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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The Glorious Return of Yes???
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Date: Tue, 24-Jan-84 14:55:44 EST
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It is amazing to me how people can put down good music just because they
turned from playing experimental noise to good solid, upbeat, likeable
music.  People have been saying the same thing about [others] ---
that he finally gave in to the 'pop' pressure. Give me a break! He is just
playing what people want to hear.
					-Jay Mitchell

It is amazing to me how people put down TV shows just because they're not
interesting or original but rather fluffy, simple, likeable shows.  Give
me a break!  I'm just producing the kind of TV shows people want to see.
Just take a look at "We've Got it Made"...
					-from an envisioned conversation
						with Fred Silverman

It's amazing to me how people put down fast food simply because it doesn't
have any organic matter in it.  We're just feeding people what they want.."
					-Yutzo Flemburg, president of
						Dr. Chicken Restaurants

I, for one, believe that creative artists have a responsibility to expand
the boundaries of their craft rather than pandering to tastes and to the money
that that brings.  But then, there are those who like Rick Springfield and
believe he has something to say (after all, he's solid, upbeat, likeable...).
(I'm sorry.  This is a music newsgroup.  I shouldn't be talking about Rick
Springfield.  He's an "entertainer", much like Pia Zadora, Joan Rivers,
Scott Baio, Laura Branigan, and Rod Stewart, not a creative artist.)

P.S.  I like Bowie's new album, and I'm beginning to like "Loaner of an Only
Heart".  Both combine originality with "popular likeableness".  (Meaning that
people who only listen to what they're told to listen to might accept the
sounds.)  What's wrong with that?  (Those who consider Yes' earlier work to
be "experimental noise" are probably not candidates for serious music
discussion.)
-- 
Pardon me for breathing...
	Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr