Summary of the thread thus far:
1. Chemical Brother suck
2. Josh Wink sucks
3. No they don't
4. You just say that because when people get big, they're no longer
cool.
You're all partially right. The thing you have to take into account
is the shock of the new. Something new comes along and it grabs your
ear. It sounds different than all the other stuff. It's a new toy.
After a while you're addicted to hearing something new again, and the
old stuff loses it's charm.
It's very difficult for young people to deal with quick success.
Creative people seem to have a screw loose by and large, and big
success just loosens the screws more. As one of the elder members
of the IDM list I've watched many people flame out over the years.
Starting with Janis Joplin, in case anyone's wondering HOW old I am.
The thing is, when you see someone play (or buy their records) when
they're on the way up, when they're not tired out, and working with
the ideas it took them their whole lives to develop. They're going to
have a special something that will be gone 2 yrs down the line.
The people with level heads, talent, and a willingness to take risks
will have something with which to replace that first special bloom.
NON-IDM: I saw Sonic Youth very early in their career, they had the
magic. They seem to have aged gracefully. I saw Nirvana on the
Bleach Tour and they were tremendous. We know what happened there.
Same for Pavement. Saw them play for 50 people, and then 500 people 2
years later. The jury's still out on them, but they were great both
times. I do miss Gary the insane drummer, though.
The Chemical Brothers? I don't know yet. Anyone who can come up with a
track as insanely great as Chemical Beats might have a chance. I
couldn't be happier that the shifted 100K units. And how can you
look down your nose at someone who feeds their drum tracks through
a Marshall stack?
And lest we forget, Chemical beats has a positively endless snare
buildup.
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