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September 7, 2003
Article in New-York-Times
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For the Japanese Connoisseur, Cheap Trick Rules
By KEN BELSON
TOKYO 窶 Neil Young once sang, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." With all due deference to Mr. Young, the Japanese taste for ageing foreign rock stars suggests that some things improve with age.
While Americans are certainly no strangers to dinosaur rock, most Western fans follow their favorite ageing act with a wink, understanding all too well that the music is often stale and played by musicians old enough to be grandparents. In Japan, the fans are far more earnest 窶 particularly with performers who long ago fell somewhere below top-tier ageing acts like the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton.
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Article in New-York-Times
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For the Japanese Connoisseur, Cheap Trick Rules
By KEN BELSON
TOKYO 窶 Neil Young once sang, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." With all due deference to Mr. Young, the Japanese taste for ageing foreign rock stars suggests that some things improve with age.
While Americans are certainly no strangers to dinosaur rock, most Western fans follow their favorite ageing act with a wink, understanding all too well that the music is often stale and played by musicians old enough to be grandparents. In Japan, the fans are far more earnest 窶 particularly with performers who long ago fell somewhere below top-tier ageing acts like the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton.
on and on................
The World; For the Japanese Connoisseur, Cheap Trick Rules (Published 2003)
Japanese enthusiasm for aging Western rock stars discussed; photo of Chuck Berry with excited admirers in Tokyo (M)
