i agree with you, i could really care less what people who don't get it think, they are insignificant. and i definitely don't think that having the song in a commercial lessens the original "importance' at all. the only problem i have with the whole thing is that it's being used to sell a car. if i went down to the M.A.M. in nyc and saw a Rodin sculpture with a ford sign on the frame it would piss me off no matter how many people understand it..
> -----Original Message----- > From: Topping, Micah [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [313] Ford and Atkins > > > i'm having a hard time swallowing this i guess, just can't > > really see it as > > a good thing. don't get me wrong i think it's wonderful for > > atkins himself, > > he deserves everything he gets and from what i've heard it's > > not a hack job > > on the tune but, at the same time it's a horrible shame that > > the man was not > > compensated for the importance of his music in the first > > place. to me it's > > just another example of a big corporation jumping on > > something way after the > > fact, stomping on something beautiful like a giant baby hewy > > and milking it > > for financial gain. maybe it will expose some people to the > > music that will > > be enriched by it and go on to learning more about it but, > > for every one of > > those people there are 100 mindless sheep that could care > > less about the > > tune or anything that is good art in general and why waste > > good a art on > > sheep? i believe the people who would appreciate it would > > have found it > > eventually anyway without the help of ford motor company. but > > what do i > > know? > I can agree it's a shame Juan wasn't getting acclaim back in the day, > but I don't think a 1 to 100 person ratio is that bad. > I am not sure what determines somethings art quotient or not, but I am > sure > its either, what the artist puts into it or the appreciation of the > product. > but if those 100 people don't get it, its not going to hurt anything, I > can't > see anyone reacting violently to the use of the song, but this is > america... > I don't think art can be wasted. > Go to the Metropolitan Art Museum in NYC and I bet only one out of every > one > hundred > people there think the Rodin sculptures are art, or appreciate them as > art. > That doesn't make it less important in my book, by any means. > Based solely on the fact they may be mindless sheep, I don't care if they > like or notice > the tune. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
