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It could be any one of hundreds but I noticed it first on Zero Hedge. In fact I notice a lot of things first on Zero Hedge.
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I find it fascinating how language changes over time - not to mention with culture and location. The way some modern day Americans, particularly the far right, use "liberal" (as both an adjective and a smear) intrigues me, because what the mean by that term is so far removed from the concept of a "liberal" here in the UK - that's as well as it having meant something very different some hundred years ago. The general platform of both Democrats and Republicans has changed significantly in the last century, and it is entirely plausible that those who support one now may have been more inclined to the other, given similar views, back in the day. Republicans - now there's a term and a half. If I utter the words "I am a Republican" they are likely to mean something very different depending upon whether I am speaking to a person in the US, in England, or in Northern Ireland / The North of Ireland. Absolutely fascinating how the same words can be such a different language (insert the obvious George Bernard Shaw quote here...).
And yet the Monkees were still a far superior band to the Beatles, and I'll go to my grave defending that view.
...And yet the Monkees were still a far superior band to the Beatles, and I'll go to my grave defending that view.
Well, they were far superior. It is just a fact.
And yet the Monkees were still a far superior band to the Beatles, and I'll go to my grave defending that view.
The movie raises an important question - was the street art movement validated, or invalidated, when the likes of "Mr. Brainwash" were synthetically introduced into the fray and mainstream media latched on. It also makes one question - what IS art? What IS a culture? It's a good movie.
The Prefab Four
One of the Monkees said it best in an interview. In response to all the critics of their music he pointed out "The Monkees wasn't a band. We weren't musicians. The Monkees was a TV show about a band and we were actors playing musicians".
A fact that it is easy to forget.
The Monkees were a corporate decision- a conglomeration using Neil Diamond's musical writing skills to drive many of the hits.
And I suppose Hal Kemp is chopped liver?And as far as music goes, Kay Kyser was far better than Sammy Kaye. But Sammy Kaye was far better than Blue Barron.
The Prefab Four
One of the Monkees said it best in an interview. In response to all the critics of their music he pointed out "The Monkees wasn't a band. We weren't musicians. The Monkees was a TV show about a band and we were actors playing musicians".
A fact that it is easy to forget.
Sounds like it's organic if it is spray painted on your neighbor's property but illegal if it's on yours.
We showed that picture a couple years ago and it spurred one of the liveliest discussion periods we've ever had. Our consensus was that "Mr Brainwash" was in fact a front for Banksy himself -- and was, essentially, a giant nose-thumbing at the whole idea of art as marketable product.
A lot of people in the Era thought the same thing was true of Salvador Dali -- that both his persona and his art were a gigantic put-on intended to point up the whole ridiculousness of art as a commodity.
One of the more interesting examples of how political labels differ from one country to another is that one of the ultra right wing parties in Russia is called the Liberal Democratic Party.
Haha, well, you got me there. I was never a big fan of the Beatles. Or the Beach Boys. Or Elvis, for that matter. I once commented that you could put all of the band members and their master recordings on a bus and throw it off the side of a cliff. Someone in line near me was quite offended, "The Beach Boys and Elvis are AMERICAN HISTORY - I'm offended." Sheesh, sorry lady. I better not tell her about the rest of American history...
Art is difficult to discredit because its interpretation is so subjective.
For instance, some of you may have seen a film titled Exit Through the Gift Shop in which street artists discuss a very organic, and often illegal, form of artistic expression. There was a French fellow that sometimes followed and video-documented their work. Eventually, he got it in his head that he, too, could be a street artist. He emulates popular street artists' works and sells millions of dollars worth of his "art" in galleries across the world.
The movie raises an important question - was the street art movement validated, or invalidated, when the likes of "Mr. Brainwash" were synthetically introduced into the fray and mainstream media latched on. It also makes one question - what IS art? What IS a culture? It's a good movie.
The Monkees were a corporate decision- a conglomeration using Neil Diamond's musical writing skills to drive many of the hits.
The Monkees had their moments; however, that statement is just pure, unadulterated wrong. If my mother heard that I'd let that go unrefuted she'd disown me. She grew up in the '60s and was a huge Beatles fan. However, she only had one record with them on account of my grandmother refusing to let her buy that sort of cheap music played by long-haired boys.
The Prefab Four
One of the Monkees said it best in an interview. In response to all the critics of their music he pointed out "The Monkees wasn't a band. We weren't musicians. The Monkees was a TV show about a band and we were actors playing musicians".
A fact that it is easy to forget.
Most of their recordings had studio musicians playing. If I remember correctly, that led to a lot of conflict later on as some of the members had greater musical aspirations than others and really did see themselves as musicians primarily.
It did cause a lot of tension, yes. Peter and Mike were musicians turned actors, while Davy and Mickey both came from an acting background (Davy had a role for a while in television soap opera Coronation Street), albeit with a significant level of musical theatre. They did develop over time - Mickey became a very skilled drummer, actually. Later on the Monkees themselves both wrote and played more - if memory serves, it was the third album on which, according to Mickey, they played "every f**king note".