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| From | "Lee Elliott" <blelliott01@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Steve Albini Quote I Liked |
| Date | Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:52:44 -0600 |
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Question:
How is it not difficult though to listen to - let's be honest, to
listen to lousy bands? Having to work with them day after day after
day and not want to make suggestions? Other than recording
suggestions.
Answer:
Well, I think I've been in enough situations to realize that every
band has an aesthetic. It may not be an aesthetic that I find
particularly laudable or whatever, but it might just be that I don't
get it. Before he died, John Peel said something that I thought was
really profound. He said when he gets a record from somebody and he
doesn't like it, he assumes that it's his problem and that the band
would not have made that record if there wasn't something valuable
about it. And I kinda feel like that's an appropriate perspective.
Like this band wants to make this record - for some reason, they
really want to do this - and they can get a lot of satisfaction out of
it. And I get to witness their satisfaction, and how fucking cool is
that? It's like being there on Christmas morning watching kids open
their presents. It's like you get to see somebody having the time of
his life, satisfying some deep ambition of his, and bringing something
into existence from his own creative impulse. Seeing the satisfaction
in other people and getting to be a part of it and helping that happen
- regardless of what it is, it could be a fucking nursery rhyme, you
know? But that it happens at all is immensely rewarding.
Not so crusty...
--
Lee Elliott (overposting)
np: Del Fuegos, Smokin...
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