I had a truly terrifying revelation yesterday. It occurred to me that the last two albums I bought were both products of Island Records. Any indie-boy cred I ever had is probably lost forever, and I feel like I need a string of hot showers.
The bands in question are The Bravery and The Killers. The Bravery are harmless enough. They are neither especially good, nor especially bad. But they are fun and strongly aligned with the neo-New Wave thing that's going around - and that's one of my guilty (or not) pleasures. And they likely won't be noticed much for this record (true, it gotten some press, but that's never taken off) or in the future, so it's not like supporting them and introducing friends to them is going to put big bucks in the pockets of Corporate Rock.
The Killers ... well, that's something else obviously. I can't say that my earlier thoughts on them have changed much. And it's particularly striking just how mediocre their lyrics are. But as I mentioned before "Somebody Told Me" is a brilliantly executed song, so I bought that single last year, and after having heard "Smile Like You Mean It" enough times ... well, even if this band is representative of certain bad trends in the music industry, they can still produce some hypnotically catchy and rather pretty songs. And should I really let my principles get in the way of enjoying some fun music? Apparently I've decided the answer to that is no, and I'm going to buy head-bobbing tunes even if it does mean supporting the icky establishment types at Corporate Rock headquarters.
Posted by armand at August 5, 2005 11:51 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Music