> The day Acid Jazz becomes top 40 music in Britain is the day the entire
> music world (Barring Corduroy, JTQ, UFO - and a select few) die in some
> bizarre plane crash into the sea. Let's be honest - we have to cope with
> as much bad music on the radio as anyone else.
I beg to differ. First off, AJ and related artists from BNH to JTQ to
Jamiroquai to even Tricky, Portishead and Wagon Christ have all had chart
hits in the UK and radio airplay. You Brits are *so* spoiled to have all
that great music on the radio! Come to America, and listen to our Top 40,
no, Top 4 stations here: Nothing but endless hours of endless crap from
[Insert any R&B vocal quartet here] to [Insert any teenage R&B/hiphop
copycat phenom here] to [Insert quasi-gangsta rap group with poor rhyming
skills and doubled vocals and that sampled yet another George Clinton
tune in their song here]. You'll soon find out that you've been taking
everything for granted. Oh, did I mention the occasional tune by [Insert
grunge-lite band with the big hit song with the changling acoustic
guitar here] and [Insert the Seattle band that has the current big hit
single at the moment with the noisy guitars here].
> The scary thing is, that on spending one day in Freiburg, Germany,
> I switched the radio on to the first channel on the tuner and what sounds
> carress my eardrums ? ... an AJ feature ... tunes by JTQ, RAD and others.
> What can I say ?
I'm sorry. We don't have anything near that in America. College stations
maybe. Even the most pop-sounding BNH tune is considered "Underground"
music in America. Let's face it, we suck!
> Remember the Monkee's TV show ? ... I wanna see Corduroy with a
> half an hour daily slot NOW !
Seems bloody likely...
Elson