Just checked with Ernie
—and he avers that while no disrespect is intended to either Blue Cheer (a plausible contender) or King Crimson (less so, though of course gifted in their way*), any acidhead who was paying attention during the specified period knows that ABaB quintessentially captures the indole alkaloid Zeitgeist.
cordially,
*I have a sentimental fondness for KC, whose In the Wake of Poseidon constituted part of the soundtrack of my abortive freshman year in 1970, but the overproduced "art rock" style they pioneered, and which began to dominate popular music until the punk rebellion, drove me away from rock for a long time thereafter.
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Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
Edited by
rcareaga
Aug. 11, 2004, 11:38:35 PM EDT
Just checked with Ernie
—and he avers that while no disrespect is intended to either Blue Cheer (a plausible contender) or King Crimson (less so, though of course gifted in their way*), any acidhead who was paying attention during during the specified period knows that ABaB qunintessentially captures the indole alkaloid Zeitgeist.
cordially,
*I have a sentimental fondness for KC, whose In the Wake of Poseidon constituted part of the soundtrack of my abortive freshman year in 1970, but the overproduced "art rock" style they pioneered, and which began to dominate popular music until the punk rebellion, drove me away from rock for a long time thereafter.
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
Edited by
rcareaga
Aug. 11, 2004, 11:39:10 PM EDT
Just checked with Ernie
—and he avers that while no disrespect is intended to either Blue Cheer (a plausible contender) or King Crimson (less so, though of course gifted in their way*), any acidhead who was paying attention during the specified period knows that ABaB qunintessentially captures the indole alkaloid Zeitgeist.
cordially,
*I have a sentimental fondness for KC, whose In the Wake of Poseidon constituted part of the soundtrack of my abortive freshman year in 1970, but the overproduced "art rock" style they pioneered, and which began to dominate popular music until the punk rebellion, drove me away from rock for a long time thereafter.
[edit edit: repetitititition]
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
