From: The Chisa <matt@holland.deathhouse.net>
quoted 3 lines See, that's the funny thing about U2 -- they made an entire career out of
> See, that's the funny thing about U2 -- they made an entire career out of
> being angry young Irish politicos, and it turned them into happy old
> American millionaires, and suddenly they had nothing to write about.
I'm rather surprised they're still so popular (their next American tour is
expected to be the highest-grossing tour in rock history). As you say they
don't really have anything to write about now apart from cheerful ditties
about how wonderful life/love/weather is. At least they don't take
themselves too seriously. I still like quite a lot of their stuff from the
mid 80s/early 90s, it's pretty good as rock music goes. I might be able to
get a backstage pass to one of their irish concerts later this month, and
I'd probably go along just to see what a megastar sound setup looks like
from the engineering chair.
quoted 1 line "New system" would imply an alternative plan, yes?
> "New system" would imply an alternative plan, yes?
No, just a new logo usually.
quoted 3 lines We could go round and about forever with the "benefits of capitalist
> We could go round and about forever with the "benefits of capitalist
> drive" vs "benefits of socialist sharing" arguement, I suppose -- much
> smarter folks than ourselves have been doing so for centuries.
I don't want to have a political argument, but I don't think socialist
sharing really works for music. It would be lovely if we could all give away
our art/skills and not have to worry about the bills, but musicians have
living expenses like everyone else. Unless they can also juggle a day job,
there's probably no money coming in. Artistic grants are a fine thing but
then of course that's another mechanism for driving people's taste.
(Actually there is a passable compromise in Ireland - professional artists
pay no income tax! Really!).
It's quite ironic (thank you Alanis) that right now, when it has never been
cheaper to record and produce an album, big labels should narrow their focus
to high-volume disposable crap music so agressively. I have a feeling that
the music industry will self-destruct in some interesting way. I'm sure
there's an excellent analogy for this situation in history or economics, but
I haven't spotted it yet.
Anig Browl
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