[kj] For those who miss the old Geordiesound/blonde hairandhollowbodies

[iPat]

i guess its subjective

for me, especially at the time, the meteors - and there were others -
were the real deal in that genre whereas the stray cats were simply a
SAW type product (Stock Aitken and Waterman). I doubt a fist was ever
thrown in anger at one of their gigs whereas the others would be
guaranteed riots.

As for Duffy being influenced, well perhaps we credit them with too
much at times and buy into their hype.

Bow wow wow, well you didnt take it seriously did you? c'mon, look
what was happening with the likes of crass, the joke and so much more.
Ive said it b4 here in that i was never a Death Cult fan as it was
self obsessed ego driven pop like U2. We were heading towards
revolution with the strikes, the cities in flames and beanfield
ambushes that this corporate rock chic was effectively middle class
shite. : )

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:43 PM, fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I might be inclined to agree that duffy wasn't influenced by setzer until I

> heard duffy say that he was influenced by the stray cats.

>

> I'm not sure you could call the stray cats pop any more than bow wow wow,

> the cult, etc. it's all pop with different visual and aural aesthetics.

>

> If your audience consists of mostly 15 to 25 somethings in that era and your

> music is played on totp's or mtv or what have ya, you are pop.

>

> For that matter even killing joke with their mid 80's media performances are

> yet another form of pop.