From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V7 #198 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Tuesday, July 6 2004 Volume 07 : Number 198 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [idealcopy] The Great Dichotomy of Pop [RLynn9@aol.com] Re: [idealcopy] What's your hurry, here's your hat [PaulRabjohn@aol.com] [idealcopy] in the cards? ["dan bailey" ] RE: [idealcopy] The Great Dichotomy of Pop ["Keith Knight" Personally I found nearly every record from Glitter era until Punk godawful > at the time and still do.>>>>> wow.....do i feel sorry for you....what a shame....LOADS of great music in all genres (especially rock, pop, and soul) back then, most of which still stands up to this day....you really missed out RL np - Telefon Tel Aviv - "Map of What is Effortless" (Dntel, Notwist, Lali Puna fans sit up and take notice) next up: Dykehouse - "Mid-Range" (electronica boffin goes modern shoegazer) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:15:40 EDT From: PaulRabjohn@aol.com Subject: Re: [idealcopy] What's your hurry, here's your hat so what's the prunes remix then fergus? thought it was just a re-issue....... p ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:51:27 -0500 From: "dan bailey" Subject: [idealcopy] in the cards? well, tomorrow a.m. i start a new part-time (i.e. 6 hours a day, 36 hours a week, no benefits ... the bush economy remains in full swing) job at a sportscard shop in a faltering local mall. in any event, if i've gotta work retail for the first time ever, i figured the ideal would be cards, comics, books or music, with of course music being my first choice ... but the 2 local used shops here barely do enough business to keep their doors open, i'm sure, much less hire help. besides, i figure i'm a lot less likely to get into trouble being an elitist snob this way -- "hey, kid, only an *idiot* would buy topps bazooka! come the hell back when you can buy some bowman chromes!" i'm pretty sure i wouldn't come off all jack-black-in-high-fidelity in a music store, either, but god knows the temptation to curl my lip at the barest mention of 99.9 percent of the bands in stock would always be lurking under the surface ... now i just have to remember to keep mute if someone (like the owner, who it turns out buys all that bill-clinton-killed-half-of-arkansas twaddle) starts yapping about carlos delgado's refusal to come out for the national anthem before toronto blue jays games because he opposes bush's iraqi insanity. go, carlos! dan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 22:37:26 +0100 From: "Keith Knight" Subject: RE: [idealcopy] The Great Dichotomy of Pop I never had problems with my liking of Abba in the 70s - most people I hung around with liked them, at least from 76 when they really hit their stride. Dancing Queen and Anarchy were my joint top singles on 76. A slightly smug another the Keith - -----Original Message----- From: owner-idealcopy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-idealcopy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Clements, Bruno - BUP Sent: 04 July 2004 18:25 To: 'idealcopy@smoe.org' Subject: RE: [idealcopy] The Great Dichotomy of Pop J.Hobson wrote: Personally I found nearly every record from Glitter era until Punk godawful at the time and still do. Apart from the ABBA revival the whole lot is thankfully stuck in sewer. As to the PsB, I quite liked them in the eighties but curiously what is fast becoming their classic song "Boring" wasn't a hit on release. Hindsight is a great leveller. - ---Well, I didn't think much of Bowie during this era but I'd say Ziggy and Diamond Dogs (just off the top of my head) still sound fresh, punchy and challenging. Almost a template for punk, really, when you consider the lurid stage costumes. I still like Floyd from these years (Meddle, Dark Side, Wish you were here - which has some very Kraftwerk-like electronics - and even Animals - which is slated by many critics). I liked Abba at the time, but it wasn't something you bragged about! Bruno ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V7 #198 *******************************