Wednesday, June 07, 2017

Guess Who?

Hint: They were talking to Toby Goldstein in CREEM in 1979.


I guessed Frank Zappa, BTW.
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12 comments:

  1. Billy B6/07/2017 10:39 AM

    Does sound like that may be FZ. Or your buddy from the Norf Woods...

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  2. steve simels6/07/2017 10:50 AM

    It's not FZ. I also would have guessed Lou Reed, incorrectly.

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  3. Anonymous6/07/2017 11:21 AM

    Writing about rock criticism is like sneezing about same-day dry cleaning.

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  4. steve simels6/07/2017 11:22 AM

    I would not disagree.
    :-)

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  5. Sal Nunziato6/07/2017 11:53 AM

    I've seen this quote before...recently, too. Is it my boy, Todd?

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  6. steve simels6/07/2017 11:58 AM

    It is indeed.

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  7. pete6/07/2017 2:09 PM

    I was gonna say Bowie, but it certainly sounds like TR.

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  8. Billy B6/07/2017 4:06 PM

    Yeah, I can see the Runt saying that. He's also one of my favorites, especially when he played the part of a guitarist.

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  9. buzzbabyjesus6/07/2017 4:55 PM

    Doesn't sound like Bowie at all to me. Not surprised it's Todd, but it also sounds a lot like FZ, or any other curmudgeon I can think of. I can hear Van Morrison saying the same thing.

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  10. Anonymous6/07/2017 6:01 PM

    Zappa would have been my first guess. The tone sounds like Lester Bangs, but not the structure. Not British enough for Julie Burchill, though it would be just the right time for her.

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  11. pete6/07/2017 7:41 PM

    Doesn't sound like Zappa to me. It's not pompous or superior and he isn't trying to shock.

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  12. steve simels6/07/2017 9:39 PM

    “Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read.”
    Frank Zappa

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