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From: ers@ccivax.UUCP (E. Stuckless)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Supertramp
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Date: Thu, 3-May-84 10:01:33 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  3 10:01:33 1984
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    I feel Supertramp has put out some excellent music. They have shown
  a good sense of melody. They also can do a good job of composing (Eg. Fools
  Overture).  I think their harmonica player has a great feel for the music he
  is playing, he threads a great deal of emotion into the Supertramp sound.
  I prefer Supertramp over many other more "important" groups, such as Loverboy,
  and the Stones.
     On the other hand when I hear their recent releases, my thoughts travel to
  distant times. I am reminded of the Partridge family, Bobby Sherman, maybe
  even the Archies. I must be fair and not call them a bubblegum band, they have
  put out some very good music, therefore I submit that their category should be
  that of a lollypop, or peppermint stick band.
	  Further I think their clenched fist style of keyboard playing shows not
  a trace of training but perhaps the onset of arthritis. I find that their
  Clutch Cargo method of playing deserves the same musical lauding as does
  the "Killer" (Jerry Lee Lewis), as he stomps on the keyboard.
	  As a last statement I must say that music does not exist to be discused.
  The person who analyzes music is often distracted by technique, they miss the
  content. So in support of Supertramp (and of the Partridge Family et al) if
  some people enjoy their music then more power to them, Keep up the good work.
  There are too many dry arguments from the ranks of academia, of which this is 
  one.
     NOTE
	  I do not intend to enlighten anyone with my discussion, I just enjoy a
  good argument.

											E. Randall Stuckless
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