a.d. amorosi City Paper 1. The Beatles solo output For a band that had their (s)hits together as a unit, these boys
were terrible on their own. Starr and McCartney were bad but you
expected so little of them that it almost doesn't count that their
records blow (except for The Wings' dazzling Venus & Mars ). That leaves a très treacly George Harrison (all HIS things must pass, indeed!) and John
Lennon. Lennon's stuff is the worst of the bunch: badly produced,
self-obsessively whiny and maudlin. 2. Nirvana's Nevermind, Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream How did bad self-delusional prose, feel-sorry mentalities and
terrible sonics become hit songs. Why? What great emotional generational
tumult was examined by these records? Did the batteries on your
collective SEGAs wear down? 3. All Southern '70s rock Except for the Allman Brothers. 4. Liz Phair Such chancy, sexy material. But for whom? Caucasian mall chicks
who "improve their lives" by taking women's studies courses at
their local community college? Who think living it up is the one
time they had two beers too many then sucked "weird guy" dick
in a car? DULL!!! The same goes for Fiona Apple and Alanis Morissette.
5. Kiss Ugly men in makeup. One or two good songs and even those were
ripped off from Blue Oyster Cult. 6. Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Mudhoney/Dinosaur Jr. With the exception of Ten and Badmotorfinger, nothing more than crunchy rip-offs of the James Gang or Uriah
Heep. Rock on! 7. Grover Washington Jr./Chuck Mangione Good players, sure. But these men are responsible for the soft
"wine bar" jazz that would beget the likes of Kenny G. 8. David Bowie, Tonight. I'm so sure you wanna hear this twit do reggae. 9. Primus 10. "Candle In The Wind," Elton John I didn't like this song when it first came out. I don't like it
now and I rue the day when Elton himself dies. Surely, Taupin
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