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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Bushmania
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 19:20:05 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 18 19:20:05 1985
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> Over the last 3 years, there have an uncountable number of 1.5 hit
> wonders that were hyped beyond belief and then disappeared (Dead Or
> Alive, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Depeche Mode, Animotion, Berlin,
> Re-Flex, Real Life, Toto Coelo, General Public, Bananarama, ...). [Bert Lo]

I think this bespeaks such a lack of knowledge of the history of some of these
groups as to render such an opinion empty of content.  Depeche Mode have
been around for a number of years, as has Bananarama.  General Public's
nucleus was once a part of the Beat (alias the English Beat), which was a major
force in the British ska revival for many years.  Next thing, this person
will be calling UB40, or Elvis Costello, or Joe Jackson, or Simple Minds
"one hit wonders", too.  ("Hey, uh, Simple Minds suddenly released this one
song from the Breakfast Club movie out of nowhere, right?")
-- 
Anything's possible, but only a few things actually happen.
					Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr