quoted 6 lines According to your _major label music = product_ mentality the work of >The
>According to your _major label music = product_ mentality the work of >The
>Beatles, Miles Davis, The Beach Boys, Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan, The
>Clash (just to name a few seminal musical figures who recorded for >major
>labels) and pretty much every important classical composer is just
>meaningless "product" while the work of 2nd and 3rd rate Autechre >clones
>is pure art.
that is nothing like what i was saying....the fact that it is 'product' does
not leave it meaningless, but it does demean it: the quality of the music is
not the key criteria for any of these groups/people, the shifting of 'units'
is, (i'm sure mr paradinas does not think of his music as a product or unit,
but his bosses at virgin sure as fuck do) to argue otherwise is to ignore
the simple economic reality of such companies
some of the worst records i have ever heard have been diy releases, again
you put words in my mouth......
the discussion was about u2, and the fact that they make pious political
comments about a situation they have greatly benefitted from (and to a
certain extent upholding),as have RATM, nirvana, sex pistols etc..i just
find it distastful and dishonest.
as we all appear so passionate about music, does the thought of others
seeing /hearing it solely in terms of $$$$$$$ not distress you?????
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