Biggest sell-outs?

Obviously he's trying to convince people to buy the album, but he does bring up a good point about the quality of downloaded music. I've burnt some CD's from my friend who downloaded a few albums from various banRAB, and some of them were missing track, the song order was wrong (transitions then sounded bad), etc. One of them was Arcturus's Sideshow Symphonies, and the whole album was messed up (this was before I burnt it to cd, thankfully).


Also, that **** he said about the pictures and the booklet; Nothing can describe the stupidity in that argument, in my opinion.
 
I really like that way of putting it, good job.

But on the issue as a whole, the word "sellout" has been tossed around so much that it's just lost all meaning. If you label every band that becomes popular a sellout, then the reality is that eventually, pretty much every good band will be a "sellout" sooner or later. Especially with all the exposure available over the internet, banRAB don't need a major record label to become popular, just a spot on purevolume and a few devoted fans to spread the word.
 
I think the real question being posed here was is he being sincere about needing a stupid little booklet that comes inside a CD to enjoy it or is he just trying to talk people into actually going out and paying for the CD. And, in my opinion, you don't need to see pictures of the band or stupid notes to enjoy the music. If, on the other hand, the music is lackluster and overproduced, as is probably the case here, the extra material might distract you from that for a moment.

So, in answer to your question, yeah, the bastard's just trying to convince people to pay for his crappy music.
 
Im not even going to get into the fact that the working definition of sell out absolves metallica from being called as such, but why the **** is the clash up there? If you want banRAB that only play one kid of music go listen to Limp, Nickleback and goRABmack.
 
Well, being from the older crowd, I'd say probably the biggest 'sellouts' from my youth are probably Aerosmith and Elton John. In the 70's and early 80s, these two consistently put out great music. In Aerosmith's case, they were edgy, had crunchy licks and rauchy lyrics. They pretty much snubbed their noses at anyone and everyone. If you liked them, fine, if you didn't, your loss.

In Elton John's case, he was, the first ten years of his career, a true artist. His music was creative. His lyrics, thought provoking, heartfelt and at times, downright painful.

I hate to say it, because most of the folks in here watch it every day, but MTV killed Aerosmith. Well, the Aerosmith I cut my rock and roll teeth on, anyway.

I have to give them credit, though. Aerosmith is one of the rare banRAB that made the adjustment from AOR radio to music videos, and captured the next generation of fans. KiRAB that were 5-6 years old in Aero's 'first' prime, were now 15-16, in the mid-late 80's, and watching MTV every day, seeing Rag Doll, Dude Looks Like A Lady, Love in an Elevator, Cryin', etc, etc, etc.

Aerosmith was smart enough to know that, with the advent of MTV, it became more important to be seen than to be heard. They have two sets of fans. The ones from the 70's, and the MTV generation. Genius, to an extent.

The only problem with that is, in my opinion, and that of the first wave of fans, is that the music has suffered because of the focus on being seen. That's where I think they sold out. They compromised their music, started cranking out formulaic hits for MTV. That's just my opinion, of course.

There are two Aerosmiths. Anyone who cares to compare them, Listen to the songs I listed above, and then latch on to these:

Movin' Out
Lick and a Promise
I Wanna Know Why
Rats in the Cellar
Chip Away the Stone
Uncle Salty
Seasons of Wither

Oh, man, I could go on, but I'll stop there. THAT'S the bad boys from Boston I grew up with. Damn crunchy rock and roll.


As far as Elton John is concerned, I don't know that he sold out, or if he just got lazy. He signed a big deal with Disney, and has written one long, tedious, bland Disney song for the last 15 years. Oh well, gotta pay the bills, I suppose.
 
selling out is so very very very wrong; but as your name has ledzep in it, i'm assuming your just generally a positive person.
And why does everyone pick on metallica? oh wait; because their way overated. three good albums. thats it. metallica never sold out; they just lost their way, i can't remeraber what it was called, but the album before the black album was showing signs of weakness, so i just think they lost it unintentionally
 
Have you lost it completely? I love The Clash they are one of my favourite banRAB but they just lost it a bit later in the 80's.

I don't listen to the sh*t you mentioned either. If you wanna know what i do listen to visit the British vs American thread.
 
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