[kj] OT: Speaking of Bo Diddley...
ade
ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk
Fri Jun 6 10:16:05 EDT 2008
Greg,
Rock'n'roll has ALWAYS been rebellious. Punk came along & said it was no good, but what the
fuck did THEY know? They were teenagers!
Punk prejudices suck...
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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON
Sent: 06 June 2008 13:06
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Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Speaking of Bo Diddley...
I guess rock and roll has always been rebellious. Think about it--a black man singing and shaking like he's Joe Strummer, a female playing an electric guitar, while blasting a group of teenagers out of their seats...pretty cool for the 50s!
> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 01:35:03 -0500
> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net
> To: gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Speaking of Bo Diddley...
>
> Not only is that guitar he is using bad ass "space age"-looking, he is
> laying down some super thick percussive chunkiness with it, way
> crunchier than anything from that era. Son House, the blues guitarist,
> was also big on using the guitar as much for percussive effect (palm
> muted chugga-chugga type stuff), but Diddley's playing in the vid is
> something else. Also, I dig the one chick up front who is also playing
> guitar -- she looks pretty cool, kinda hot, actually.
>
> -Oliver
>
>
> Leigh Newton wrote:
> > That is seriously awesome. Those kids in the audience are hysterical too.
> >
> > http://www.nightruiner.com
> > http://www.myspace.com/thesunthroughatelescope
> > http://www.myspace.com/lauderdale
> >
> >
> >
>
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