A cautionary tale for you,,, (NME)

Member Name: fsec

Product:	NME
Date:	01/04/02 (51 review reads)
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A few years back I used to find out loads about indie music from a freind. My freind was well up on loads of bands you might have otherwised missed and wasnt the sort to take any notice of pop trends or one hit wonders. Sure, there were one or two times when it might have been style over content but you can live with that, and we got on really well.

Anyway, one day my freind comes in and hes banging on about Robbie Williams. Now, I thought this was a bit odd since my freind had always thought Take That so contemptable he never mentioned them except in jest. At first I thought he was being ironic and so I just humoured him. It turned out I wasnt the only one and there was plenty of debate about it. But my friend came back with a good point, and he asked if I really wanted just to be spoonfed trendy artists like UNKLE or get to know a bit more about slightly more mainstream new stuff - as long as it wasnt manufactured, mind. I couldnt really argue with that, but wasnt quite so trusting.

Sadly, it wasnt to be. Time passed and my freind soon started talking complete b*****ks, telling me I was 'missing out' on the genius of Craig David was the last straw. When I protested he just got all smug and agressive with me saying that it was me that had the problem, this was 2002 and all that, and I had no choice - who was I going to turn to now?

I stopped seeing my freind soon after that and got a subscription to Jockey Slut instead.

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