OFF: sappy prog

David Kuznick dkuznick at ALUMNI.BRANDEIS.EDU
Wed Sep 22 16:24:34 EDT 2004


Quoting Tom Clark <tclark at COX-INTERNET.COM>:

> OK...I'll rephrase that....IQ, to me, sounds a bit......"contrived".

It's funny, I think the new album sounds a bit contrived myself.  But I wasn't
really that wild about the last two albums either when I first heard them, so
we'll see.

> Therefore, liking or not liking a particular type of
> music does not make anybody better than anyone else.

Sure, I just felt you went a bit too far over to "uninformed opinionated critic"
mode. :-)

> So, having said that, I'll even admit now that I happen to like a couple of
> ABBA songs.   I wouldn't have been caught dead admitting when I was a kid.

IQ often does Mama Mia as an encore.  :-)  Part of their schtick is throwing in
a funny cover for an encore.  It may not come across to the casual observer,
but they take the piss out of themselves on a regular basis.  Here's a partial
list of covers they've done (and check out the OnTopicness! :-)

Ace of Spades (Motorhead)
Glenn Miller Medley
God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols)
Master of the Universe (Hawkind)
Material Girl (Madonna)
'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside'
Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
School's Out (Alice Cooper)
Suffragette City (Bowie)
Sweet Travestite (Rocky Horror Show)
Tea for Two
Virginia Plain (Roxy Music)
White Punks on Dope (The Tubes)

--
David Kuznick   dkuznickATalumni.brandeis.edu
"We'll wait in stone circles `til the force comes through - lines
joint in faint discord and the stormwatch brews - a concert of kings
as the white sea snaps at the heels of a soft prayer whispered"
     Dun Ringill - JETHRO TULL



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