On Thu, 23 Mar 1995, Alphabet wrote:
quoted 4 lines I like the track anyway.>
>
> I like the track anyway.
> Duran Duran are a bunch of pansies, yes.
I said nothing about them being pansies. I liked them just as much if not
more thatn everyone else.
quoted 13 lines But White Lines is a kick ass track. The cover is a nostalgic experience.> But White Lines is a kick ass track. The cover is a nostalgic experience.
> I dont care if it is a hypocritical thing for them (DD) to do. I am sure
> Melle Mel and The Furious Five didn't worry TOO much about the coke in
> the eighties either. They were just making breakdance music.
>
> The original White Lines sold like hell to the clubs in which all the
> coke freaks danced. It is just the same as all the techno crap that
> promotes acid and extasy and cocaine. So what is the big deal if DD
> promoted coke in the 80's? Half the artists we listen to are all infavor
> of the rampant use of psychedelics.
>
> Where is the true hypocrisy here?
>
Correct me if i'm wrong but the subtitle of 'white lines' is '(Don't Do
It)' -- the song is an *ANTI-COKE* song - it doesn't *promote* the drug
at all...
What are you on about?
mikebee