Subj : Re: 80's
To   : Dima Chertsis
From : Thorsten Krampe
Date : Thu Jul 24 2003 10:08 pm

Hi Dima!

AA>> Exactly.  I hate Madonna's "remake" of American Pie.
DC> Whom belongs the original version?
The original version was performed by Don McLean.

AA>> Her version is geared for a dance crowd, but then who really pays
AA>> attention to the lyrics when they dance!??  So.. her strategy was
AA>> clearly just to cash in on a market.
DC> That's the idea =)
Yes, but isn't it sad that nowadays all that matters is fast money. Where  
is the passion behind the music? And why is the audience so less intersted  
in good music? If they wouldn't like it, it wouldn't be sold. So, in that  
way they support the *manufactured* music instead of suupporting the  
*handmade* music. By bands that write their own songs.

NP: Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

+++ Bye, Thorsten. +++

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