arron11196
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Posted: Oct. 20 2006, 06:33 |
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| Quote (bee @ Oct. 20 2006, 10:36) | | Quote (arron11196 @ Oct. 20 2006, 07:53) | They are closed-minded.
So the music industry tells people how to be cool, then everyone else perpetuates it.
I feel it's not just the music industry though, there is a lot of pressure all round on families, young people in particular, & older people too, to conform and get into this consumer driven society. It all seems to be about aquisiton, the more you have the more you should have. Is it also called capitalism?(don't want to get political at all here, not the right place, sorry) but the more it happens the more I want to go away from it. Music helps you to escape it.
I have always had a fundamental problem with coolness; the idea that you had to be like everyone else just to be considered valid. If I am right, that's what seperates us from those sorts of people - by the very nature of the music, how different and unusual or individual it usually is, the music we choose to listen to is often just beyond them. We are prepared to give everything a chance, to let it tell us it's message - they probably don't even realise that our music HAS a message.
How true this is. I think Mike Oldfield is and always has been a maverick in the best possible sense ~ going his own way, exploring his ideas in great depth. I think we, his fans, also have this element to a certain extent. We are not sheep. We listen and hear and understand and ask questions.
It's like they're birds trying to comprehend architecture. They don't care what it does as long as they can sh*t on it.
And that's right, very amusing images in my mind now, Pussy cat Dolls ( who??! jumping all over St Paul's Cathedral or 50 cent about to land on Versaille or Notre Dame. |
What I also find interesting (and I think it has been talked about here before many times, but is always worth raking over) is the question why in the 70's before Punk, New Romantics, Electronica, Mike absolutely struck to the heart of musical consciousness. He made what a lot of people knew they needed. Was it because of all that had gone before ie hippie/far out/music of exploration/weird experimental stuff. Was it that the receiveing audience were a little more sophisticated in general. Or that the music industry was jsut inexperienced in how to squeeze a lot of money out of people? Or what else, there are hundreds of reasons.
All I know is that Mike did what he did & the time was right; I loved it then and always will. People drifted off sadly and followed new trends but, his loyal fans remained. His music lasts, and let's be optimistic, the cycle will turn again, there are new audiences out there who will discover him. ( how I envy them, finding all those wonderful unknown albums!
First and foremost, Mike is a composer who happens also to be a good musician. And his originality should be applauded and never will be forgotten.
Having reread this I notice I have added my own thoughts into your post arron, I was trying to be clever & quote bits from what you said including mine. I haven't a clue how to do this properly because I am not clever!! Sorry, hope it makes sense anyway.  |
I think you've hit the nail on the head Alan. It used to be 'cool' to be different; to like weird stuff; to analyse and procrastinate and debate and be a rebel. Now it's all about being a fish in the currents, its difficult to swim against the tide and away from the school.
The question therefore is, if this is indeed what has happened, how did it happen?
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Arron J Eagling
Everyone's interpretation is different, and everyone has a right to that opinion. There is no "right" one, I am adding this post to communicate my thoughts to share them with like-minded souls who will be able to comment in good nature.
(insert the last 5 mins of Crises here)
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