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JG
Sep 30, 2012, 10:09:30 PM9/30/12
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Greetings,
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever <http://www.perfectsoundforever.com>, you'll find (among other things):
BEATLES/RESIDENTS/LAIBACH
Letting It Be Without Love?, by Kurt Gottshalk
"Let it Be persists as the archetype of sticking around too long, of rock indulgence... Musicians were asking 'If love is dead, what's left in its place?' If the Beatles were posterboys of love, there was an even clearer personification of hate, one that six years after the release of Let it Be, an art project disguised as a rock band called 'The Residents' chose to put on the cover of a mutant tribute to pop music."
LOU REED/METALLICA
An Art-Metal Classic Pairing?, by 5-Track
"What I'd like to say, what I'm going to try to tell you, is this. Like it or hate it, Lulu is a solid piece of work. It has conceptual integrity. It is not a stupid accident or a record company whim. It stands up and cooks with it. If
Lulu is a desperate bid for attention on anyone's part, that is only incidental... Lou Reed and Metallica dropped this loud & disturbing pile of visceral black goo with a maximum of premeditated viral promo and public chest-beating. I'm sure they had some gist of an idea as to what the reaction was going to be. But they also knew they'd done the best work they could by the standards they'd set for themselves, and they had fun doing it."
We're always looking for good writers and/or ideas so let us know if you have anything to share.
See you online,
Jason
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever <http://www.perfectsoundforever.com>, you'll find (among other things):
BEATLES/RESIDENTS/LAIBACH
Letting It Be Without Love?, by Kurt Gottshalk
"Let it Be persists as the archetype of sticking around too long, of rock indulgence... Musicians were asking 'If love is dead, what's left in its place?' If the Beatles were posterboys of love, there was an even clearer personification of hate, one that six years after the release of Let it Be, an art project disguised as a rock band called 'The Residents' chose to put on the cover of a mutant tribute to pop music."
LOU REED/METALLICA
An Art-Metal Classic Pairing?, by 5-Track
"What I'd like to say, what I'm going to try to tell you, is this. Like it or hate it, Lulu is a solid piece of work. It has conceptual integrity. It is not a stupid accident or a record company whim. It stands up and cooks with it. If
Lulu is a desperate bid for attention on anyone's part, that is only incidental... Lou Reed and Metallica dropped this loud & disturbing pile of visceral black goo with a maximum of premeditated viral promo and public chest-beating. I'm sure they had some gist of an idea as to what the reaction was going to be. But they also knew they'd done the best work they could by the standards they'd set for themselves, and they had fun doing it."
We're always looking for good writers and/or ideas so let us know if you have anything to share.
See you online,
Jason
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