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Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about...
- From: weasel walter <weaselw AT juno.com>
- To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Cc: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about...
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:05:25 -0700
i'm more concerned with things being GOOD, rather than worrying about how
"derivative" they are.
i mean, seriously, if people were judging what they listened to purely by
how original it was, frankly, i'd be doing a lot better in the
marketplace.
ww
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:26:58 -0700 "J Neo Marvin" <j_n_e_o AT hotmail.com>
writes:
> Also, especially when you're talking about young bands, don't rule
> out the
> possibility that even if someone sounds derivative to you now,
> there's no
> predicting what they might come up with as they evolve and find
> their own
> voices. And the first time we hear something new, often our first
> impulse
> can be to compare it to something familiar. I remember my first
> impression
> of Bikini Kill was something like, "hmmm, sounds like Poly Styrene
> fronting
> early Black Flag." Obviously they were far more original than that,
> but it's
> human to look for connections with what we know already. I haven't
> checked
> out these bands yet (being at work), but maybe they already are
> original and
> we just haven't noticed yet because we're older and more jaded than
> we used
> to be?
>
> -J Neo Marvin
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Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about...
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Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about...,
J Neo Marvin, 09/13/2007
- Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about..., Mairead Case, 09/13/2007
- Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about..., J Neo Marvin, 09/13/2007
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Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about...,
Lizzie Ehrenhalt, 09/13/2007
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Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about...,
unmannedmission, 09/13/2007
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[TypicalGirls] Riot Grrrl: genre vs. musical-political ethos,
Lizzie Ehrenhalt, 09/13/2007
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Re: [TypicalGirls] Riot Grrrl: genre vs. musical-political ethos,
Tobi Vail, 09/13/2007
- Re: [TypicalGirls] Riot Grrrl: genre vs. musical-political ethos, unmannedmission, 09/13/2007
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Re: [TypicalGirls] Riot Grrrl: genre vs. musical-political ethos,
Mike Appelstein, 09/13/2007
- Re: [TypicalGirls] Riot Grrrl: genre vs. musical-political ethos, Kelli Miller, 09/13/2007
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Re: [TypicalGirls] Riot Grrrl: genre vs. musical-political ethos,
Tobi Vail, 09/13/2007
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[TypicalGirls] Riot Grrrl: genre vs. musical-political ethos,
Lizzie Ehrenhalt, 09/13/2007
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Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about...,
unmannedmission, 09/13/2007
- Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about..., weasel walter, 09/13/2007
- Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about..., Raven Baker, 09/13/2007
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Re: [TypicalGirls] What does everyone think about...,
J Neo Marvin, 09/13/2007
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