Smerker wrote:I dunno, I don't care enough about the advert issue one way or the other, but I do feel that it's possible for an artist to sell out, that a work could be debased by commerce. I don't think it's nonsense, I think it's a debate worth having.
The Doors are millionaire baby boomers and Jim Morrison was one of the biggest dicks alive, so I think that their opinions don't count for too much. However, as for the man who had his life saved by hearing Riders on the Storm, I do wonder if he'd feel embarrassed to hear it fifteen times a day, if that uncontrolled repetition would make the song mean less. That would be kind of sad.
Fair point I guess. I don't ever see myself being that guy, but I suppose he could exist.
That reminds me of the time I worked in a movie theater in the early 90s. back then we would run to open the door to the theater when the credits rolled to help the patrons out/get them to leave.
My Own Private Idaho played there for a while and I would always go to catch the door quickly so I could hear
The Old Main Drag. When
The Bodyguard was playing I would stay as far away as possible so i didn't have to hear another second of that ubiquitous Whitney Houston song. I guess what I am saying is that for me, as long as I like the song I am more than happy to hear it again; but if it is a song I don't care for in the first place it can quickly become like nails on a chalkboard. This is a bit tangential to the selling out discussion, but there you go.
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 2:04 am
