Lloyd Cole-Felt
See. I always saw Felt as some very complex entity which consisted of many
elements (Dylan, Television, Velvet Underground) which redefined itself from
album to album.
And I don't think Cole was necessarily going for some Classic pop
"commercial" sound (although he did make reference to Arthur Lee in one of
his songs). Indeed, I think he had a lot of artistic integrity (although he
was commercially luckier than Lawrence).
Besides, just because the two bands did not necessarily have the same
influences does not mean that they could not share some kind of essence that
could have evolved along divergent lines. Do a bird and fly share wings
even though they are not biologically related?
Matt