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Faith Liversedge's avatar

Great piece. I think my favourite label is 'heritage rock' because it's so utterly unflattering. Music journalists are an interesting bunch - I thought they were all quite cool until I read Paul Morley's Words and Music earlier this year and now I'm quite concerned about them!

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Dean The Sated Ire's avatar

Thanks Faith.

I'm not sure why music and sports journalists are often such dreadful people. I've met a few of them and they seem to think they're as important as the bands. It often and bizarrely the case for those who run record shops.

What had you concerned about Paul Morley's book?

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Faith Liversedge's avatar

That's it! I think they always wish they were on the other side of the stage. It's just so weird. A kind of stream of consciousness based on Kylie Minogue's video to Can't Get you out of my Head. Which I thought sounded great. But it's hard work. I finished it though, but with a very different view of him to when I started

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Dean The Sated Ire's avatar

That sounds about right. Unless it's Joy Division, he doesn't seem interested.

Of course, as I've done above, express your passions, but I never trust self-appointed cultural gatekeepers, especially when they offer so little.

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Faith Liversedge's avatar

Exactly

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