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TVs Frink said:Doesn't mean I want to spend any time listening to their music.
You just made collipso go into epileptic shock
TVs Frink said:Doesn't mean I want to spend any time listening to their music.
TVs Frink said:Moe_Syzlak said:Possessed said:Moe_Syzlak said:I think a lot of this is based on what I call “Eric Clapton Syndrome.” People don’t see the genius of 2001 or Citizen Kane because they've seen so many movies influenced by them that it seems just one of a crowd. But just as Eric Clapton’s blues-rock riffs are everywhere today, they were revelatory (to white people) at the time. So, too, do the influences of Citizen Kane and 2001 seem somewhat diminished by their many, many successors. I’m going to guess that most of the people on this site wouldn’t be here without Star Wars. Well, Star Wars doesn’t exist without 2001 and probably Citizen Kane.
I don't really care for Eric Clapton at all. The real thing is better. But I do have to give him credit for having the courage to acknowledge this.
That was totally off topic though. 2001 is probably a good analogy though.
That’s basically exactly why I use Clapton to make this point. I came of age as a music lover in the 70s and 80s. By that time every rock guitar player was playing those blues licks. When I heard that Clapton was revered as “god” I just didn’t get it. But what I came to realize was if you’d never heard it before, it was life changing.
Seeing 2001 in 2019 with a lifetime of experience with “space movies” it’s not going to have the same impact. But that doesn’t mean it still isn’t a masterpiece that, without it, much of what we cherish would not exist.
I can give The Beatles tons of credit for all the things they did.
Doesn't mean I want to spend any time listening to their music.
Possessed said:^^It wasn't though. He just brought it to white audiences. It was revolutionary in a sense in terms of exposure, and it certainly wasn't bad by any means, but it had mostly been done before, but better.
(Not that you have to be revolutionary to be entertaining by any means. Stevie Ray Vaughan was even less original than Clapton but, in my opinion of course, infinitely more entertaining to listen to. A sentiment Clapton has also hinted at sharing, which I respect him for being big enough to say.)
Anyway, movies...
Possessed said:TVs Frink said:Doesn't mean I want to spend any time listening to their music.
You just made collipso go into epileptic shock
Possessed said:TVs Frink said:Doesn't mean I want to spend any time listening to their music.
You just made collipso go into epileptic shock
Collipso said:Possessed said:TVs Frink said:Doesn't mean I want to spend any time listening to their music.
You just made collipso go into epileptic shock
frink is an intelligent guy so he at least acknowledges that the beatles are great.
edit: i'm not even going to start talking about Star Wars' PT because it's just not worth it.
Possessed said:Imagine the silent conception that took place off camera.
I mean don't,
but do.