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From: jcjeff@ihlpg.UUCP (Richard Jeffreys)
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Subject: Re: The Two Faces of Melody Maker
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 23:43:07 EDT
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Doug Alan posted a long article about "Melody Maker" a music paper (published
in England).

I would just like to add my two cents worth.

I subscribed to this paper for a number of years, but enough was enough.
Week after week the journalists(?) who write(?) for this rag would chop and
change their views. One week they would rave about the latest-and-greatest
person/album/cult-following/thing to hit the music scene. As soon as the
person/album/cult-following/thing started to decline, or something else
started to take its place, they/it would be torn to shreds. The people who
contribute(?) to this (dare I say) paper, never kept a consistent view.

"Melody Maker" was probably the worst offender, but certainly to a lesser
degree, "The New Musical Express" did the same.

It appears things have not changed much since I stopped my subscription six
years ago.

But it's not only publications....

A couple of the BBC dj's I've worked with, would tend to quickly change
allegiance to what ever was the current trend. I guess that in its self is
no big crime as they should be aware of what the current *thing* is. It's when
they would turn around and put down the previous trend, when a couple of
weeks before they were on the air telling all the listeners how great that
trend was, that bugs me.

If anything is that great, how come it tends to be slated as soon as it starts
to fade?
How much do people in the heart of the music industry really care about
anything apart from making a profit?

Disclaimer:  I have no connection with "Melody Maker", "The New Musical
             Express" or the BBC.

-- 
 [ I'm bitten by the Rock and Roll disease;
                    Oh, won't you help me make a record ?  Please ? - Fanny ]
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