on not being chumps about the charts

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

me semi-defending elvis costello's biggest hit: not sure i'm making a particularly remarkable general point, but there you go

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[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

i think he's very conflicted -- he is certainly very anti "prog" in the old-skool or the glam or the popu sense, but his favourite band EVBER is the who, and what he likes is townshend's intelligence

maybe it's "intelligence" vs "cleverness"? (and i think he's sort of right, but his tastes and prejudices somewhat obscure how he's right)