(10-05-2013, 03:07 PM)Miguel Wrote: Sinead has some thoughts related to Simon Cowell as well.
Quote:In an interview on The Late Late Show in Ireland on Friday, the 46-year-old blasted the X Factor judge.
"I feel sorry for the murder of music and rock 'n' roll, which has happened because of the industry. Because of Simon Cowell, [and his fellow judge, music exec] Louis Walsh – they've murdered music," she said.
The singer believes that the moneymaking side of the industry has taken over and the result has been "the sexualizing of extremely young people" and the worship of "money and bling and diamonds."
"There's a certain alarm that needs to be rung and I know there are a lot of musicians around the country and around the world that will agree," she said. "The power of rock 'n' roll to change things, to move people, is being murdered by all this worship of fame, Pop Idol, X Factor, all this stuff."
TV is TV and Simon and TPTB have their own agenda and it's not all great....but I can't agree with Sinead on this one. Shows like Idol and X-Factor provide the opportunity for unknown artists to get big exposure. There aren't many ways to get that. And there has always been those who want money and fame -- or at least recognition.
It does bypass of the dues payin' (getting in those 10,000 hours or whatever) side of things, which causes it's own difficulties. Once the show is over and you haven't made it big then what? But you do leave with some name recognition.
Another important aspect of these shows is that the singers are performing live, without autotuning and all the other electronic manipulations. They sing with a band. And they sing an eclectic mix of modern standards -- the Beatles, Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Leiber and Stroller, Motown, etc. AI introduced me (and others it seems) to Adelle and as a whole the shows have increased by knowledge of songs, writers, and the industry as a whole.
I'm not sure that Simon's the one who's wrecking music. These shows are, in fact, outlets for what is fairly traditional music.
