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  • From: James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: 24 HR Party People!
  • Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:21:26 -0800 (PST)

Who was it that wrote, Manchester Manchester, so much
to answer for?



--- bendy <bendy AT duke.edu> wrote:

>
>
> Steven Keith wrote:
> > But the
> > Monday's? Neither my wife or I or had heard of
> them. Must a' been
> > swimming too long in the main stream.
>
> Happy Mondays were huge in England, a band that
> totally defined their
> moment- to English ears, they defined all that was
> Manchester in one
> fell swoop- New Order, Buzzcocks, the Fall, the
> Smiths. I was living in
> England at the time, and they totally baffled my
> American ears. Sounded
> like a bunch of stoners trying to be funky. I bought
> a record, and sold
> it right away to the singer in my band, who couldn't
> believe I didn't
> like it. Mancurian Soul, matey. Not only did you
> have to be there, you
> had to be born there.
>
> In America, they were, at most, stars of the cutout
> bin, like EMF and
> Jesus Jones.
>
> I think that kind of jumbled dance rock fills a
> social niche similar jam
> rock in America- replace the pot, jeeps, and white
> ballcaps with
> ecstacy, hi-end cell phones and jogging suits.
>
> Bendy
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> alt.music.chapel-hill --
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
>





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