(TV) Re:(seeking heated debate) / Stoking the fires

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

>Sales pitch spotted for a Television album on Ebay - 
>"Sounds like The Strokes" (true, I saw it)

I'm doing some work on my house and have temporarily 
let a much younger colleague from work move in to help 
with the renovations and provide a little cash.

Why I am I telling you this? Well, he is a Strokes 
fanatic esp. their second album, which he plays day 
and night;  he even went to see them in Lowell, MA 
last month (he said they only played for about 35 minutes 
and lead singer were really nasty to the audience).

The musical historian :> ) that I am---but don't have quite the 
academic credentials that Philip and Bush do--I tried to explain 
to him about how the Strokes were a 'little'[!] derivative and 
probably were influenced by 2 other NYC Televion and/or the Velvet 
Underground (VU)--- not sure this even true because Strokes don't 
sound good enough to these ears. 

He asked me if he could borrow some of my VU cds. I gave 
him the 1st with Nico and the great Double Live (on Polygram 
recorded in Dallas Texas in front of an audience of about 30). 
When he later returned them, he said, that the first album sounded 
like folk!

As 'punishment' for this comment and whenever he plays the  
Strokes, I subsequently subject him to the officially sold 
by Television live version of "1880 or So" played at about 
110 db (or the Rhino "Live at the Waldorf". Feel a little 
guilty (I admit that I'm a musical snob).

Half-hearted apologies to any Strokes fans on MM List.

	Leo

-----Original Message-----
From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com]On Behalf Of Keith
Allison
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 6:03 AM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) a question (seeking heated debate)


In message <20040117023810.41433.qmail@web11704.mail.yahoo.com>, Brian
Young <raggedglory57@yahoo.com> writes
>If *this* group is spurring 
>on an interest in Television, then people have no sense of history or 
>ability to think critically.

Sales pitch spotted for a Television album on Ebay - "Sounds like The
Strokes" (true, I saw it)
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