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Lester Bangs: On Music


"Here 's a theory for you to uh.. disregard... completely. Music, you know, true music, not just rock 'n' roll, it chooses you. It lives in your car, or alone, listening to your headphones; you know, with the vast, scenic bridges and angelic choirs in your brain. It's a place apart, from the vast, benign lap of America."
"It's quite an honor to have the world's greatest rock critic and editor of Creem magazine back home in San Diego for a few days."
"The Doors? Jim Morrison? He's a drunken buffoon posing as a poet!"
"I like the Doors."
"Ahhh… give me the Guess Who! They got the courage to be drunken buffoons. Which makes them poetic. Give me some White Light/White Heat! Iggy Pop! Amen! Put this on. This isn't on your play list either."
"Don't you think it's a little bit early for that?"

"Not for me."



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