That interview is just another example of Eno being bitter about the fact
that he hasn't aged well. In the 70's, Eno was innovative.. but somewhere
along the line (I'd say around the mid-to-late 80's), he lost his touch.
There was a time when he was cutting-edge, changing the direction of the
music world.. but for the past 15 years, he's been trendhopping and playing
catch-up (see also: David Bowie). New styles come along and he just can't
adapt. He talked a bunch of shit about how mechanical and soulless 80's
pop was.. but listen to his 1990 album, "Wrong Way Up". Most of it sounds
like it was recorded with him and John Cale singing over demo tunes from a
$59.95 Casio keyboard at BestBuy. Nice hypocrisy, Brian. Just because you
suck at something doesn't make it an inferior style of music.
Brian Eno just isn't relevant anymore. Unfortunately, it seems like he'll
be the last person to realize that.
Quit your playa hating, Mr. Eno, and just quietly go away.
At 01:01 PM 10/28/2001 -0600, somrux wrote:
quoted 4 lines Neither can I, but I disagree with about 90% of what I read in that article
>Neither can I, but I disagree with about 90% of what I read in that article
>just now. You're right - Eno seemed to pretty much rake all
>computer-produced music into the 'it sucks' pile, which is just lame IMO. I
>figured that he'd be a bit more open-minded about it... Oh well.