[kj] OT -- EATB

[Alexander Smith]

Well, be fair -- they certainly started out that way circa THE PARTY'S 
OVER.....or haven't you seen the videos?

Alex in NYC


On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 10:21 AM, ade wrote:

> Talk Talk a 80's hair band?? What utter b0ll0x.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Matthew Burke
> Sent: 28 September 2004 06:23
> To: gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT -- EATB
>
>
> Now that the Furs have been mentioned, I'll be bold enough to suggest 
> a dumb
> topic that I thought of earlier.
>
> In the midst of all this EATB talk, my mind drifting backward, today I
> happened upon a website in which an author referred to Talk Talk as an 
> 80's
> hair band.
>
> My suggestion:
>
> Since a bunch of gatherers seem to be in agreement about the 
> significance of
> EATB, what other bands can you think of that have been maligned or 
> otherwise
> written off just because they were victims of a fad or a superficial 
> era in
> history?
>
> I'll take Talk Talk and offer the albums Spirit of Eden and Laughing 
> Stock
> as proof of brilliance dwarfing any commercial success they may have 
> enjoyed
> earlier in their career, hair or no.
>
>
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