Comments on: The Top 5 Most Influential Artists of the 1990s http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/08/the-top-5-most-influential-artists-of-the-1990s/ Searching for melody and meaning in a world filled with bad music. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bill Altreuter http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/08/the-top-5-most-influential-artists-of-the-1990s/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Bill Altreuter Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:26 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=302#comment-327 I'd say The Pixies would be a better call than Nirvana. Nirvana and everyone else working that vein got it from Black Francis and friends. I’d say The Pixies would be a better call than Nirvana. Nirvana and everyone else working that vein got it from Black Francis and friends.

]]> By: AMD http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/08/the-top-5-most-influential-artists-of-the-1990s/comment-page-1/#comment-305 AMD Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:34:45 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=302#comment-305 Fair picks and comments. Though I would see the Backstreet Boys as a dead end, raher than the beginning of anything. You don't see boy bands anymore. And the manufacture of pop bands goes back to the early days. The Monkees are a good example, though Dolenz and pals were far cooler than the Backstreet herberts. Reminds me of the Chris Rock line about them, something like: "If they are the 'backstreet' boys, what's mainstreet? Sesame Street?" As for Garth Brooks, I don't like anything by him, but "Friends In Low Places", which is just fantastic on every level. Fair picks and comments. Though I would see the Backstreet Boys as a dead end, raher than the beginning of anything. You don’t see boy bands anymore. And the manufacture of pop bands goes back to the early days. The Monkees are a good example, though Dolenz and pals were far cooler than the Backstreet herberts.

Reminds me of the Chris Rock line about them, something like: “If they are the ‘backstreet’ boys, what’s mainstreet? Sesame Street?”

As for Garth Brooks, I don’t like anything by him, but “Friends In Low Places”, which is just fantastic on every level.

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