On Jul 8, 2:19 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/7/7 frantheman <[email protected]>
>
>
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> > Behind all the weirdness (perhaps even perversion) and
> > the disgusting commercial hype surrounding his death, that was what
> > Michael Jackson was at his best. There have been other similar
> > artistic wonders throughout history - Caravaggio comes to mind.
>
> Did you just compare Michael Jackson to Caravaggio? :)
>
> Whilst I think there is much artistic merit in music, I think it is almost
> always missing from the mainstream. Michael Jackson produced a lot of
> popular PRODUCT, but very little art. He also understood, for a time, how to
> market that product as good as anyone. This was made remarkably easier by
> the team of people around him. The album 'Thriller', whilst a good album,
> initially looked to have only been a minor hit for him. The first single,
> 'The Girl Is Mine', did okay, but didn't set the world on fire. However,
> over the next three years Jackson marketed the hell out of that album. He
> bled it dry, releasing nine songs from it. And of course, that $500,000
> video (which he did not choreograph, by the way) was a stroke of marketing
> genius.
>
> To call Michael Jackson an artist deeply devalues the word. I don't just say
> that because I am a music snob (I freely admit I am and that it is a factor
> here). I think the roles of the musician and artist are almost always in a
> state of conflict; such is the nature of a creative person peddling
> commodities (CDs, etc) and being subjected to commercial pressure. However,
> I think the continuing decline of the music industry's business model --
> coupled with the reduced cost of home recording -- is a great thing for the
> "art" in music to take a more prominent role.
>
> Ian
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