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Re: (TV) Strokes



I'm with you on this one. I saw the Strokes @Don Hills last spring (I think)they had lots of elements that make a good band but there was no synthesis or desire to push it forward - no spark of originality that turns the base clay into a rock prometheus. I.e it sounded like a Pixies bit here, VU bit there, TV bit there. Good bar band but not the saviours of the pop universe IMHO.

Dan


From: "esgregory" <esgregory@qwest.net>
Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Subject: Re: (TV) Strokes
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 13:22:36 -0700

after all the crazed hype re: the strokes, i gotta say i was let down
myself...yr right, it ain't bad but man, it's stretching it to say their
sound is nyc ca. 77 or even vu/stooges axis like mosta the press/crits are
wailing & their songs are...well....sorta rock & roll pastiche....
white stripes, on the other hand, have thoroughly lived up to (& actually
surpassed) the hype....that jack white is a damn fine songwriter & alotta
the songs off the new one sound timeless....
----- Original Message -----
From: "gregg luvoxx" <murderedman@earthlink.net>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 11:37 AM
Subject: RE: (TV) Strokes


> Not bad, mind you - just some fun ribbing on the Strokes. I actually kind
of
> liked it. Although it didn't make me want to jump out of the car and start
> doing karate kicks like Nick Cage in 'Wild At Heart'.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com]On Behalf Of
> Dennis D
> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 11:25 AM
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> Subject: Re: (TV) Strokes
>
>
> Last time I spoke to Stewart from Jonathan Fire Eater he was moving back
to
> DC, but that was about 1 ago or more. I read recently other former members
> have a new band based in Brooklyn, but I forgot their name.
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