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Re: Poll?
Ysobelle at aol_com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/15/99 1:37:07 AM, petersen at info2000_net wrote:
>
> >Some critic on Rolling Stone's Website
> >said that REM's _Up_ was _Sgt. Pepper_ to _OK Computer_'s _Pet Sounds_.
> Pretty
> >accurate to me.
>
> I have to say that, while familiar with both these albums-- in a general way--
> I don't get the correlation. Maybe it's just anxiety caused by an SAT
> flashback!
>
> Sisters of Mercy are to chocolate : Dictionaries are to_____?
:)> The point being that both CDs (both in '67 and in '97-98) took already established musical
styles and expanded them beyond what was expected. In a bunch of different directions, no less. And
didn't the Beatles say that stuff on _Pet Sounds_ was an influence on the expansion of their own
sound on _Sgt. Pepper_ (even though they'd been "expanding for a couple of albums already)?
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