Peace,
Jon
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What it comes down to (for me) is a REAL distate for the
commercialization of a musical style that I hold very near and dear to my
heart. I was spinning in a few places in Rochester NY at the time of the
bippity-bippity-bop craze - and I had been playing the track fairly
frequently for the people there (along with a large assortment of other
aj style tracks) trying to introduce a style that _definately_ didn't
exist in the collective minds of partygoers in Rochester. But it was not
until the record companies pushed this product that it became something
of a phenomenon - causing me to kind of resent this catchy little number.
I don't have anything against US3 (I guess) - but I do have a
problem with the over-commercialization of *Any* genre. I suppose it's
inevitable - but I don't have to like it. How does this pertain to my
supposed 'snobishness' one might wonder... Well - I think that there is
a certain level of sophistication on this list - both in postings and in
the general feel of what is discussed here and that just seemed kinda out
of place to me - granted I *should* have kept my mouth shut - but I was
flying through the 200+ messages I get a day and was a little distracted
by this request. Call it a personal problem with US3 & the record
industry - rather than any kind of bite on the individual.
my apologies to anyone i may have offended.
peace.
kevin.