Sex, Drugs, & Rock'n'Ro

[Joe Allonby]

OK< I'm getting the book. I always thought that he was bright and funny.

On 8/24/06, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> "Broken Doll", "Tonight is My Night", "Let's Go to the Pictures", "Take
> the Cash", "Semaphore Signals", "Pop Song" (Hells's bells, buckets of blood,
> you got me reaching for my tranquillizers), "Too Busy", all of these are
> tremendous pop songs with balls. They're the kinda thing that California pop
> punk bands like the Parasites and later on Green Day took off from. In Green
> Day's case, to much greater commercial success but without that certain
> charming innocence.
>
> Didn't know about the book.
>
> Thanks.
> Joe
>
>
> On 8/23/06, James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > He was a great performer and a good writer.. interesting book too:
> >
> > http://www.thedonotpress.com/titles/dysfunctionalsuccess.html
> >
> > "Reconnez Cherie" and "I Wish It Would Rain" were at least as good as
> > "Whole Wide World"
> >
> > On 8/23/06, Joe Allonby < joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I always thought Wreckless Eric was under-rated. Good, punchy guitar
> > rock
> > > with great song structure and lyrics. All that anybody knows is "I'd
> > Go the
> > > Whole Wide World".
> >
> >
>
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