Talk:Futurama (Be-Bop Deluxe album)

"The American market was harder to break for British acts ..."

I find this sentence fairly ridiculous.
Be-Bop came along, with a ridiculous band name, when progressive was already on the wane, and they were not terribly amazing. Progressive was the style of choice among my contemporaries; Be-Bop had some currency, but not a great deal. I personally bought Futurama on LP circa 1979 or 1980 and was underwhelmed. I personally think of Axe Victim as the best one.
That sentence sounds like excuse-making.
There were many lesser progressive groups, and Be-Bop just happened to be one of them. Varlaam (talk) 10:44, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like that sentence was derived by cherry-picking from the original article: "Every month -- or is it week? -- seems to bring a new rock band from Britain, eager to catch a few leftover crumbs from the Anglophilia of the 1960's." and so on. The fairly strong argument this is distilled into is not substantiated in any way by that article. Removing... --JeR (talk) 23:54, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I am less interested in personal opinion and OR and so have reverted the removal. The quotes and paraphrasing are accurately quotes and cited. It is most certainly covered in the article by the NYT journalist. I might accept some toning down, but not removal. Chaosdruid (talk) 16:28, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]