[kj] OT -- EATB

[Alexander Smith]

Julian Cope is brilliant -- despite his blasphemy towards the Joke.

Alex in NYC



On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 01:53 AM, Amy Moseley Rupp wrote:

>> what other bands can you think of that have been maligned or otherwise
>> written off just because they were victims of a fad or a superficial 
>> era in
>> history?
>
> A friend of mine would be insistent upon Human League and Teardrops 
> Explode/
> Julian Cope.
>
> If you think about it, precious few 80s bands retained any sense of 
> "importance"
> in the 90s.  Fickle music public.  Household names?  U2, REM.... and 
> wot's
> up with the Diva crap?  The truly accomplished female vocalists of that
> time got left behind.... I am thinking especially of Siouxsie here.
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