[NewMusic] Death of the record industry (cont'd.

[weasel walter]

well judging by the pieces of "two hits and a bunch of filler" shit he
produced with, say,  the red hot sucky peppers, his actions contradict
his words. 

i don't believe that the model below is the norm even in pop. it seemed
way more prevalent in the '60s and '70s. listen to early stones albums
(or, their all-filler record "black and blue") for examples. (the trend
now for top 40 albums is to overblow them into 74 minute epics where
about half of it is blatant filler - but that still leaves about 37
minutes of pure solid gold!) people love to perpetuate those kinds of
industry myths because it allows them the self-perception that they're
"above" something. it's as trite as saying that the sky is blue.  

i'm not singling out rick rubin here, but america has this really big
problem with it's dumbest people walking around thinking they're
"smarter" than everyone else. the most condescending people i meet these
days are usually also the most inarticulate and unintelligent ones to
boot. it's very fucking weird. 

i'm rambling, but probably because i'm inarticulate, unintelligent and
condescending. 

ww
 
On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:14:48 -0700 "Matt Davignon"
<mattdavignon at gmail.com> writes:
> Well, regardless of the things that Rubin thinks are good, he seems 
> to be against the  "have two well written, well produced songs, and 
> fill the rest of the cd up with whatever" model that's prevalent in pop
> music.