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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Fuel for Kate Bush haters
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Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 03:44:14 EDT
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Keywords: What's WRONG with the British press? Frip, Toyah, Gabriel, Harper

> I've seen bad reviews of records I like in U.S. magazines, and though
> that doesn't usually make me very happy, I've never seen anything like
> this!  What does it take to become a music reviewer in England?  Do you
> have to be an arrogant, snide twit with an IQ of 3 who is awed at your
> own non-existent self-worth?

In America, the difference is that they don't have those stringent IQ
requirements.  It doesn't even have to be THAT high.

I would think a thrashing from the British press is a positive boon for
any artist.  I remember how they used to trash progrock groups to death
even before they all got senile and longwinded (while they were still
making good music), then the punks (they only hooked onto Joy Division
after Curtis' death because they sensed the oncoming cult).
-- 
Anything's possible, but only a few things actually happen.
					Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr