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You're operating on a whole lot of assumptions there, man.
First, I think you'd be well served to drop the notion of "selling out". There's a lot of music in this world, and when you start dividing music up into "sell outs" and "will never sell outs", you're going to end up tossing an incredible amount of amazing music into your sell-out bin. And that's just stupid.
The music is always far more important than the company that sold it, or how they sold it. Get over it. You're creating artificial boundaries, and that's counterproductive. Throw away your Maximumrocknrolls, man.
. But you guys cannot argue the fact that Clash is a better version of a punk band than say Good Charlotte, Blink-182
Yeah, that's probably true...
or anything that has come about lately
...but that is very very very debateable. I think you're dead wrong and ill-informed about this, personally.
I believe that the Grammys are not a viable place tribute for a man like Joe Strummer...
What the fuck are you trying to say?
1 : capable of living; especially : capable of surviving outside the mother's womb without artificial support
2 : capable of growing or developing
3 a : capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately b : capable of existence and development as an independent unit c (1) : having a reasonable chance of succeeding (2) : financially sustainable
Well, if you're going by definition #1, um, well, they did have tribute to The Clash on the Grammys. All of the performers survived.
If you're going by definition #2, well, it was a one-off deal. They won't be having another tribute on The Grammys next week or next year. There's no reason for it to grow or keep going on.
If it is #3, then we have to go back to #1 and point out that it worked out okay. It went on without a hitch, I don't believe anyone lost any money on it, and I think most people would consider it successful in that a bunch of Strummer's peers paid tribute to him and a whole lot of people watched at home.
Did you mean to say "appropriate"? If so, I'd disagree - NARAS is meant to represent the entire American recording industry, and is the most prestigious awards ceremony in all of the music industry. To be honored there is quite an achievement, and to be paid tribute by talented contemporaries is fantastic too. Before the performance, they showed a montage of at least 50 important figures in music, and Strummer was the only one to be paid special tribute with a performance - that's pretty amazing, I think. Millions of people saw that performance. That's quite a tribute. |
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