i was thinking about that same thing while writing the post- cuz like
you said, it would be messed up to hear about mainstream, ad nauseum.
but at the same time, it would be messed up to not.
hopefully there would be some happy medium, although some of the dead
horses
get hella kicked on this list. but like your footer says, good cuts is
good cuts.
peace
lg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: t-bird@salata.com [SMTP:t-bird@salata.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 10:53 PM
> To: LGordon@mdyn.com
> Subject: George Michael/Madonna
>
> LG> i've got
> LG> "older" as well and i listen the hell out of it. same thing with
> LG> madonna's "bedtime stories". they're both two of my absolute
> best
> LG> discs, with fantastically sensitive, intelligent lyrics along
> with
> LG> beats galore. but i don't believe that they should be discussed
> at
> LG> length on this list- at least i would not want them to be- simply
> LG> because of the exposure certain artists already receive. perhaps
> the
> LG> best thing about this list and other non-mainstream lists is the
> LG> opportunity to find the gold nugget underneath the stone. it's
> not a
> LG> vehicle to cater to groups/artists that don't stick to the style
> or
> LG> genre. although it would be nice to be able to go off about the
> style
> LG> of certain tracks on the above mentioned releases, i'd rather
> hear
> LG> about some obscure band whose recording i'd have to special order
> from
> LG> some little funky groove shop. peace, list...
>
> on the other hand, i think that if something's dope it should still
> get it's
> props even if it's prince, michael jackson, or whatever major
> promoted
> artist.
> i'm so out of touch w/most of those artists--it's really hard for me
> to
> listen
> to commersh radio for very long & i don't have cable (i.e. i *never*
> see
> videos). it's really nice to see someone post about some album i've
> seen
> billboards for (even if i tried to ignore them) and say it's worth
> checking
> out. i agree that i wouldn't want a jillion posts about it, but if
> you're
> really feeling some album/track, turn us onto some music we might be
> sleeping
> on because of who it is...
>
> -t
>
> ... if it sounds good, it IS good-duke ellington