June 29, 2004

A 17 year old looks at rock legends

This is great! The Guardian, a British newspaper, sends a seventeen year old kid out to review some of the biggest acts in rock from the 60's and 70's.

I think my music taste has always been eclectic, but, until three months ago, the closest I had ever come listening to a Beach Boys album was when I wrestled Pet Sounds from the arms of a tipsy middle-aged woman at a New Year's Eve party in 2001. I thought that Kraftwerk was a low budget German airline and that Abbey Road was John Leslie's ex-girlfriend.

He goes on to review Brian Wilson, The Who, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross and Kraftwerk.

Posted by Casper at June 29, 2004 12:52 PM
Comments

Thanks for that link! I had to work-stiffle instense amounts of laughter at the line, "I [now] know that dance music was invented by men who look like German supermarket managers..." Oh, God, so true! I saw Kraftwerk '80ish in Santa Monica, and it was true then too.

Posted by: Scott at June 29, 2004 03:52 PM