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From: lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (palena)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: I Can't Believe What I Just Read
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Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 12:31:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 22 12:31:42 1985
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Reply-To: lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (Larry Palena) (But don't bother-I hate e-mail and love d-keys)
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In article <115@mit-eddie.UUCP> nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) writes:

        (in other,rather famous,words;here he goes again!!)

>> A high percentage of the sentiments you have expressed in net.music,
>> especially the part about "hating Rock 'n Roll".
>
>I said that I didn't like "Rock 'n Roll", not that I didn't like "Rock".

        ...ah,any moron could see that distinction....

>But some people say that some of the music I like, like the VU, are Rock
>'n Roll.  So maybe I should change that to say that I don't like
>mainstream Rock 'n Roll.  I don't think I can say that I don't like
>mainstream Rock (even though most of it is pretty awful), since The
>Beatles are now considered mainstream....

      ...well,you know what they say about life being rough all over.
    But you know,I've never encountered a person who equates music with
    genre so heavily,and then actually judges it by the company it keeps.
    Face it pal;you like what you like,whether it's called art-rock or 
    schlock-rock or sex-rock or rocks in Madonna's bra...
>
>> The Beatles are the ANTITHESIS of bands one would listen to in a dark
>> room with headphones.  They were a R&R band and a SOCIAL phenomenon.

     ...four good hits of LSD and the Carpenters are an excellent band to
    listen to in a dark room with headphones...
>
>Early Beatles, maybe.  Psychedelic period Beatles is *perfect* for that.
>

         ...you should hear what Frank Zappa has to say about the Beatles'
     "perfect" psychedelic music on the album "We're Only in It for the
     Money". I think the best quote is;"Is this phase one of lumpy gravy?"...

>>> The Beatles nearly single-handedly pulled the world out of Rock

         ...well,you must admit there were actually eight hands involved...

>>> 'n Roll.  
>
>> Nothing could be further from the truth; the Beatles SHOWED the world
>> rock 'n roll.
>
>The Beatles didn't invent Rock and Roll -- they invented "Rock".  Rock
>and Roll existed long before The Beatles.
>

      ...gee,I wonder who invented semantics...

>>> The only reason "Sargent Pepper's" wasn't second or so on my list is
>>> because I've been listening to it since I was four....
>
>> This sounds like an important reason for ranking it high on your list.
>> It was definitely in my top five.

       ...there's a certain degree of ambiguity here.Do you mean your
       first five years of life?...


>
>Well, I took the question to mean "What are my current favorites?"  Not,
>"Which have had the biggest influence on me?"  In any case, it was in my
>top ten even though I haven't listened to it for a long time.
>
>				"Goo goo ga joob"
>
>				 Doug Alan

            ...you know,that's the best lyric quote you've ever given.
            Well,at least the most meaningful...

                                  Just another ...etc.,

                                     Larry Palena,
                                     lp102911@sjuvax