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he he he... yes yes, but you didn't answer me, anonymous :-) ...are there still few topics available?? You know very well that your story about the ladle means little to nothing, and that's certainly not what I meant; I already replied to you with the post about the REM... goodbye, come back when you've studied, instead of telling little stories.. ; )

x anonymous: perhaps you forget that every form of art, by definition, is THE means of expression of human creativity. MEANS, do you understand? Art is the very purpose for those who perform it, but for those who create, it is a means. So how can it come before originality? Moreover, precisely because it is an expression of ONE'S own sensitivity and creativity, it is obvious that art, in itself, lends itself to being personal and unique, that is, original... at least when it is great art. As for "I Promessi Sposi," I hope you're joking... it is the first form of Italian romance, the FIRST, that is, NEW, and it is totally decontextualized from the novels it refers to... and then, if we want to talk about literature, my principle holds even more weight... don’t you remember those manuals in high school? Why, for example, is Foscolo considered a great writer while Monti is viewed as a perfect fool (they are, of course, contemporaries or nearly so)? Because Foscolo is a PRECURSOR of Romanticism (that is, he innovates), Monti is a fool who merely copies the Arcadian poetry of a century earlier, meaning he completely lacks a basic concept: originality, just to change things up.

I won't dwell any longer on REM... I think they are one of the least repetitive bands in history... with that said, it was just an example of a group that is immensely more humble and immensely more forward-looking than DT... as already mentioned and already done, I could name hundreds more...

Thank you, nicoraba, you feel cool now, huh? Just think about it, you even told me to f*** off! :D ..Wow! ahahahah.. but stay home, you big baby, if you have to fill your review with another stupid comment...

Great Grand Funk Railroad... filled Shea Stadium like the Beatles... and then they are liked by Homer Simpson.

but these new indie pop groups are all so intimate... come on guys, rediscover the guitar riffs and the overdrive!

Um... I pretty much agree with Caz about Bruce... sure, sometimes his passion is overwhelming.. but musically, I've always found him quite lacking.

To respond to the last comment: but what have you heard from R.E.M.? Have you ever listened to Murmur?? If you limit yourself to the singles, of course they all sound the same.. for the rest, you chose the wrong comment for the wrong band... there isn't a single album by R.E.M. that is the same as another.

In fact, I can easily agree with you on the issue of influence. Not at all because of their supposed excessive complexity, of course... following that reasoning, after "Nursery Cryme" by Genesis, there shouldn't have been any more bands, given how complex that album was... but then came Jethro Tull, Colosseum, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Soft Machine, etc. If DT haven't influenced anything at all, it seems to me it's because their total lack of REAL modernity hasn't offered any room for exploration from any group. In any case, I repeat, I agree with you that it isn't such a fundamental concept... the same goes for the fact that if a band like REM, while respecting absolutely standard canons as you noted, has nonetheless been modernizing and has given a very personal imprint to 80s rock (in addition to marking the effective end of New Wave), DT, despite their complexity, haven’t done anything, I mean absolutely nothing, that is truly innovative or original... hence their writing, devoid of embellishments, is entirely dispensable.

Do I have to repeat the same concept ten times?? It's precisely the melodies that are nothing; if I try to look beneath the surface of solos, there's nothing but a succession of trivialities, pure clichés of pop (or rock). The reasoning you used for REM is similar to Scaruffi's: since they adhere to the canonical form of the song, they are not that noteworthy. In reality, that's where their greatness lies: being original while respecting already ultra-utilized standards is far more difficult than completely overturning the standards themselves.. “intuition” that is all too obvious (but of course, it’s important to see how one does it..). Because it’s way too easy to take a piece, load it with 2000 tempo changes, make it stretch to ten minutes... as if this too weren’t already “canonical”... oh no, it's a pity that dozens of progressive bands did it in the '70s, tens (if not hundreds) of psychedelic groups from the '60s to today; tell me what a big strangeness that would be..