On Wednesday 23 August 2006 15:00, Rob was like: > On Wed August 23 2006 02:23, tim hall wrote: > > Because I'd be hurt and confused - if you don't respect an > > artists integrity why would you WANT to use their work? > > Wow, where do I begin? I might want to belittle them, like > Negativland did with U2. I might like what their producer did > without having any respect for the writer, or the writer might > not be the copyright holder in the first place. I might think > "That's an okay song, but it could be an AWESOME song if it just > had _______." I might like the music but be offended by the > lyrics, e.g. if the lyricist were a neo-nazi or Creed-esque > crypto-christian. I might know nothing at all about the artist, > so that their "integrity" is an unknown variable altogether. > > A day doesn't go by without me hearing something on the radio or > somewhere else where I think, wow, I could do so much with that. > If I were more into dance music, I'd be constantly like a kid in > a candy store. It's a lack of time that prevents me from doing > anything about it, rather than any misplaced automatic respect > for my fellow man due merely to his ability to breathe air or > get a record out. Which proves my point completely. Heh. !:p -- cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim We are the people We've been waiting for.
