> Well, we're not all complete idiots, though.
Hang on Corin.
You lot on here aren't exactly representative of American or World tastes
are you? You're Mods, that makes you much more 'different' than any of us in
the UK are to our peers.
Of course Bruce fills stadiums everywhere - that's because you have exported
your current culture and music worldwide. It's far far easier for us to
understand American lyrics (Prom queens, baseball, Virginia) than it is for
anyone abroad to understand English lyrics (Tesco's, milkmen, Slough).
* If you investigate, you will find that Bowie's earlier work was
actually more successful in the States than in Europe.
No, wrong. Sorry
> Even now, I daresay that his earlier work is more revered here
than in the UK.
Very wrong. Come on Corin...
This isn't a UK vs rest of the world thing (we're sick of them). It's a
defence of The Jam in the face of foreign incredulity, granted some English
people (Mods) will dislike them too, but probably for different reasons and
their lyrics can endear them even to people who don't like the music,
preciselyt because they strike a chord.
Go and listen to some Billy Bragg. Try "God Save the Youth of America"
that'll give you a perspective.
Cheers!
AndyBB
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Sent: 09 March 2000 13:54
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: crude sideswipe at an easy target
In a message dated 3/9/00 5:12:38 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< I'm just amazed that any foreigners can connect with The Jam, or
the kinks
or Blur or Bowie et al for that matter (witness the fact that Bowie
'broke'
the US with the shite Let's Dance with his good stuff almost
totally
ignored). This is almost totally essentially English musically and
lyrically. >>
Well, we're not all complete idiots, though. I mean, an American can
still
buy an Evelyn Waugh book, right? Besides, you Brits get all our
stupid bands
and crappy TV shows and seem to do alright. Bruce Springsteen
doesn't exactly
play pubs in the UK, does he? In fact, one of my core beliefs about
rock &
roll is that part of it's appeal is cross-cultural envy. Like (very
roughly):
the Beatles and the Stones wanted to be black American R&B singers
which
informed their music which inspired thousands of anglophile American
teens to
pick up a guitar. And it goes on and on like that, that's part of
the whole
deal. I have had roast beef on Sundays, I get what Ray means. And
Bowie broke
the world with that "Let's Dance" shite, it had more to do with MTV
and the
pop aspects of that record than any sort of geography. If you
investigate,
you will find that Bowie's earlier work was actually more successful
in the
States than in Europe. Even now, I daresay that his earlier work is
more
revered here than in the UK. As far as the people I know are
concerned,
"Aladdin Sane" is a current release.
Corin
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