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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Duran Duran again again
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Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 03:36:15 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 22 03:36:15 1984
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The name of Duran Duran suggests a topic.  Although Duran Duran isn't a
particular offender, there seem to be a lot of bands that can't really
produce more than 30 seconds of material for a song - yet they crank out
four or five minutes by repeatrepeatrepeating it.  The Motels have a couple
like this - one repeats "...then suddenly last summer..."; the other, "take
the L out of lover and it's over...".

I guess what I don't understand is why

	the people who buy this endlessly repeating music either don't
	notice or don't mind
		or
	the bands aren't embarrassed at having so little material for a
	song.

OK, flame away if you wish, but I'd like to see what's behind it.  Is it
some sort of musical analog of an emerging minimalist movement?
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
	...Relax...don't worry...have a homebrew.