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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Rockadelic</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">PelvicDust</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">DocMcCoy</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote> their total lack of connection with any kind of underground.</div></blockquote> <br /> Like this matters any kind of a shit whatsoever for anyone or anything.</div></blockquote> <br /> It often has. Are you serious? <br /> <br /> Maybe you'd be happy with endless contextual variations on "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" or "Be My Baby" but that shit only goes so far.</div></blockquote> <br /> There is plenty of pop music with no "underground" connections that I love.<br /> <br /> The Crystals and Ronnettes being great examples.<br /> <br /> And there is plenty of "underground" stuff that is absolute shit.<br /> <br /> By no means do I buy into underground = good.</blockquote> <br /> Nor do I. <br /> <br /> By "underground connections" I'm including stuff like Dylan introducing beat poetry into rock music, or Jimi Hendrix turning the Star Spangled Banner (which is a pretty shitty tune) into a subversive anthem.
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