Mister Moon wrote:Many years ago I knew a guy who was a big fan of The Pogues.
I didn't like their music at all, and I found somewhat boring and vulgar the fact that he was always speaking about their purported alcoholism,
rather than about their music.
Same happened elsewhere years later with that Winehouse gal.
A bunch of hype, if you ask me.
John wrote:In what way was it hype?
Mister Moon wrote:From the outside, it looked like the main thing was not the music they made, but secondary stuff.
The Sex Pistols would be another example.
Yin Yang wrote:The same happened to Elvis. It was always about his wild moves on stage and his bad influence on the youth with his devil's music.
His stage movements did draw a lot of attention, but as far as the music goes, he did have a fantastic run with those great early RCA singles...