Re: The Non-Existent Musical Genre


"Paul Ilechko" <noSPaM_pilechko_DeLETe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Marc Perman wrote:
>> "pgaron" <pgaron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>Today's "USA Today" has a feature story in which the newspaper's
>>>various music critics recommend the best of the year's deluxe CD box
>>>sets for holiday gift-giving. Guess which type of music is
>>>conspicuously absent. Apparently, there's one musical genre that
>>>nobody in his right mind enjoys.
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>>
>> Similarly, I've been enjoying Fanfare's annual Want List of critics'
>> favorite recordings, but pop music is no where to be found. Those
>> bastards, how can they leave out the 30th anniversary edition of Bruce
>> Springsteen's Born To Run?
>
> I fail to understand why anyone would want it. The original album was a
> fairly decent example of post-Dylan pub-rock, but really - it's not worth
> the hype. "The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle" was a much
> better album.

Both great records, and the last thing that Born To Run might be is "pub
rock"! The main attraction of the box set is the DVD of Bruce's first ever
European concert, from late 1975 at the Hammersmith Odeon, which shows what
the hype was about, and which BTW includes several pre-Born To Run songs you
might like.

Marc Perman


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