The discussion here breaks down along the atomization of markets since
the mid80s, so it makes sense to say that Gill, Dre, Malkmus (Pavement
does make sense as the key 90s indie band, though only because they
democratized Sonic Youth's late-80s innovations) and the
At 05:00 PM 4/22/99 -0400, Carl wrote:
HOWEVER: Your question about whether
Aretha rather than Joni was the key gender-revolutionary in sixties
pop was already creeping into my head as I wrote that last post. I'd
certainly *prefer* to say it was Aretha - but I wonder if
As well, Nirvana combined quality and commercial success at an
incomparable level for the decade - if The Key had sold like a Garth
Brooks album, Jon W's assertion would hold up better, methinks.
If we're talking about the decade, I don't know that Nirvana's sold more
albums than Gill; the RIAA
Now that's an erudite summation. But I still can't get my head around
Cobain as artist of the decade. His creative achievement, though jarring
and influential, doesn't compare to that of the other serious contenders.
Besides, the eight year old who runs my house, his seventeen year old
I wrote:
If we're talking about the decade, I don't know that Nirvana's sold more
albums than Gill; the RIAA database is down right now, but I'll
report back.
And though the database is still down (wake up over there!), on taking
another look at the best-sellers list, I see that Nirvana
and just to really blow everyone's mind, please note that last month
Steve Earle earned his "GOLD" status for Guitar Town!! That came out in 1986
and has only sold 500,000 copies. What the heck is goin' on
Kate (happy to have contributed to the 500k)
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I
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 22-Apr-99 Re: Artist of the
Decade/si.. by JP [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Before y'all kill me on anecdotal evidence charges, realize that I'm trying
to illustrate that the only people listening to Nirvana are critics and
white folks between 28 and 40.
Uh, as
