----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Earle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 12:01 AM Subject: Re: (313) GPO & Acid House Connection
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > the difference between those estates/areas, and say, Didsbury (4 miles away > > from the afore mentioned places), (and where Factory had their first > > office), is something akin to the difference between Beverly Hills and > > South Central L.A. > > > > does that help to explain? > > So, to use a similar analogy, would you say that "N.W.A. achieved a lot > you know, coming from 'round Compton"? YES, I WOULD > > I wouldn't. Their *immediate 'hood* might be a horrifically depressed > ghetto (like the East Side of Detroit), but the fact is, they were from an > area that surrounded them which is one of the biggest music megalopolistic > cities in the world, so it was much easier for them to get their music out > to the rest of the world from (t)here than it would've have been if they > were just 5 Niggas from Mississippi. > > I assert that the same thing is true of being from anywhere near > Madchester. Maybe the Mondays are from a horrifically part of that > area, but there's still the fact that Manchester is England's 2nd biggest > musical megalopolis (as seem from the outside world, anyway - though I > suppose some Scousers may disagree :-) ), so it was a lot easier for > them to go far than if they'd been from East Buttfunk, miles away from > Manchester or London or Liverpool. > > </end OT mini-rant> > > - Greg > >
