I have two problems with the whole controversy:
1) The author of the article Caio originally posted sets himself up as an authority on popular music, yet he mis-identifies the girl group who sang "He's So Fine" (The Chiffons) as a "Motown group." Hey, not ALL 1960s girl groups were Motown; at least three were in Phil Spector's harem.
2) I dislike the implication that liking one artist over another--or even finding one more significant than another--is a zero-sum game. I like the Beatles AND Nat "King" Cole. Maybe I should apply to the Foreign Service....
Liz
>From: "Caio Rossi" <caiorossi@t...> >Many artists and bands have done much more than they have in mixing >different influences eversince, so they should logically have more >prestigy. Although I doubt the Beatles became popular or even more popular >AFTER they became more serious, and not the opposite, what would destroy >your argument, but assuming you're right, you could only explain why they >were so popular THEN, not now that many other artists have mixed everything >you can imagine... but don't have half of their popularity. > >And I don't believe most people who appreciate them can recognize those >influences and, if they could, they would have also noticed them in other >artists and would appreciate them as much or even more... but they don't. > >Last, but not least, what I'm saying is not much different from what John >Lennon himself said in an interview published by the Rolling Stones a year >or more ago. Which Beatlemanic dares to discuss with "the man"??? hehe > >Bye, > >Caio Rossi > > > > > > > >
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