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He's Still Rock and Roll to Me(continued)
The suburban ennui bubbling underneath, the portrait of the cop who has to take shifts at a bar in order to afford a fancy car—it wasn't "Anarchy in the UK" by a long stretch, but the rejection of the country-life dream by one of the Island's own was a significant chip in the facade of its suburban idyll. 
Gosh, sounds like the writer almost convinced herself, if not me, that she actually likes some of his songs, but is it really necessary to preface every entry with, "I know it sucks/is cheesy/schmaltzy/retarded, but..."? Posted by: worst_1_yet on July 21, 2008 6:18 PM Billy Joel is an accomplished musician, composer, and song writer. He writes from the world he lives in, and has tried, in his music, to expand that world. If a "hardened rock critic" (the very concept makes me laugh) can't hear anything but "superficial boomer gloss" and music "ripe for a 2008 makeover", then maybe the rock critic should just go back to the dorm and listen to her Abba collection on the iPod. If you need an example of superficial, I offer you this article. Posted by: Sempringham on July 22, 2008 11:12 PM Advertisement < BACK TO Features |
    
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