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- From: cmoore@lab7.smcm.edu (Christopher Moore)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.industrial
- Subject: Re: Al, Commercial manipulation, and attitude
- Message-ID: <17022@umd5.umd.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:27:52 GMT
- References: <Bxs6tw.3Es@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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- In article <Bxs6tw.3Es@ccu.umanitoba.ca> rmartin@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard
- Martin) writes:
- >
- > Is it such a shock that Al did 'With Sympathy' He even toured with
- > Culture Club to promote it. Ever since the beginning he has admitted to
- > trying to manipulate the record industry and the general public for
- money
- > to do 'his own thang'.
- > When techno was in vogue, he was techno. Make some cash off the masses
- > that would follow him. You see metallica get some hits and you can
- expect
- > Al to get a little more harsh so he can keep his friends dishin' out
- dough
- > for his albums. He no different than, say, Madonna (boy, will I get
- > flamed for that one).
- > I know I will regret saying it, but he has the same attitude Ross Perot
- > does. He just wants people to love him. Actually quite funny to see the
- > number of people atthe highly commercial LollapaLOSER with their highly
- > commercial T-shirts (how much did some people pay?!?!). I listen to AL
- as
- > much as the next guy (beginning with 'With Sympathy' but I think people
- > got to realize he's just out to make a buck like 99.99999% (I just made
- up
- > that number) of the rest of the world. Just because a guy has an
- attitude
- > doesn't mean you can't like the music, any music.
- >
- > I think it is time for some of us to get off our high horse.
- >
- >
- > Just a thought......
- >
- > R. Martin
- > Noise.
- hey since when has metallica ever used a vox or a drum machine or
- keyboards or sampling? i don't quite think al is just trying to copy
- everyone else's projects. techno is as popular now as it was then. if al
- was really into getting mass approval, he'd still be releasing "with
- sympathy" type albums. instead of making some money with the "metallica
- crowd", he'd be making vast amounts of money with the depeche mode-erasure
- scene. that doesn't quite sound like madonna. if he were in it just to
- make a buck, he'd be releasing 100% top forty drivel. but i agree that the
- music is enjoyable despite any attitude the band may project.
- c.morpheus
-