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Originally Posted by RhymesayersDU
Along those lines, the kids who liked the Indy band, but now that they got a break, a radio single, whatever, the kids suddenly hate them because they're "mainstream," even though the music probably didn't change, they just got a break.
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The author of the article disagrees:
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It’s unavoidable. If your music is not instantly dismissible, if it endures, it’s going to be the subject of someone’s over-adoring gaze. Maybe way too many someones. Best-of lists and Halls of Fame and hagiographic films about “the soul of the music.” You’re lucky if you can avoid it. But most popular bands don’t. And that praise-bloat kills.
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There is much to be said for this perspective. Starving artists produce the best work, don't they?