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Originally Posted by tesla69
and whats wrong with that?
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Well, I think we've already established that I'm a huge fan of Hank, so it doesn't bother me enormously. I was trying to point out that ni'k was pushing buttons which, rightly or wrongly, are there in the stereotype of country for good reason. The other side of that stereotype is the one that swa mentioned - 'first rock star' type bollocks. I personally tend not to care about a person's perception in the rock pantheon, but it's definitely there. The point with Hank, for me, is that he's got an astonishing economy as a writer and managed to write something like two bad songs (Fly trouble and Hey good lookin'), whereas most bands manage
maybe 4 genuinely brilliant songs in their lifetime. Hank's over and above everyone else for me because unlike anyone else in the pantheon of all-time greats, there's a minimum of cack. I mean, Abba Gold is astonishing, certainly, but they still also wrote Hey Hey Helen.