Re: (TV) Fontana

[OwenGwilliam@cs.com]

In a message dated 1/11/2002 12:52:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
raggedglory57@hotmail.com writes:


> I think Tom *is* trying to make commercial music, or music that sells, but 
> that he wants to do it on his terms, and for that he has my respect, not 
> that he needs it or that it matters.
> 

I've seen a couple interesting thoughts from other acts on these lines.

I've got an interview with Andy Partridge from XTC where he tells the 
interviewer that his mother asks him "why don't you just write a hit, dear?" 
and he replies "if I could, I would!" (that's the gist, anyway). Oh, and XTC 
albums are loaded with potential hits (in my mind), but they never get played.

The other odd one is kinda the opposite. After their radical 4 CDs played 
simultaneous ZAIREEKA project, the Flaming Lips worked on something they 
thought was also experimental (THE SOFT BULLETIN), but it ended up being 
their most accessible record by far.

       -- Owen

Owen Gwilliam
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