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From:
John Christian Vegher
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Date:
Fri, 24 Mar 1995 01:25:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
Re: Duran Duran
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On Thu, 23 Mar 1995, Mark Kolmar wrote:
quoted 1 line On Thu, 23 Mar 1995, Michel Battaglia wrote:> On Thu, 23 Mar 1995, Michel Battaglia wrote:
quoted 4 lines Any which way, I'm sure their motivation was to give due respect to the> Any which way, I'm sure their motivation was to give due respect to the > various originators. Frankly, they're not big enough anymore to be > self-important hypocrites, so they must be doing it out of the love of > the music.
Doubt it. I see it as the last gasp of a bunch of losers who can't write they're own stuff anymore. A stroke of marketing genius to put these has-beens on the charts once more. "WHite Lines" is a classic song that crossed over usual musical borders. Virtually everyone liked (likes) this song when it was out. Creatively, these guys are done... Peace. On now: "Pandora's Box" Megalon ||| oo- | ThE fLoAtInG hEaD oN < "Beats and bytes, baby. | tHe RoLlInG wAvEs Of = Beats and bytes..." | ThE cYbErSeA........