RE: The concept of "selling out" in music - Let's discuss it
June 27, 2015 at 2:49 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2015 at 2:56 pm by Jackalope.)
(June 27, 2015 at 2:42 pm)Alex K Wrote: I don't perceive the eponymous album as selling out, because it is so well written that I can respect it for what it is. Whether trve thr4xorz like it or not, NEM is a damn fine ballad.
Trüe Thr4xörz don't like ballads, yo.
Yep, in terms of writing, production, and performance, it's probably their best album. I don't think it's a sellout either, but I will admit to having "Sandman" on my list of songs that are so overplayed that I care not if I ever hear them again.
Had it been the kind of recording that the band makes during the hangover after a seventeen month cocaine binge and crassly expects the fanbase to slurp up anyways, well then we're into sellout territory.
