A friend of mine sent me a link to an "interview" with Marty Willson-Piper of The Church. The interview is one of a series released by Amoeba Records (record store) where they go over some noteworthy personality's purchases. So, during the interview, he mentions how he considers it a tragedy how some artists are corrupted by the music industry machine.
Marty Willson-Piper (The Church) - What's In My Bag? - YouTube
His opinion struck me as a well expressed version of what many feel about music... that there are "Good" and "Bad" examples, and that they are clearly divisible from one another. Marty is one of my heros, and one of the coolest guys in music (imho), but I think he oversimplifies the musical equation. I may be crazy, but not everything Phil did on his own was horrible. And not everything Gabriel era Genesis did was golden (although I admit I prefer a lot of it, as I am a progressive more than a pop fan).
On the other hand, I definitely l crack up when he slides the glasses down his nose and says "That's bad, right?". I suspect part of cool is being able to make things sound right, even when they may not be totally accurate.
I wanted to share since it was a less tiresome than the regular "all modern modern music is bad" rants we see, and yet covers much of the same ground.
