FW: Ephemerality of uniqueness
Carl Cranstone (carlos@mtx.net.au)
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 20:44:58 +-10-30
> ...when things start becoming mainstream and trendy, the =
"coolness"=20
> of it all seems to disappear.=20
>
I'd tend to agree with this in as much as those things that become =
mainstream often get packaged with lots of hype and "crass =
commercialism". And of course, the really popular stuff gets played to =
death on every radio station, in every shop & down every street. This =
tends to put me off. I can recall occasions when I liked a particular =
artist until they became very popular; it just seemed different. =
Perhaps it is merely a perception thing or perhaps the artist, having =
achieved mainstream success, changes to cater for their new audience. =
I think, even less cool, is the mainstream followers of this newly =
popular music who have no appreciation for what came before. For =
example, Elson mentioned the Kool & the Gang song "Jungle Boogie". =
Lots of Pulp-Fiction fans think it's really cool & will rave on about it =
remaining totally ignorant about the origin of the song and the whole =
pile of cool songs by the same and other artists of the time. (Roy =
Ayers being my favourite and I think you should all go out and listen to =
either "Everybody loves the Sunshine" or "Mystic Voyage" right now!)
Carl
http://dove.mtx.net.au/~carlos/ozgroove.htm
=09
=20
=20