Michael Aregood (maregood@comcastpc.com)
Mon, 2 Nov 1998 13:42:21 -0500
Don't you guys dare start another mainstream vs. underground thread! I
can smell it coming... ;-)
argo
-----Original Message-----
From: BAO [mailto:tunde@arches.uga.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 1:07 PM
To: Tony Reid
Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: mega-fame (was Re: trainspotting/Jimi/Orb remixes?)
But then you miss out on good popular music. e.g. Lauryn hill's album is
pretty good, or Beaties boys album, and they most have ech sold at least
3
million in the month or 2 that theyve been out. But hey, you can do what
you want to its a free country/world? whatever
On 8 Mar 1999, Tony Reid wrote:
> tu> I know
> tu> this is selfish, and it would be better for the
> tu> artists if they got more money, but It sucks when your favorite
songs
> tu> make it into an MTV rotation or something. The soul of the music
gets
> tu> sapped out.
>
> i don't know about the soul of the music getting sapped out, but i
know that
> sometimes it gets irritating when a song you like gets played every
hour on
> the hour and you can't get away from it. i don't run into that
problem
> nearly as much as i used to now that i only listen to music that
sells less
> than 5 copies...
>
> -t
>
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