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| From | Benjamin Lukoff <lukoff@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Loud criticism of The Who? |
| Date | Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:20:12 -0800 |
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Indeed. One could just as well say that they sold out the minute they signed
their first recording contract. You can't fault people for wanting to make
money. Of course, there are matters of taste involved. I would definitely
look askance at the Who lending their name to, say, multi-level marketing
schemes...
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:32 AM, <stratoclay@triad.rr.com> wrote:
> i agree with you Michael
> The integrity of the songs remain...an artist creates the art because he
> has to create it. Who cares where the painting hangs- as long as it was
> created.
>
> Not that it is "art", but if someone wanted to take stratocruiser's
> "Copyshop Girl" and turn it into an afterschool special, a high school
> musical or rearrange it into a Barney tune... I would sign up... my kids
> gotta eat....
>
> back to lurking
> clay
>
>
>
>
> ---- Michael Myers <mmyers1446@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > interesting point..... I guess I'm from the "artists have to eat, and
> they own intellectual property that they can license in order to make money
> to live" school of thought... do you feel the same way about authors who
> sign agreements for their books to be turned into movies (that may end up
> being kind of Hollywood-schlocky) ? I'm really not trying to be a bear on
> this, but I'm always interested in what is at the heart of criticisms like
> this... I guess another question for you is AFTER Pete signed over the
> rights for Tommy to the Broadway producers and was finally able to see what
> their interpretation looked like, do you think he should have walked away
> from the contract if in fact he thought that it wasn't, what, rock'n'roll
> enough? just truly curious....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: "lowtunes@aol.com" <lowtunes@aol.com>
> > To: audities@smoe.org
> > Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 10:37:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: Loud criticism of The Who?
> >
> >
> > My thoughts: It's not that the Who didn't live up to "...hope I die
> before I get old." It's that they DID live up to their album entitled "The
> Who Sell Out". Whether it was the Broadway-ization of Tommy (anyone who saw
> it knows what I mean) or selling soft drinks or E-Trade on TV, Pete seemed
> not only to sell out quietly, but with relish. That's what eats at me, a
> long time fan, the most.
> > Tony
> >
> >
> >
>
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