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I'm a bit baffled by this, on a few counts. First, many kids from wealthy families have tried and failed to produce great music, c.f. The Shaggs. Second, the B
by daeken 8y ago
I'm a bit baffled by this, on a few counts. First, many kids from wealthy families have tried and failed to produce great music, c.f. The Shaggs. Second, the Beastie Boys didn't get big because of money, but because they actually produced some novel stuff; their early music had great flow, despite being very rough around the edges with quite poor engineering. Third, as noted in a sibling comment to mine, Vanilla Ice came about more than 5 years after the Beastie Boys.
- olivermarks 8y agofair point. I wan't knocking the BB's - I bought licensed to ill' in 86 at the tail end of the golden era of rap. Vanilla ice was arguably exploiting the rap era after the fact although he was a dancer earlier in that era. My main point was that it's not that hard to produce music emulating what has just happened stylistically, much harder to originate and innovate regardless of where you are from, rich or poor
- tdumitrescu 8y agoWhoa whoa there who says the Shaggs didn't produce great music?!!!
- daeken 8y agoOn this one, I gotta disagree with Zappa. It's great in the same way that Captain Beefheart is; which is to say, it's amazing how much awful can be packed into such a small space. "My Pal Foot Foot" never ceases to amaze me, with the depths of fail it accomplishes. For those who have not yet had the pleasure: https://youtu.be/XR9d4ESlpHY https://youtu.be/XR9d4ESlpHY
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