Actually as absurd as this is gonna sound, you are not really the
pedant/intellectualizing type Terry. I am sorry. You did manage to get a
little condescension in there in my opinion, but ultimately your initial
post had a bit too much passion. I am sorry. <g>
-jim
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
> Roll, you're a lunatic. But I'll concede the real reason I've declined to
> set Uncle Tupelo on a pedestal and worship at their feet is the way they
> used to play rock songs. They'd get going, I'd get into the swing of
> things, and then they'd pull off one of those annoying stops, and then
> starts, and then stops, and then starts. Shit, I like my music to keep on
> rolling, and those guys were playing games with my ears. So there you have
> it. The rest of my over-intellectualizing pedantry -- advancing the
> stunning notion that UT fits into a continuum of music, and doesn't stand
> above folks like Lucinda, Dave Alvin, Neil Young, Doug Sahm, where
> alternative forms of country music are concerned -- is just pissiness
> brought on by having to stay home with the kids on -- yet another -- snow
> day. Now I've got to go out and intellectualize with a snow shovel. -- Terry
> Smith
>
