OFF: The Weller/Kilmister controversy

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 05 Dec 2006, at 19:28, Jonathan Jarrett wrote:
> Just reading that gave me Police tunes in the head, which goes
> to show their power :-)

Considering the bland, middle-of-the-roadness that Sing went on to  
commit, the Police weren't half bad!

> I was reflecting the other day on one of the
> rare occasions that I've spun the Lloyd Langton Group's _Like An  
> Arrow_
> on how much the first song on that sounds like an attempt to sound  
> like
> The Police. Difference is that The Police had an *excellent* rhythm
> section and an indifferent guitarist, whereas the LLG had it pretty  
> much
> the other way round...

Ah, yes, I quite liked hearing Stewart Copeland once again in  
Oysterhead.  Reminded me of what a quite reasonable drummer he  
actually is.

Cheers,
Carl

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