Hi dudes...
I was just thinking...the difference between guys like Ricky Martin and the
Backstreet Boys and guys/bands like Jeremy/Sunny Day or Thom Yorke/Radiohead is
this. Ricky Martin is in the entertainment industry. If you watch his music
videos you might say "Wow, what a fake." Well, here's news: he's a performer.
He makes a living and sells records by going out and smiling for the crowds and
shaking his little tush all over the world (i.e. faking it). Rather than being
someone who uses music to convey truth and beauty or to make you think, he is
making music to help people have a good time (not to say he is not an artist by
any means, but he is more an entertainer than artist). You take a band like
Sunny Day, and they are artists. They write music for the primary purpose of
creating something beautiful (i.e. truthful). That's why you love the way Sunny
Day makes you think (whoever you are who said that), I think. Ummm, I'm not
going to say too much more but do you guys catch my drift? I hope no one thinks
this is critical of either artist or performer. In the music business,
especially in rock n' roll and it's various bastard children there are few pure
artists or performers and many hybrids. Sunny Day does rock, but they rock the
soul just as much as the booty.
Happy trails,
John
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hey all
>
> i've been reading the stuff about sdre being gods and so forth and
> then i read someone's comment on that (sorry i forgot the name...you
> deserve recognition) and i totally agree with them. everyone likes
> different music and to them their music is just as important as sdre is to
> us. hearing ricky martin i'm tempted to use words like fake and all, but
> how do i know what he's really feeling? someone else could listen to him
> and go "yeah, i totally agree with him. it's so moving."
>
> ...but at the same time, i think a lot of people just like to turn on the
> radio and listen to it and maybe they genuienly like what they hear. that's
> why i think it's only the catchiest and popiest music that makes it because
> if a song is not immediately catchy and you hear once or twice, it's no big
> deal right? so maybe mainstream fans should give sdre some thought to, eh?
>
> ant
>
> if you've had enough of me rambling, you can stop reading here. hehe.
> p.s. i just really got into "guitar and video games" all of the sudden. i was
> listening to it and all the sudden it just hit me...it reminds me of my ex
> (awww?) thank you sunny day.
