GERI’ BASHING

Rip It Up, Issue 225, 1 May 1996, Page 9

GERI’ BASHING

I was just watching the Saturday morning Video Hits, which is supposed to be a show for newly released videos. So, what do I get? ‘Help’, by the fucken Beatles, re-released because of Anthology 2. I mean, it wasn’t even a new video! Then, straight after it, Diana Ross singing ‘I Will Survive’ (not with hair and clothes like that, honey), and prancing around with Ru Paul and other drag queens. Diana fit right in. But the point is, it’s an old song, and an even older singer. Also on the show, Oasis (who sound old anyway), with ‘Whatever’, off fucken Definitely Maybe, and Iggy Pop (although at least it was a new song, and I’ll also let him off for complimenting Shihad in RIU). Who’s programming this show — John Taite? Come on, TVNZ, put new cool videos on, like Pumpkinhead’s ‘Nark’.

Oh, yeah, that dude from Wellington complaining about the filth on the charts is so right. Also, instead of record labels making money of pop R&B singles to be able to record the more esoteric stuff, why don’t they market the stuff like Garageland more, and change the tastes of a nation? If more people bought good music like Garageland, the record companies wouldn’t need to release crap Peter Andre. ‘Artists’ who rely on their ab’s to sell records would be out of a job. Trust me, one day, there will be a backlash! Bitter, Kerikeri. PS: Scary fact! On page 20 of April RIU, Damien Binder looks exactly like Luke Perry. Quick, dude, change your image! PPS: Just saw Shihad scoop the pool on the New Zealand Music and Entertainment Awards. Yes! Yes! Yes! They fucken rock!