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From: gtaylor@cornell.UUCP (Greg Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Current Music - Berlin - a solicitation
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Date: Fri, 29-Jun-84 15:57:26 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 29 15:57:26 1984
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I imagine that if you mean relative, there could be blood ties
here, so I shall be gracious. I personally don't care for Berlin. Generally
speaking, I tend to be wary of bands that line up behind an "image"
(and I certainly don't mean to single Berlin out, though they are a
pretty good paradigm case perhaps)-of late the favourite way to do it
is to pick a person as icon, wed that to some vaguely nostalgic yearnings
and sell it as intelligence...Icehouse, the Fixx, Missing Persons,
etc. That happens because it works as a marketing strategy, and heaven
knows with the record industry doing what it's doing, the band in the
crowd needs to stay secure. I listened to the new album (since I
have a rather nostalgic attatchment to Giorgio Moroder and like to
keep in touch with his work). Nice gloss, lotsa chrome, designer
seats, no engine. Pretty girl behind the wheel. America can definitely
do better than this.
gtaylor