Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 17:14:20 +0000 From: "Anna Rose" <kcgenesis at hotmail dot com> Subject: KC are fun
First of all: 'Trick of the Tail' and 'Duke' are not classics. 'Trick' has a few nice tunes (notably the chorus of 'Ripples') but nothing outstanding. 'Duke' is from after Genesis had officially gone crap.
Anyway... I played 'Easy Money' in my music class and the response was, er, not exactly welcoming. Teacher: (trying to be complimentary because I have already played him some Captain Beefheart which he REALLY didn't like): 'Well, it's certainly different.......' Class: 'Turn it off! We want the teacher to play us Nat King Cole on the piano! This is terrible! It's even worse than the Pink Floyd!'
What a bunch of cretins.
Also, what are all these claims that Crim are not fun to listen to? It is not fun to dissect the music the way one dissects novels in English class (ie. 'taking it seriously') but listening to it is fun. Browsing CD stores is fun. I imagine that going to concerts is fun. Presumably people find reading and posting to this newsletter fun. Chatting to others with good musical taste is fun. Crimso are one of my favourite bands because their music is good and intriguing and exciting and experimental and it makes me happy. What's not fun about that? :-D
(Have I made my point yet?)