Bad politics sure but I don’t think calling him talentless is of any help. People can have a lot of artistic creativity and be absolutely clueless in the realm of complicated matters. Now, I totally agree that people calling The Beatles the best band ever are extremely shortsighted, but in their sphere of influence which is western popular contemporary music they were pioneers and did a lot of wild and interesting stuff.
I’m not saying this because I’m some massive fan or anything, I just think it’s important to acknowledge that people who have bad politics aren’t wholly decrepit human beings incapable of doing anything good, because not only it’s factually wrong but also alienating for a lot of people and we don’t want to alienate people.
I don’t separate the art from the artist. John was a garbage human being and I don’t think he was that good. In my opinion he made mediocre music that happened to take the industry by storm during a major turning point.
I respect this opinion. I don’t really like the “separating” either, but I think there is something dialectical between the art and artist especially when multiple people are involved
I try to take that into account depending on the situation. However, there are times we’re the other people in the band enable and ignore the shitty behavior in which case all bets are off usually.
Bad politics sure but I don’t think calling him talentless is of any help. People can have a lot of artistic creativity and be absolutely clueless in the realm of complicated matters. Now, I totally agree that people calling The Beatles the best band ever are extremely shortsighted, but in their sphere of influence which is western popular contemporary music they were pioneers and did a lot of wild and interesting stuff.
I’m not saying this because I’m some massive fan or anything, I just think it’s important to acknowledge that people who have bad politics aren’t wholly decrepit human beings incapable of doing anything good, because not only it’s factually wrong but also alienating for a lot of people and we don’t want to alienate people.
I don’t separate the art from the artist. John was a garbage human being and I don’t think he was that good. In my opinion he made mediocre music that happened to take the industry by storm during a major turning point.
I respect this opinion. I don’t really like the “separating” either, but I think there is something dialectical between the art and artist especially when multiple people are involved
I try to take that into account depending on the situation. However, there are times we’re the other people in the band enable and ignore the shitty behavior in which case all bets are off usually.