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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Rush as art
Message-ID: <380@pyuxn.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 11:56:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 13 11:56:13 1983
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How Rush makes art:

1 part heavy metal posing
1 part pretentious drivel
1 part old Yes riffs
a synthesizer (WOW!!!!)

Did someone say Journey used to be progressive???  Is the rehashing of
old so-called jazz-rock, symphonic-rock, and igneous-rock albums now an
approved dictionary definition of progressive?  I guess so.  I only
wish I didn't know enough about this garbage to comment, but unfortunately
it permeates the airwaves.  What's a serious listener to do??

Please don't feed me the bull about "How dare you denigrate someone else's
tastes?  Everyone has a right to like whatever they want."  For every "true
artist" like Rush, there's a James Jamerson practically starving in Los
Angeles.  The ones who innovate are always fed upon by the hacks.

-- 
					Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr