Radio Edit

I ended up eating some of my own words the other day. I never say things that I do not mean. I never give out fake compliments. That is the thing about me- if I have something to say then I will say it. If I do not care, then I leave it alone. I stopped watching MTV around 2000. I would flip it over there from time to time for award shows or this or that. This or that means if something important was going to be there. That would be a band that I actually listen to. I think once your generation has graduated you get set in your ways and you typically sit back and don't usually listen to that much that comes out after that. Its not that you close your mind to it, but you do not go out of your way for it.
When I was in 6th grade, I found a band called L7. They were linked to a few other bands like Fluffy, 7 year Bitch, Babes in ToyLand, Luna Chicks, and Hole. Then came Jack Off Jill. JOJ broke up and the lead singer formed a band called Scarling. The lead singer of Hole married the lead singer of another band that I grew up listening to- his name was Kurt D Cobain. L7 took a few of those bands on their Beauty Process Tour. JOJ toured with Marilyn Manson.
I never dug the grunge movement but I think everyone can agree that it has moved us all forward. Not in a poetic way but yeah. I do have a love and deep respect for chick punk rock that cannot be quoted. I am 30 years old and I still listen to LUNA CHICKS and and 7 year Bitch. They're NOT Bowie, but they do have their own level.
I personally love darker sounds. I do not care for what they are calling death metal where it sounds like the guitar is being abused. I love a slow dark sound from the guitar. I love it when it sounds like the guitar is dipped in the darkest pain its ever felt. Like a Cello. I have an odd taste for electronic sounds so that gets my attention and the lyrics have to be clever. Cradle of Filth have some of the most beauty lyrics in some of their songs. I never liked light electronic sounds but Enigma always had respect from me and Dream of the Dolphin was one of my favorites. In fact if I was going to ask for something from an artist, I would ask David Bowie to redo Modern Love and do it basically acoustic but with a xylophone. There is a pain that runs deep within. A pain that not many people can know. That pain that is dark and life can hold hidden chambers for some, parts of it that you must go through at different times but not many people know about. A place that haunts.
I do not think its fair to say that because someone makes it that they sell out. That is the thing- most of the reason that those indi bands do not make it- IS because they do not have the money to tour. That or they are under a company who cannot support them. Songs are all catchy in their own way. So its not the songs fault. If you can play an instrument then that is not the problem. Most of those artist put their faith in companies who honestly are legalized crooks. They do not do what they should and then take most of the album sales. It is sad. They do not send the album to anyone but local stations and it just flies back and affects the band who is the one trying to make it. The fans are not the ones to blame either. You should NEVER be ashamed of who you are or where you come from.
I had some people I grew up with that at one time- WHO were friends of mine, bring up things that were parts of what happened. They brought them up, like it would embarrass me. So I addressed it and then walked away. Never bow your head to anyone except God or Jesus.
Let me tell you what a sell out is.
A sell out is a person who turns into something they never were and then destroys everything around them because they are that stupid.