Elvis Clinton
Michael Pugliese
debsian at pacbell.net
Mon Feb 12 16:03:57 PST 2001
"The most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been
my displeasure to hear," Sinatra wrote of rock 'n' roll at the time of Elvis
Presley's pre-eminence, no doubt hoping to turn back the Mongols.
http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/sinatra.html
www.elvissinatra.com looks dorky.
On the Charles Murray WSJ thread, reminds me of Martha Bayles, "Hole In Our
Soul."
http://www.google.com/search?q=Martha+Bayles+rock+and+roll
There is another, even more dreadful work, published by Oxford Univ. Press.
Title, "The Triumph of Vulgarity In Popular Music:Rock Music In The Mirror
of Romanticism " By Robert Pattison.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Triumph+of+Vulgarity+In+Popular+Music+Robert+
Pattison&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&btnG=Google+Search
Michael Pugliese
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