Velvet Underground

[Joe Allonby]

I just had the "Who or Kinks" debate at a band rehearsal. Ironcally, I
as songwriter came down on the Who side. The lead guitarist was firmly
in the Kinks camp. But then again, he is John Felice.

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Heikki Raudaskoski
<hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi> wrote:
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>
> Oh, I love VU, and also every band and artist you mention, Dave.
>
> 'Cause I'm an infuriating eclectic when it comes to music (much less when
> it comes to literature). Once at the choir rehearsal, a brother commented
> publicly: "The real question is not "Beatles or Stones?" - it's "the Who
> or Kinks?" Which prompted me to publicly confess that I intensely love all
> of those bands.
>
> And Beethoven AND Rossini. Chess and Motown. Another public confession:
> while my daughter enjoyed it quite a bit more than I did, "The Phantom of
> the Opera" at Her Majesty's Theatre wasn't that bad after all. Not nearly
> as good as Mr. Kyllo's mushroom risotto (thanks again, James, for the great
> evening), but still - it isn't easy to admit it - OK.
>
>
> Heikki
>
> On Sun, 26 Apr 2009, Dave Monroe wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Natália Maranca <nmaranca at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > and Thomas Pynchon. Why does every Pynchon fan I know like Velvet
>> > Underground? ...
>>
>> Nothing against 'em, though I'm not much interested past The VU +
>> Nico, "Heroin"'s my favorite track therefrom, and I'm more a
>> Beatles/Kinks/Who/Small Faces/soul/bubblegum guy, so ...
>>
>> ... but see also The 13th Floor Elevators, Captain Beefheart, Frank
>> Zappa, et al. ...
>>
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