Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (04/12/87)
Really-From: IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu To Adlai: Honest, no racist blood here. IED's complaint is hereby extended to E. Clapton, M. Jagger et al. But they didn't appear on the Ferry Aid record, so they didn't come up. You have a point that imitation is generic in the musical world, and that there's nothing inherently bad about it, nor is it in any way limited to the British black musical community. It would be ridiculous to think it was. It came up in the context of the Ferry Aid review because the British black singers on the record dominate the recording with styles shamelessly ripped off from American soul. You chose to ignore the fact that Boy George was indirectly criticized of the same thing in IED's review for his Las Vegas lounge act pop singing style, equally unoriginal and sycophantic of American style (or lack of it). You are definitely paranoid. -- Andrew