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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Instrumental vs. vocal popular music
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 03:58:27 EDT
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>> Sweeping Generality: most pop music lyrics are trashy, shallow and
>> un-original.  Notable exceptions include....

> Any other suggestions out there?

Oh come now!  Sure 95% of lyrics in contemporary music are crap, but 95%
of everything is crap.  There are plenty of musicians who write
wonderful lyrics: Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Roy Harper,
Laurie Anderson, King Crimson, The Cure, Shockabilly, Siouxsie and the
Banshees, Art Bears, Black Flag, Robyn Hitchcock, Brian Eno, Tuxedomoon,
Killing Joke, Bill Nelson, B52's, The Beatles, Godley and Creme, Gong,
Bauhaus, Jethro Tull, ....

				And the list goes on,

				Doug Alan
				 nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)