Big Train
11-07-2004, 02:02 AM
http://www.startribune.com/stories/457/5066776.html
Is it me or are more journalists starting to "get it"?
ONES (BANDS) I USED TO LOVE BUT HATE NOW
R.E.M.: "Hate" is definitely too strong a word here, especially since it's a better live band now than it was in its heyday. But man, those past few albums have been way too downbeat and artsy-fartsy, and the latest is the worst.
Courtney Love: It has nothing to do with her tragic celebrity life. It has to do with the fact that that's all she sings and talks about now, and she doesn't do either with much conviction or coherency.
Liz Phair: I've seen one too many blown-hair, mini-skirted, lip-glossed magazine spreads to respect a woman who got her start dissing male rock fans who wanted just that. Which is to say nothing of her equally prefab album of last year. Sex sells, but your music bites.
Lenny Kravitz: I defended this guy for years, maybe because I was young enough to buy the "Let Love Rule" bit, but I finally gave up when he started letting marketability rule. Luckily, it was well before those new Gap ads in which his hair is prettier than SJP's.
Van Halen: Its July show at Xcel Energy Center was OK, but David Lee Roth's concert tonight at Mystic Lake Casino probably will be more entertaining. Diamond Dave admits the schlock value, whereas Eddie, Alex and Sammy still take it too seriously.
Is it me or are more journalists starting to "get it"?
ONES (BANDS) I USED TO LOVE BUT HATE NOW
R.E.M.: "Hate" is definitely too strong a word here, especially since it's a better live band now than it was in its heyday. But man, those past few albums have been way too downbeat and artsy-fartsy, and the latest is the worst.
Courtney Love: It has nothing to do with her tragic celebrity life. It has to do with the fact that that's all she sings and talks about now, and she doesn't do either with much conviction or coherency.
Liz Phair: I've seen one too many blown-hair, mini-skirted, lip-glossed magazine spreads to respect a woman who got her start dissing male rock fans who wanted just that. Which is to say nothing of her equally prefab album of last year. Sex sells, but your music bites.
Lenny Kravitz: I defended this guy for years, maybe because I was young enough to buy the "Let Love Rule" bit, but I finally gave up when he started letting marketability rule. Luckily, it was well before those new Gap ads in which his hair is prettier than SJP's.
Van Halen: Its July show at Xcel Energy Center was OK, but David Lee Roth's concert tonight at Mystic Lake Casino probably will be more entertaining. Diamond Dave admits the schlock value, whereas Eddie, Alex and Sammy still take it too seriously.