If Quadrophenia was met with a "deafening sound of silence" I could understand Pete Townshend reacting like this, because that is an album about really "reaching people" and "opening up your art and yourself".
But Sparks? Honestly, they don't deserve to be pop stars. I mean, what's in it (their music) for the average music listener?
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: "So they wanted to be famous pop stars
: and it didn't happen. Boo-ho. What's
: "emotionally devastating" about
: that?"
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: I would like to respond to this. Yes, I
: mean, it's a first world problem, but as an
: artist, putting yourself out there, trying
: to reach people, opening up your art and
: therefore yourself to the world only to have
: it reply with the deafening sound of silence
: and disinterest...I can definitely see how
: that would be emotionally devastating.
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: I thought your essay on Lil' Beethoven was
: alright, and I think that, even if the album
: isn't intentionally structured to reflect
: the "story" you construct (which
: you yourself admit it probably isn't) you
: have identified many of the important themes
: underlying Sparks' music at this point in
: their career.
: My only problem with that is that
: understanding Sparks makes me like and
: respect them less.
: So they wanted to be famous pop stars and it
: didn't happen. Boo-ho. What's
: "emotionally devastating" about
: that? Leave aside the issue of whether they
: deserved bigger success or not (I'd say
: their unpleasant and snarky attitude didn't
: exactly help). I still don't see why I
: should really care. Two spoiled middle-aged
: former fashion models complaining that they
: only had 15 minutes in the spotlight. If
: they took it all in stride, and weren't so
: bitter about it, that'd be one thing, but
: acerbic solipsism is not my kind of thing at
: all.
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