It’s always been a fine line
that separates geeks from gods, cool dudes from goofy nerds. So Gibson’s list of 10 Great Geek Bands is kinda fun.
Here’s the list: Devo,
Talking Heads, XTC, Sparks, Kraftwerk, Fountains of Wayne, Man or Astro-man?
10cc, The Residents, They Might Be Giants
Guess I’m not too geeky because I can only claim
fanship to the 1st 3 bands.
No. Hold on.
Taste is different from perception.
You’d have to ask the people around me.
Because liking Led Zeppelin does not mean you’re cool, sexy and dangerous, now does it?
Not sure I would have put
Talking Heads on the list. Sure they
were quirky, but to me they were just a great rock band, one that typified all
that was so great (albeit all too briefly) about New Wave.
The prize for prescience has
to go to Devo though. “Founded on the
premise that humanity was regressing toward a consumer-driven, herd mentality
…”
That was over 30 years
ago! Other than, “I told you so,” I
wonder what they would say about things today?
Now, where is my flower pot hat?
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