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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Like the Boss and Van Morrison too.

>

> Can't see how anyone would not like Thunder Road

> on Born to Run. I know I have said it before.

>

> Want to buy Astral Weeks to test out early Van

> Morrison as it is supposedly his best effort. It

> was before my time.


When a song attempts to be a 'tour-de-force' (as many Springsteen songs do) it'll sound over-blown and pompous should it fail to engage the listener. And the more elaborate the production the more pompous it'll seem. Contrast 'Thunder Road' with another song on an epic scale such as 'Sympathy For The Devil'- the pared-down sound induces the kind of visceral reaction that Brucey could only dream of, without all the faffy production.


Still, it's all down to personal preference though.




Ooh, 'ark at 'im comin' over all 'Drawing Room'!

No Woof, it's about a massive rep for artists without a decent body of work to justify it- not the odd dodgy song.





How much is that doggy in the window? The one with the waggly tail.

How much is that doggy in the window? I do hope that doggy's for sale...

Oh also Neil Tennant


His voice reminds me of a cheap travel hair drier on medium speed.

He's not that different in person either.


Oh and Hugh Cornwell is a cock, he had a badly cut hairy burgundy tweedy jacket on (not a crime in it's self ) when I met him last, but it was his refusal to talk about or even acknowledge his part or time with the "Strangler" that did it for me.



I'm sure there are more....




W**F

bigbadwolf Wrote:


> I can just picture you stoking up that coal fired

> Gramaphone Jah.


Oh my aching sides. Did your parents have one of those then?


Can I just say U2, Simple Minds, Springsteen, Coldplay, Radiohead and most of all that other similarly overwrought bollocks is a fecking bag o' shite.

I think Robbie is overrated. Unfortunately my best friend is begging me to get her 2 tickets for Robbie at the Roundhouse AND go with her. Give me a frigging break.


I don't mind Take That though. Jason Orange once brushed against me in a very tightly packed bar and I STILL get a shiver thinking about it. Yummie.

Keef Wrote:

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> Ha ha, show me a genius Beatles song, and I'll

> show you yellow submarine.



Do not underestimate the power of yellow sub. My two year old loves it, as a result of which she was wandering around sainsburys the other day singing the chorus to Hey Bulldog! One of my proudest moments.

"Oh my aching sides. Did your parents have one of those then?"


I'm afraid to say that they didn't. They had one of those new-fangled cassette players that ran on electricity. Not something I'd imagine you're familiar with Jah. Seeing as the disco's you would've gone to were illuminated with gas lamps, along with the DJ playing the spoons.

Muley Wrote:

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> No Woof, it's about a massive rep for artists

> without a decent body of work to justify it- not

> the odd dodgy song.

>

>

>

>

> How much is that doggy in the window? The one

> with the waggly tail.

> How much is that doggy in the window? I do hope

> that doggy's for sale...


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Did he write that one too. Well I never . Oh please & don't tell me, your sisters dressed you up as Ziggy Stardust way back when & for a moment you felt "real" like you connected with the man himself, pleeeeease.


I think at times he is Blah blah so there...........stick that in your pipe.





W**F

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> "Oh my aching sides. Did your parents have one of

> those then?"

>

> I'm afraid to say that they didn't. They had one

> of those new-fangled cassette players that ran on

> electricity. Not something I'd imagine you're

> familiar with Jah. Seeing as the disco's you

> would've gone to were illuminated with gas lamps,

> along with the DJ playing the spoons.


Didn't your mum and dad teach you any mannners and to have respect for your elders? Obviously not. Prick!

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