From: heikki@enalahyysalo.fi
Date: Wed Aug 28 2002 - 15:24:34 CEST
on 28.8.2002 16:08, Stimp at stimp@aei.ca wrote:
> But are
> you supposed to suddenly stop listening to a great band just because they
> become popular, or do they suddenly become unworthwhile due to that? It's
> kinda strange, how us music lovers try to get other people to listen to the
> great stuff that we're into, but if it becomes TOO popular, ie: radio or MTV
> picks it up, then we suddenly try to completely disassociate ourselves from
> it?
you're right about that, i've been wondering about that
'elitist-i-saw-it-back-in-1985-when-it-wasn't-a-sello-out -attitude' myself
as well. but i still think that's missing the point in the original topic.
as t-bird put it:
> i think you guys are totally missing the point of what
> michael was trying to get across. it's not so much
> about tool in the absolute, but relative to what he
> was playing--funk or house. i own and love ac/dc's
> "back in black", but you'd be hard pressed to find it
> in my record box when i'm playing funk, or electronic
> music. it's just completely out of place.
>
q-burn had compiled the list in the sense mentioned above. heck, i love the
beatles' 'revolver' (like a couple of millions of other people do too, i
guess) but i would'n't play the fab four within a deep funk set. so, in that
sense i'd find the 'tomorrow never knows' request a bit odd and funny. and
that would have nothing to do with the song being too popular or mullet
music or hippie bullshit or whatever.
tool guys would find a person in the first row shouting 'play paranoid'
during their live set a bit annoying/funny as well, methinks. :)
heikki kiviluoto | turku soul mafia
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