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"Selling out"
Hat:
--- Quote from: RUMBLEMOOSE ---On the other side of the ballpark, what if A Popular Underground Metal Band was really just honestly bored with thrash metal and decided that mediocre AOR pap was really exciting unexplored territory?
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I remember that happened to Japunga. They went from being my favorite local metal act, to a fairly uninteresting rock act. A lot of people accused them of selling out, but it wasn't like they did it for a major label record contract or anything, they were just bored I guess. I can respect that, but I haven't really been to a show of theirs since.
Mrdangerous:
I have some friends who are obsessed with the concept of selling out. I had an argument with them over a commercial.
Iron & Wine were playing Such Great Heights. M&M commercial.
They thought what's'is'name...the guy that's Iron & Wine, had sold out. I said I didn't, then i bought some M&Ms. Because I like M&Ms.
TrueNeutral:
--- Quote from: sjbrot ---Just as long as the artist has the listener in mind when he undertakes any of these things.
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I disagree. I think that's pretty close to 'selling out', even. If I write a song, I'm going to write what *I* like. I'm not going to write something I'm not passionate about just because I 'have the listener in mind'. I couldn't really care less about the listener.
ASturge:
Modest Mouse didn't sell out because despite being a little more easy to listen to, GNFPWLBN is still most definatly still Modest Mouse.
I agree with the people say that 'Selling Out' is when a band will make significant changes to their music to cater to the tastes of the mainstream music listener.
Or when a band jumps on the political bandwagon.
I'm looking at you Green Day and System of a Down!
TrueNeutral:
I thought System was on the political bandwagon from the start.
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