so you can
- >indirectly map all the people he's worked with, including Talking Heads,
- >DEVO, and U2 back to Roxy.
-
- I'd stand by my earlier list with the above changes. More bands which should
- be on the list but aren't: ROXY MUSIC, TALKING HEADS, NEIL YOUNG [Now that
- he's off as such a great innovator,] THE ENGLISH BEAT, THE CLASH.
-
- Cheers!
-
-
-
- Jeff Jonsson
- Marriott Library System Support, University of Utah.
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