From: Kevin J. Bonham, sleepycat@eudoramail.com Subject: Re: Graham Parker on the state of the world Date: 2/20/2002 6:29:37 AM To: seance@lists.no-fi.com "Chris Barrus" wrote: >Graham Parker rants about indie labels and the current state of rock radio. There's some lessons here about how AENT is not going to get on the radio or any kind of exposure here in the US.> Indeed. It's nothing a few of us haven't been saying all along (cue pet rant about how quality and chart success have nothing much to do with each other) but Graham says it so much better. The Church are simply never going to have another hit through quality no matter how accessible/brilliant/whatever they are - if they do have commercial success it will be by fluke and fluke alone. I can actually see a lot of wisdom in making "Seen It Coming" the next single when I read stuff like that. "Chromium" in my books is a far better song, one which could be a totally huge hit if the industry wanted it that way, but of course it doesn't. Indeed "Chromium" performed by some trendily waify 19-year old overprecious prettyboy doing his first album would be a smash, but you can't really market four guys in their 40s to teenagers. Not "typical" teenagers anyway :) Out of curiosity, is there anyone under 18 left on this list these days, or is the Church's average fanbase really getting older? "Seen It Coming" is a more sensible choice because its subject matter (brokenhearted middleaged guys consoling each other about a breakup) might actually strike a chord with the occasional so-called "adult contemporary" listener, a demographic that's actually been known to be reasonably loyal to stuff once they hear it and like it. Cheers, Kevin. PS The person responsible for "Anyway" calls this list weird? Heard it all now. :P PPS So glad not to see any copies of that flawed crap about symmetrical dates never happening again on this list. I even saw it on the TV news and they got it wrong there too. Morons. --- Self-Appointed President, Oxydental Fan Club Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com