Re: offtopicalia!

[Per Boysen <per@boysen.se>]

> On Aug 24, 2004, at 5:30 PM, Monica wrote:
>> No, the Kravitz thing was pretty much a farce

> From: Suit & Tie Guy [mailto:erwill@suitandtieguy.com]
> i'm going to preface this by saying i actually like quite a bit of what
> Lenny does.

On Aug 25, 2004, at 13:08, Don Makoviney wrote:
> I too like Lenny Kravitz.

(snipping referred posts to save some bandwidth)

I like his stuff too - both the music and the image/styling/posing. As 
long as you know that he borrowed most of it from Hendrix you don't 
need to have a problem with THAT. First time I heard Kravitz I remember 
thinking "Wow, at last someone that bothers to re-do the Jimi thing and 
cares to do it well". All music doesn't have to be 100 percent original 
IMHO, especially in a style that is as much about attitude as about 
moving air. Of course Hendrix borrowed a lot from John Lee Hooker and 
others (remember my chock when I find out about that, hearing my first 
Hooker record) but he took it to a different level by using that guitar 
sound and blues feel  in a pop song context (as Kravitz picked up).

All the best

Per Boysen
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