S.H.E's polarizing us
Dear Johnny,
You say: "Maybe some ass-kicking foreign bands could help [with youth culture]. Maybe they could warn everyone about The Man" ("S.H.E looks like The Man to me," May 12, page 8).
Rocking idea, unless they're in rehab or have already OD'd.
We're not likely to see Taiwanese versions of Courtney Love, Sid Vicious, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Rick James, Keith Moon and Kurt Cobain unless you can peddle coke and heroin to the local music scene.
Pathetic that locals can't copy the superiority of Western ways, preferring ke'ai (
A.J.
Johnny replies: "Superiority of Western ways?" Unfortunately, the West produced the very forms of music that Taiwan is cannibalizing, to its profit and cost.
Dear Johnny,
I agree with what you said about S.H.E, but I don't see the point of publishing a personal attack on a pop band in a national newspaper occupying a quarter of a page.
Bad taste!!!
Chong
Johnny replies: I agree with you agreeing with me about how bad S.H.E is, but I don't agree that you should agree and then not agree with me not agreeing with S.H.E. Follow me?
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