[kj] OT: worst lyrics awards

[Brendan]

Not at all. Adam Ant was the first artist I was ever interested in that I
remember. I mentioned that Billy Idol looked like part of his image came
from AA...plagarism.



>

> Now you're cutting on Adam Ant?

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

> On Oct 10, 2007, at 5:18 PM, Brendan wrote:

>

>> Idol is like a (bad) male madonna. I always thought those two would be

>> perfect for each other. To me he was a cynical, corporate,

>> conglomeration

>> of plagarised traits, the Lydon sneer, Village People gay biker

>> gloves,

>> and the rest of his outfit looked like he'd taken a wrong turn and got

>> trapped in Adam Ant's dressing room.

>>

>> I thought he was more believable when he did stuff like Eyes Without A

>> Face, straight eighties pop with a standard vanilla guitar

>> solo...at least

>> it was more believable.

>>

>>> Heh! Made me laugh. Although I really don't like Pearl Jam AT ALL,

>>> "Bleach"

>>> & "In Utero" are great (my Albini fixation may be slightly relevant,

>>> however). Whitesnake? "Still Of The Night" is great (and I even

>>> bought a

>>> CD

>>> single of theirs to get hold of that song), but I really don't

>>> need to

>>> hear

>>> 1500 other versions of the same track. And Billy Idol is, was, and

>>> will

>>> always be an unmitigated tosser, despite Generation X and having

>>> therefore

>>> paid John McGeoch some cash. I remember getting thrown out of a

>>> nightclub

>>> for physically attacking the PA when "Mony Mony" came on.

>>>

>>> Darren

>>>

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>>> Give me Billy Idol and Whitesnake over Pearl Jam and Nirvana *EVERY*

>>> day of the week.

>>>

>>> Alex in NYC

>>>

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