From: billj@seas.smu.edu (Snugglupagus)
Subject: Re: THE TEN MOST OVERRATED ROCK BANDS EVER(GNR)lo
Organization: School of Engineering and applied science; S.M.U.; Dallas, Tx
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 05:01:48 GMT



let's get this straight....

In article <92105.132444U14540@uicvm.uic.edu> <U14540@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>In article <1992Apr13.230550.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, kmagnacca@eagle.wesleyan.edu
>says:
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Yeah you're right Guns and Roses sucks. Debbie Gibson, Phil Collins, Amy
>>Grant
>>>>>and CC Music Factory are the coolest bands out there today. I agree Sweet
>>Child

^
|____  this is sarcasm.  it is so blatently sarcastic it's almost
       funny.  not quite, but close.

>>>>Wait... Your saying that Debbie Gibson, Phil Collins, Amy Grant, and CC
>>>>Music Factory are the coolest bands out there?  Not. First of all these
>>>>"singers" are all electrically fixed up to sound the way they do.  Phil
>>>> and Amy do have natural talent and can sing, however the others are just
>>>>losers off the streets. GNR has music talent and can at least play some
>>>>instruments where as Debbie and CC Music Factory have to use the pre-
>>>>recorded music for their songs.  Where has the music industry gone when
>>>>all you have to do is lip sync in concert and for videos?

^
|____  this, as far as i can tell, is not sarcasm.  there are no
       smileys (although the original post didn't have them either)
       and the author seemed to convey his true opinion.  in fact,
       this same opinion is extremely commonplace around here - ie. my
       favorite artists is the best... yours sucks.

>>> if you had a brain in your head, you'd think a bit before posting this
>>> kind of shit.  if you took the time to LEARN a little about the world
>>> outside your bubble, you wouldn't go around making false claims like the
>>> above.  debbie gibson having to use pre-recorded music for her songs?  NOT!
>>> deb has NEVER used sampled music ANYWHERE - live OR in the studio.  in
>>> addition, she can play more instruments than the members of gnr combined!
>>> (not that i know how many instruments they can play, but i'm making a point
>>> here) and, imho, can sing a shitload better too - UNASSISTED.  where has
>>> the music industry gone?  look a little harder, maybe you'll find
>>> it....

^
|____  this is a reply to the "non-sarcastic" post.  i admit, i may
       have gone a little overboard, but he pissed me off.  note, i
       did not mention the original post here.

>>   Now look what you've done!  If you had a brain in your head, you would have
>>realized that the first poster was NOT SERIOUS.  Let's learn a new word today
>>-

^
|____  i don't know what this dash is doing here.  it just is.  :-)

>>it's called "sarcasm."  Now we've got this bonehead Debbie Gibson fan on our
>>case.

^
|____  this is a "non-sarcastic" (i assume) response to my reply.  
       unfortunately, the author did not read the nifty little ">"'s
       to figure out who said what and where.  he thought i was
       replying to the original poster (the sarcastic one) and not the
       second poster (the "non-sarcastic" one).  notice, there is a
       fundamental difference.

>Thank you Karl. For a minute I was thinking that all you guys had your brains
>blasted out by the excellent guitar work by Debbie Gibson. Let's say it
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
						 ^
                                                 |
this is sarcasm.  runs rampant around here  _____|

>again. S A R C A S M.

nope.  unless the author of the SECOND article tells me he was joking,
my argument still stands.

(i guess i DID need to draw arrows....)


snugglupagus
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