the world is big enough for monet and manet, for van gogh and all those
cheezy ppl who paint portraits on the parisian sidewalk for bread money.
is matisse rendered invalid simply because he reverted to what we have all
done as children (i.e. paper cut outs)? no. that would be silly. he took
something else and made it his, even though it still bears a very obvious
resemblance to the original impetus.
i dont particularly like jamiroquai, and i dont care who he sounds like.
the world is big enough for the beatles and for all the endless
soundalikes england continues to spawn (oasis, the las, et. al.). it is
big enough for jamiroquai and for stevie wonder. if you feel that jk's
music is rendered invalid by its obvious hat's off to what went before,
particualrly the sound he seems to dig, then take a look at the building
you live in and notice how it is probably like all the other buildings in
your neighborhood. the world is made up of a few stand alones and a lot of
similar shit that fills in the spaces inbetween. and, since the similar
shit tends to be more abundant, in those times when popular music hits a
big lull (like this one), the better of the similar shit gets attention.
> me and my record collection if he'd pursued a completely radical, though
> initially commercially unviable musical path?
most painters would argue that one should begin by following exactly what
has gone before and master it before breaking away into one's own
direction. picasso painted hundreds of rather normal pictures before
veering off into cubism. similarly matisse was known as a tyrant in class
because he allowed no creative freedom and made everyone draw standard
renaissance style figure drawings until they could do it right. every
time. then, and only then, were they ready to move on to something else.
that is, i believe, the reason for all those stodgy jazz standards out
there. you have to get the fundamentals, which have been determined by the
test of time, before you break off. now, i dont know how great a musician
jk is, since ive only seen virtual insanity on eMpTyV, but perhaps we
shold wait and see if he develops before passing judgement.
> The most experimental artists definitely DO go off on paths that are not
> even tangents off of previous material. Some notables even avoid listening
> to any other music. I blame it on the drugs, coz drugs make them cool.
prince never listens to anyone but himself. does that make him great?
:P
matt