The Heart of Saturday Night

[lbpesq]

Ah, the invocation of Joe Cocker's name.  It's time to post this one again.  Enjoy.
 
Bill, tgo

[wideload]

Adriaan, I guess my point of reference was when they were starting out, not now when (hopefully) they are comfortably well-off. I suppose what I saw as thought provoking and revolutionary as a teen, I see as EMO whining and self-indulgent when I hear it  from today's artists (although I don't know any that I would put in Tom's category). I'm probably just not looking hard enough!

[adriaan]

Larry - what triggered me was that last week we had nation-wide TV commercials advertizing a Joe Cocker concert (nation-wide as far as you can call it that in the Netherlands, but I digress).
 
And as much as Waits and Dylan avoid the mainstream music industry, you must remember that there's a world-wide market for what they create, and they cater to it - on their own terms, but it's a business nonetheless.
 
But let's not forget to feed our heart, soul and brain on what creative geniuses conjure up!

[hydrargyrum]

Even if the mainstream media doesn't pick up on talent at least we live in an era where anyone with a computer and an internet connection can find an audience.  In many ways, music companies seem more useless than ever.  If you can keep more of your royalties from tickets and albums then you don't need to sell as much to get by.