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Re: Eve of Destruction as 'novelty' record?
- Subject: Re: Eve of Destruction as 'novelty' record?
- From: "Douglas J. Broda" <dougbroda@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 18:48:46 -0400
Novelty, no. Deeply related to its time, yes.
I'm not sure either type inevitably has limited legs over time... while
many of each type fade quickly, some of each type do hang on. (And who
knows which stick... who thought we'd be hearing Monster Mash played
annually over four decades?)
- -- Doug Broda
At 12:36 AM 4/18/99 -0400, Martin J. Waters wrote:
>>Rick Kelly wrote:
>>It's always been true of those novelty type records.
><snip>
>
> I never would have applied the label novelty record to Eve of
>Destruction. Am I off base? Anyone got an opinion?
>
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