> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 10:21:41 -0000
> From: Andrew Broughton-Braithwaite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: crude sideswipe at an easy target
>
> 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.
> Surprised more people haven't voiced Nick's opinion.
>
> Me, I think The Jam are superb. Little Boy Soldiers and That's Entertainment
> would definitely accompany me to a desert island.
> And I'm sure this is an area where Paul Sec and I have disagreed...
>
> Andy BB
>
>
I completely connected with The Jam (back then). Soundtrack of my teen years as
someone else said. I rarely listen to them anymore, but when I do I still feel
some of what initially excited me about them years ago. On a different note,
Bowie 'broke' in the US around "Space Oddity".
Dan
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