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From: jmsellens@watmath.UUCP (John M Sellens)
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Subject: Music and Style:  All Show and No Go??
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Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 20:23:26 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 19 20:23:26 1985
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> Has anybody seen the new ABC album?  What does its cover look like?

Something has been starting to really worry me lately.  First I heard that
Wham! played in Toronto and Georgeous George had 2 (or 3) backup *dancers*.
And then I was locked in a small room with my TV and forced to watch parts
of Live Aid and saw Madonna cavorting with (yup - you guessed it) 2 backup
dancers.  (I also heard Power Station whose drummer has never heard of the
concept of a steady beat or keeping in time.)

So much emphasis these days seems to be on appearance and perceptions of
style rather than on the music.  (Yes - there are many counter examples)
Is this what videos have been doing to our music?

I hate to admit it, but videos have had some good effects, mostly in
introducing a few more interesting, but lesser known artists to the vast
expanses of middle America.  But in so many things, it seems that people
are forgetting that the purpose of music is the music, not some fabricated
video featuring pale, sickly-looking, ugly guys telling georgeous girls
to take a hike.

Well, this article went nowhere.  Too bad.  But tell you what - why don't
you head out tonight and support some local band in some local bar??

Food for thought:
From review of the Cruzados new album, Toronto Globe & Mail, Oct 17
by Liam Lacey: "It's a minor quibble, but this band's claim to be Los Lobos
with cojones is defintely undermined by the hair and make-up credits on
the album sleeve."

See what I mean??

John

John's rule of bands #1:  Never trust a band whose bass player uses a
headless bass.