The Right Scarfie Profile wrote:The Right Scarfie Profile wrote:Owen wrote:
Matt moaning about sentence length then following it up with a 61 word sentence with several diversions from the point is a little self parodic
I don't think you quite understand the levels to my humour.
there are more than 5 yeah?
At least 61, last time I counted (admittedly I had to put it through level count on MS Word)
Again, what we're getting at here is a mixture of the attitude of the music's creator(s) and the attitude of its constitutent fanbase. Niche marketing is such that you can sell any style to anyone, but if you corner a certain fanbase you'll have it covered. For someone like Missy, I doubt she cared who listened to it as long as everyone got the chance to hear it- and it really is that sort of song isn't it. The sonic equivalent of being chained to a chair until you submit, or at least captulate.
I guess that kind of links back to what Owen said about cowardice; a lot of indie bands are too scared of losing fans and credibility not to adhere to a certain sound and so they just aim it at certain people and are content with just selling to those rather than taking a risk on potentially losing that audience but gaining a larger one who'd allow them more freedom. With the kind of 'hip' pop stuff like, I suppose, the Gnarls Barkley thing, you're getting the best of both worlds because they've managed to establish themselves in the 'pop music it's OK to like' camp and so they can do whatever they like, because they know they're assured of some kind of audience. It actually reminds me of someone like Radiohead, because they've managed to mix commercial potential with unlimited artistic freedom and can probably pull it off.
Having said that I still probably won't like it because they look too pleased with themselves in the pictures.