hmmmm....I don't know "she's hot", but with Dire Straits, I would have to disagree. "Money for Nothing" is still cool despite being overplayed. The guitar sound that came from that album is still ground-breaking in my....ears.
On 8/17/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found myself trying to explain to my son why "She's Hot" by the Rolling > Stones is uncool, while "Gimme Shelter" is. Is there any objective standard > for this, or does it purely depend on whether the song was overplayed in > one's vicinity when it came out? > > For instance, I would say that Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet" is very > cool, but "Money" is not. > > any thoughts? What would you consider to be rock that is truly classic? I > mean something that will be cool twenty years or thirty years from now, not > necessarily the usual sense of somehting at least fifteen years old. > > Dana > > -- > "People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession > of their character." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213487 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
