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I Wouldn’t Call It Dada Rock Exactly. What It Is, Is...

Although they appear to be fading somewhat, the rock and roll audience lines of demarcation are still very much in evidence. On one side are the bubble-gum kids, with their transistor radios and Christian Youth Fellowships, stuck in the grooves of the latest BJ. Thomas or Archies hit.

May 1, 1970
Ben Edmonds

I Wouldn’t Call It Dada Rock Exactly. What It Is, Is...

Although they appear to be fading somewhat, the rock and roll audience lines of demarcation are still very much in evidence. On one side are the bubble-gum kids, with their transistor radios and Christian Youth Fellowships, stuck in the grooves of the latest BJ. Thomas or Archies hit. Little needs to be said about them because all of us, at one distant time or another, were inevitably part of that scene. It was a phase we all passed through, an integral stage in the growth process.

On the other side of the fence are those of us who would like to think that our cultural tastes are a bit moremature. We are aware of our .bubble-gum roots and American. Bandstand heritage, but we seem to feel that we are above and beyond all that now. We pride ourselves on our openmindedness and the supposed latitude of our cultural inclinations. We think that we (and therefore our music) represent a freedom of sorts from the insular mind rot of our juvenile counterparts.

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