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Doctor Samuel JOHNSON’S Dictionary of the new Musick: A
The Quietus , November 9th, 2009 06:56

Wherein popular Minstrels & divers Forms of Song are subjeckt to withering Definition & justly lampoon'd for the common LISTENER

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ABBA

Quarto of Vikings most obvious in Rhyming Couplets; yet most mysterious as to who is the FIT ONE

'All Along The Watch Tower'

A jolly Ditty by light-heart’d Wit Mister DYLAN; soft in Tone, easy to play ‘pon the Lute & simple of LYRICK

Acid House

Repetitive Charivari typical of the far Principalities of Detroit & IBIZA; much improv’d by Ether & LAUDANUM

Aphex Twin

Shadowy Will o’ the Wisp who does torture the Ears through Experiments in MUSICK

Adam and the Ants

Vile Band of Dandies & Highway-men who thus deserve naught save the Scaffold & the GIBBETT

'Angel Of Death' by Slayer

A grave Exploration in Song of the Depths of human Cruelty; a great Influence 'pon fellow Diabolists BE-WITCH'D

'Are "Friends" Electric?'

Philosophickal Question pos’d by silvery waxen Golem Mister Gary NUMAN

'Abacab' by Genesis

Musickal Cross-road whereat Mister COLLINS' Trio of Minstrels turns from a favour'd Act for STUDENTS to a favour'd Act for MERCHANTS

'Autobahn' by Kraftwerk

Prussian Inhumanity that does stretch Mister Benj. FRANKLIN’S Investigation into Electrickity for two & twenty MINUTES

Alice Cooper

Once fearsome Performer from the Colonies who now draws a Pension and ekes out his Twilight years in divers Comedies & ADVERTISEMENTS

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