I wish more artists would shut up about their political views, whether they be from the left or the right. I'm tired of entertainers taking my money, and then instead of entertaining me, lecturing me like a child about the state of the world. The worst part is, most of these self appointed critics don't actually do anything about the issues they care about, such as running for office or lobbying the current elected officials because they've convinced themselves that they are doing something by enlightening the uninformed masses. Having said all of this, I do think that everybody, including artists are entitled to their opinions, but as a consumer of entertainment I just wish they would leave me out of it. I would certainly get fired if I used my job to forward my political beliefs. Dan Hutchins
I feel the exact sameway, espically about the 2003 Blur album/comback minus Graham etc. Most of what I hear about blur "news" now is all about Damon Albarn's views on the war, etc. Not that the album was bad, but I've liked the band for the music, not some Damon's egomaniac political ideas. The first video off the new album for "Out of Time" was supposed to be some protest video, when all it was was a clip from a documentry about Navy life on an aircraft carrier, maybe I miss the point completely, but IMO it was not a good excuse for a good video. Oh well, I'm rambling On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 12:15:41PM -0400, Danny T. Hutchins wrote:
I wish more artists would shut up about their political views, whether they be from the left or the right. I'm tired of entertainers taking my money, and then instead of entertaining me, lecturing me like a child about the state of the world. The worst part is, most of these self appointed critics don't actually do anything about the issues they care about, such as running for office or lobbying the current elected officials because they've convinced themselves that they are doing something by enlightening the uninformed masses. Having said all of this, I do think that everybody, including artists are entitled to their opinions, but as a consumer of entertainment I just wish they would leave me out of it. I would certainly get fired if I used my job to forward my political beliefs. Dan Hutchins
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You must be so easy to rule. The role of the artist is not to 'entertain'. If your life is so sorry and empty you need to be entertained because the thoughts in your head are so dull I pity you. The role of the artist is to create art that comments upon the human condition. This could be a social or political statement, or a statement that just makes you shake your booty. Maybe I'm weord. I like my artists to make statements, pass comment, offer perceptions of the world that maybe hadn't occured to me previously, expanded the way I see the world. Art is not about reinforcing your own beliefs. It's about challenging them. It's about making you a better person. As for Blur, they're boring ever since Damon got a big ego about the Gorillaz. The Gorillaz made an awul record (or more accurately, Damon made an awful solo record they realised they couldn't sell under his own name and thus, invented a comedy pop group to front the abortion that was the Gorillaz record). The new Blur album is just a competent rhythm section, the singer from the Gorillaz and all the talent sucked out. the second Graham Coxon album ("The Golden D") is fantastic. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny T. Hutchins" <dan@danhutchins.com> To: "All bound for Mu-Mu Land." <klf@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [KLF] Re: Yes Its Fucking Political I wish more artists would shut up about their political views, whether they be from the left or the right. I'm tired of entertainers taking my money, and then instead of entertaining me, lecturing me like a child about the state of the world. The worst part is, most of these self appointed critics don't actually do anything about the issues they care about, such as running for office or lobbying the current elected officials because they've convinced themselves that they are doing something by enlightening the uninformed masses. Having said all of this, I do think that everybody, including artists are entitled to their opinions, but as a consumer of entertainment I just wish they would leave me out of it. I would certainly get fired if I used my job to forward my political beliefs. Dan Hutchins _______________________________________________ KLF mailing list KLF@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klf
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:12:35AM +0100, Mark Reed wrote:
The role of the artist is to create art that comments upon the human condition. This could be a social or political statement, or a statement that just makes you shake your booty. Maybe I'm weord. I like my artists to make statements, pass comment, offer perceptions of the world that maybe hadn't occured to me previously, expanded the way I see the world.
Art is not about reinforcing your own beliefs. It's about challenging them. It's about making you a better person.
Hear hear! Will Young is entertainment, real music should be artistic expression. Fuck dance, let's art. -- "Surrealism aims at the total transformation of the mind and all that resembles it" - Breton
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