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sp2:
--- Quote from: yipjumpmusic ---Also even if they purposely attempted to get a certain sound, just because it fits into an existing genre does not make them sell outs.
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No. What makes them sellouts is that they had already crafted a sound when money wasn't a part of the picture, and they were doing it for fun. And that sound was distortion and feedback heavy avant rock. Then they changed that sound entirely and played something that was the opposite of pretty much everything they had done previously. There was no slow evolution into this new sound. It just happened an album or two ago. Maybe you're right and they decided, "oh, we're sick of this, let's do something nice and calm and all that jazz" but it seems suspicious to me that all of a sudden they change right when the indie sound became a moneymaker.
Crafting a sound that falls within an existing genre is not selling out, but changing an existing sound that you did because you enjoyed it into a stereotypical and relatively soulless simulacrum of an existing style because that's where the money is, yeah, that's selling out.
ASturge:
I hate it when people say 'God, I'm allowed my own opinion!"
I generally say
"er.....no, no you dont."
Not An Addict:
And, "No, because your opinion is wrong."
Spike:
There are some situations where I act like a complete elitist ass, but I make sure it's obvious that I am only kidding. That always tends to work because people just kind of laugh and go "Well ok, maybe that's true." Humor is a wonderful thing.
Kanno:
--- Quote from: Spencer ---This board (the music section at least) also revolves predominantly around Indie Culture (and seriously guys, we need to step up our efforts to get these metal heads the fuck out).
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You are completely right about the metal heads, I mean christ, don't they know that their scene is dead?
Time to hang up the KISS masks people!
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