Still not sure how to feel about Bruce after he sold his back-catalogue.
Such behaviour’s also tarnished my view of ZZ Top, who I’ve loved since I was a tween, but given Bruce’s background and history of being socially progressive, it stings all the more in his case.
It’s not like these artists need the money, and their legacy’s probably great enough to support several generations of descendants.
I’d much rather ageing artists took their cues from Tom Lehrer, who made his back-catalogue public domain.
If enough of them started to do it, I could see it really shaking up the music industry.
It’s not likely to happen, but imagine the glorious chaos if the Stones or Beatles back-catalogues were made available this way.
Still, as pointed out, at least he spices up the performance of these otherwise dull Radiohead knock-offs (see also Travis, Snow Patrol, etc.)
No, I don’t like Cold Play.
/Curmudgeon mode disengaged
