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MNb's avatar

"Now you may laugh at me again if you wish"

The temptation is big, I must admit, but because of a different reason:

"commercially-oriented pop music with retro-oriented artistic inclinations"

reminds me of

«tell me your choice in covers and I'll tell who you are»,

taken from the Neolithic Archive. Must I conclude that this applies to your beloved Mr. RA Zimmermann?

But me likes UH and of course Mr. Blackmore (despite at least 80% of his pseudo-renaissance stuff being a total bore or worse), so I'll resist the temptation. What's more, I don't dislike the hits of the Everly Brothers and think Bird Dog quite funny.

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George Starostin's avatar

Look, it's one thing if you include references to the Lord God Blackmore in every second comment or so - I can live with that - but it's another thing to use public space like this for obscure references which even I have a hard time remembering and figuring out, let alone the befuddled readers. This comment section is not for inside banter.

If the translation of this comment into proper English is supposed to read "do you think that covering Uriah Heep is in bad taste, while covering the Everly Brothers is in good taste?", then the answer is yes. Yes, that is precisely what I think, and there are no inconsistencies here. Furthermore, I would REALLY not want to waste time and space on comparisons between the Everly Brothers and Uriah Heep.

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MNb's avatar

I didn't accuse you of inconsistencies, if only because I'm inconsistent myself when it comes to music.

"I would REALLY not want to ..."

Don't worry, I won't bother you anymore. I'm not a troll.

Keep up the good work.

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