Exactly what I'm getting at,

Submitted by aaronthomas on Wed, 2007-10-31 18:29.
Exactly what I'm getting at, why do you have to hold so much to this man, because of HIS profile. If by past lyrics and politics, well he was always the first to attest, he never wanted to be a part of any ‘movement’, that was somehow placed on him. Mentioning before one set in the 60’s, “I want to now say that what you're hearing is just songs. You're not hearing anything else but words and sounds. You can take it or leave it”. And I get what you’re getting at to, 'no bob don't SELLOUT, go INDY woohoo'. But I think this framework has to die out in today's sour music industry, with artists needing to seek alternative sources of revenue to continue in existence. Regardless of who or what is right or wrong here, the guy is like 90 now and senile, so why should you hold his present happenings against his music of decades ago. I mean we can all pick corners here and say I’m behind this belief or that, but if we TRULY hold these principles against our favorite musicians, well than if you look deep enough, sadly they will all disappoint in one way or another. Cause no one can live up to our own personal standards 24/7. Here he just made it easy for you to find something you don’t like!For clarification, Wayne Gretzky was doing Coke commercials (and countless, COUNTLESS) other major commercial endorsements far before his professional hockey career ended. And for our non-hockey followers, the man does still have a good paying job, he is the coach of one of them NHL hockey teams. And Sidney Crosby is already running a clothing line and endorsing Reebok, Tim Hortons, etc. But not to get off my point, why does this all seem to get overlooked or have no affect on their image? Why hold so much responsibility on artists? Admiration aside, they are humans!

 

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