[KJ] OT: Shriekback vs. Minutemen?

[Graeme Rowland]

I expect any similarity is unintentional

 --- Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> 
> Only if you're dead-set on not enjoying things for
> what they are (are 
> you suggesting that Shriekback ripped off Total
> Coelo? I'm not sure 
> which came first, actually).
> 
> "Nemesis" is still a great song.
> 
> Ale xin NYC
> 
> 
> 
> On Friday, November 12, 2004, at 11:39 AM, Graeme
> Rowland wrote:
> 
> > But doesn't
> > NEMESIS
> > sound more like
> > I EAT CANNIBALS
> > that daft novelty hit
> > than
> > L DOPA
> > does
> > THE WAIT
> > ????????
> >
> > Hey, Red/Blue/Yellow
> > This GREEN just scored
> > a DEMOCRACY CD single for £1
> >
> >  --- Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Oh please, that's like saying: "Filet Mignon
> sucks,
> >> try New Tide with
> >> Bleach!"  Shriekback and the Minutemen couldn't
> >> possibly have less in
> >> common and served entirely different ends.
> Moreover,
> >> Shriekback didn't
> >> start to "suck" until their last couple of
> albums.
> >> Their peak pedigree
> >> -- Barry from XTC, Lu from the Damned and Dave
> from
> >> Gang of Four -- was
> >> a force to be reckoned with. If you can listen
> to,
> >> say, "Malaria" off
> >> OIL & GOLD and maintain that they suck, then you
> and
> >> I will have to
> >> strenuously agree to disagree.
> >>
> >> The Minutemen were fine, but I always found them
> a
> >> bit too earnest for
> >> my taste. That said, I still love BUZZ & HOWL...,
> >> particularly "Little
> >> Man with a Gun in His Hand".
> >>
> >>
> >> Alex in NYC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thursday, November 11, 2004, at 10:29 PM,
> >> GregSlawson at aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> If you want to hear real music, skip Shriekback
> >> and listen to
> >>> everything by THE MINUTEMEN.
> >>>
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