The Norwegian electronica-duo Royksopp won a major Norwegian music award this weekend -called Spellemann of the year (don't ask...). During the award speach they specifically thanked the KLF for inspiration and for making them better people - whatever that may mean.
So they're not influenced in the way Scooter are, for example? <grin> I make it a policy not to listen to a band whose name I can't pronounce. Care to enlighten us? On a more general topic, I think this is a perfect example of where Bill and Jimmy have lost touch these days. General reports we get back from public events where Bill and Jimmy turn up point towards their attitude that their old music fans should "get a life" and move on, much as they have. What they appear to fail to appreciate is that their actions during the time they were "The KLF" will continue to have an effect as people in that generation that listened to them move into the lime-light in their own right. What is more, they have left a body of work that will, rightly or wrongly, outlive them. (They probably feel wrongly, given the deletion of their back catalogue.) Should any artist have this attitude? And should we respect it? Discuss. 500 words or less. Due by the end of semester. Michael