In performance: The return of Anonymous 4
In today's Washington Post: Anonymous 4 gives itself a good name, by Charles T. Downey.
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Anne Midgette
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December 2, 2009; 6:00 AM ET
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Posted by: Lindemann777 | December 2, 2009 8:54 AM | Report abuse
Andrew, the last concert that Anonymous 4 gave in the area, in 2004, showed some problems that seemed to indicate a worrying decline in the group's sound (something I chose not to harp on in the article). Shortly after that, they more or less disbanded and were not doing much as a group for a while. So, yes, I would describe their return to touring, recording, and something closer to their original, winning sound as a "comeback."
Posted by: Charles_D | December 2, 2009 11:09 AM | Report abuse
(sorry...I thought an LL Cool J reference would be funny...pay me no mind)
Posted by: Lindemann777 | December 2, 2009 12:56 PM | Report abuse
Unfortunately the LL Cool J reference probably soared right over the heads of the majority of readers here, just as it did over mine.
This reminds me of a time at the start of my career when I was editing a story and over-hastily rewrote a writer's line about how a new group "smells not like teen spirit but like rotten fish," because what was "smells like teen spirit" supposed to mean, anyway? (I still blush about that one.)
Posted by: MidgetteA | December 2, 2009 4:22 PM | Report abuse
Andrew, don't make me pull out my jammy. ;-)
Posted by: Charles_D | December 3, 2009 12:11 AM | Report abuse
Sir, we are not interested in your private activity here, only in a discussion of musical phenomena and musical reception, and musical and cultural facts. Please don't abuse your posting privileges.
Posted by: snaketime1 | December 3, 2009 9:33 AM | Report abuse
But Charles' jammy might go BLOW! I need to know these things.
Posted by: Lindemann777 | December 3, 2009 3:52 PM | Report abuse
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Would you say that this is, in fact, not a comeback, since the artists have been here for years, rocking their peers and putting suckers in fear?