================================================ Subject: Re: Odp: Re: Selling Out. .. Band changes From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Sun 22 Jul 2001 15:17:48 -0400 ================================================ I agree Keith that the music must change a little. Or else it will get awfully boring. I couldn't get the comparison to Madonna though.Since I don't or have never followed her music or things. But I have seen snipets of media takes on TV on occasion. But, sometimes the departure from what made the band or artist enjoyable to thier fans takes it's toll. A lot of people abandoned another band that I am a fan of. Since most of the fans were looking for songs with the harsh vocals. Instead of new experiments in music direction, which the band tried. They lost a lot of fans during that time. Plus, didn't sell many "Experimental" albums. BTW - Scott - The signature turned out pretty good. PS - Are there a lot of Windows systems down because of that virus? I don't mind slow. But am surprised that there is very little mail. Also, how long do you suppose it will be before Creed get their fans exposed to thier new venture? I was hoping for some behind the scenes previews on thier worldwide site. None yet!!! Jim Keith Mears wrote: > Personally, I think "selling out" is a term which is FAR overused. It seems > that ANY time a band changes it's sound in the slightest, they've sold out, > and I find that notion ridiculous. One of the reasons for continuning to > make music is to reach a larger and more diverse audience. But if the band > DOESN'T change their sound/look/attitude/SOMETHING, the music, IMO, suffers > in the long run. It becomes boring, because it becomes redundant. To draw > something of an analogy, when clothing fashions change, that's considered a > good thing (even when BELL-BOTTOMS become cool again!). Why should music be > any different. To draw a more apt analogy, look at Madonna. She changes > with EVERY SINGLE CD, but nobody (that I know of) labels her a sell-out. > > Just some food for thought. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" > To: > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 9:40 PM > Subject: Re: Odp: Re: Brian Marshall m/c > > > >>The point that you brought up reminds me of the posts that some of the >>Offspring fans thought about them when they came out with Americana. >> >>I bought that album on my search to Gone Away. While listening to >>Americana, I could tell that the wana-be song was purely satirical. But >>the POP crowd went off and running with this song as thier National >> > Anthem. > >>Anyway, I think that WAWO was just a tribute song to his then wife. The >>POP crowd took off with the song. Along with Higher. >> > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > s -- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp