Morgan said:
Honestly, who cares? I listen to people's music because I love the music, not because I love who they are as a person.
Me and the London Sunday Times, and Cynthia Lennon, and the book's publisher, at least.
Word. I understand why people wanna talk about this stuff. But as far as I'm concerned, my favourite musician (Nick Drake) could have been a horrible, murdering, wife-beating person, but I'd still love his music. His music is what is important to me, not his personal life.
Morgan said:
Word. I understand why people wanna talk about this stuff. But as far as I'm concerned, my favourite musician (Nick Drake) could have been a horrible, murdering, wife-beating person, but I'd still love his music. His music is what is important to me, not his personal life.
Eh, I dunno. I'd be sorta disappointed with that specific example just because his music is so introspective and sad that if he turned out to be some shallow narcissist...I wouldn't stop listening, but it would make the whole thing seem like an act, rather than the self-expression it sounds like.
Fortunately, Nick Drake really was a melancholy dude who just sat around being sad until he maybe killed himself. Or not fortunately. But at least he was being honest.
But then again, how do we know Nick Drake was being honest? His music is beautiful and sad and wonderful, and I take it at face value. But I don't know if he "meant" it or not, and there's no way for me to know.
Morgan said:
Honestly, who cares? I listen to people's music because I love the music, not because I love who they are as a person.
Would you care if it were some schmoe beating his wife? I would.
Sure, but do you really think it matters to the millions of people whose lives he affected positively that he once slapped his wife? People are still going to gather in Central Park this December.
I have no doubt that the story is genuine, and while wife-beating is surely a bad thing, the whole thing does have a promotional quality about it. It's rather convenient that John isn't here to speak on the matter, as he's been dead for nearly 25 years now. And that the incident occured 40 years ago.
Edit: And, for the record everyone, it wasn't, "We're bigger than Jesus." It was, "I don't know what will go firstRock and Roll or Christianity. We're more popular than Jesus now." Which was quite possibly true.
AstralTraveller
United Kingdom
January 2003
SEP 13, 2005 11:14 AM