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Originally posted by charly
During the late 60s and early 70s we had these Pesuedo hippy types who would follow all these obscure bands. Some no one had ever heard of. They just did it to appear cool.
I think a true guage of an artists worth is the number of years after they started that people still listen to them. Chopin and Brahms to Dylan and the Beatles.
They are entertainers and artists so the only way to judge them is the number of times they entertained.
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As far as I'm concerned popularity has nothing to do with it.
I love The Beatles but I couldn't give a fuck about how many people bought their albums.
My view is that the only relevent criteria for most art is:
1) Were they true innovators or simply glorified plagarists?
and
2) How broad is their influence?