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interesting thread here guys....
while I am inclined to agree with Labret's position, I can't. At least not 100%. I'm very much into Mozart's work, and even though he made almost no money at all, there is no question that he was the "top 40" of his time (and location..... music was not global like it is now). There's also no question that he was a fucking musical genius. So, where does that leave him? Musical god? Or sellout?
End user musical listening preference (musical taste) really is rather irrelevant here. I personally detest eminem AS WELL as angry white boy death metal. In my eyes (or rather, ears) they suck equally bad. If I was forced to choose, I'd probably listen to eminem over Morbid Angel, and I fuckin' hate eminem. But That crap that the hardcore (or whatever the fuck you wanna call it) bands put out.... please..... that is so far away from being any kind of music it's laughable that they make any money at all putting out that shit. I've heards cats screaming and fucking that sound better than that. So again.... that's MY preferences getting in the way here. If you choose to dub that shit with the title of "music", hey.... more power to ya. I can't do it.
So, if we boil away the preference issues... we're left with the question of "selling out", "soulless corporate monkeys", "fat whire balding lyric writes seeking to infuse inspiration in the blind sheeple of the world".... etc....
and honestly.... I can't see that it matters. Unless, of course, you have some lofty preconceived notion of what "good" and "harmonious" and "right" in the path to musical legendry.
Like I started out with here.... my initial impulse was to agree with Labret's position.... however.... it seems that's a fanatical kind of view towards what's "real" music and what's not. If some kid on 6th street can belt out a tune with a talent that 4 billion other people don't have, and some corporate money bag matches him up with a fuckin' top 40 tune, who cares? If it's garbage, no one will buy it or listen to it. If he's good, he's good regardless of what he's singin'.... and people will buy. There are three different interests at work here....
1. The kid. He's singin' cuz it's what he loves to do.
2. The corporate monkey's: They're all about the bling bling.
3. The Listener: They just wanna hear what makes them feel good. Period.
In fact, the only thing that really wedges itself into that system, IS the people that have the lofty ideas about what "real" music is and/or should be. Personal preference doesn't really push itself into that system, but instead, simply eliminates #3 if it ain't your thing.
Labels (meaning, "Alternative", "Metal", "Rap", etc) are basically for convenience so that we know what we're talking about when we discuss these things.... you really shouldn;t take them so literally. After all, it's not really metal.... there's nothing metal about it. It's intangible audio. So as far as something being "truly" alternative" or being some label that MTV is trying to brainwash you into thinking that's what it is.... c'mon.... is that really fucking important? If it is, you probably buy clothes because of the name on the label too.
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