Best Of 2003 In Music, Books, and DVD
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» JasonReeher - 2003, Paull the three, and what you need (to rock)
Lest anyone doubt his visionary talent, the incendiary, proto-punk aware Clark Paull III - Suite 101's own Les Bangs, to you mere mortals - has kicked out the jams on some of the cooler developments of the last year. While the kids are still hung up on nu-metal and "alternative" format playlist rubbish, it's nice to know that Paull won't steer you wrong....I had the good fortune of seeing Joan Jett live a couple of years back (opening for Blue Oyster Cult, no less!) and, even sans hair, the ex-Runaway and her Blackhearts rocked like a wooden roller coaster in an earthquake. They even played a cover of The Replacements "Androgynous."....Cheap Trick will probably be the least appreciated of the influential mainstream 70's bands - Kiss looked cooler, of course - but there would be no Strokes or Smashing Pumpkins or Material Issue or 1000 other winking, ironic arena rock bands without Zander and co. Always look up the source, kids....Finally, I must confer with Clark on the Cramps. When I was 14, I spied Lux Interior doing "Tear It Up" on a videotape called "Urgh! A Music War." No more Bruce Springsteen for me after that, Jack...-- posted by JasonReeher
» clash77 - Re: 2003, Paull the three, and what you need (to rock)
Aw, bloody hell Jason! I appreciate the compliment, but I ain't fit to carry Lester's Romilar bottle. I'm just another guy with a computer and a really good record collection who knows what he likes and doesn't like. Living in Detroit has helped, although I can't wait to get the hell out of here due in part to a general decline in the quality and quantity of murders committed within its boundaries. Hard to believe, but nearly 30 years later both Joan Jett and Cheap Trick are still flush with the rawk. God love 'em! As for kids today, maybe we should go easy on them (er, maybe not...). They've never lived in a world without MTV spoonfeeding them and telling them what's hip, totally oblivious of how those corporate deathsuckers killed rock and roll. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go check in the mirror for ear hair.-- posted by clash77
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