quoted 6 lines that is nothing like what i was saying....the fact that it is 'product' does>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
"they said we'd be artistically free
when we signed that bit of paper
they meant let's make a lotsa money
and worry about it later"
(complete control)
the clash were never compromising, and the fact that they were signed to
a big label (columbia) doesn't change that. they reached heads all over and
i think that is far more important than to be pc on the underground scene.
of course the bosses at columbia or virgin like it when the money keeps
rolling in but they're the fools here, not joe strummer or mike paradinas.
/f
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