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48281, Wow.
Posted by Brew, Tue Aug-10-10 08:55 AM
>I already said Good is subjective...so of course its up to me
>what good art is, thats what subjective means. Thank you
>captain obvious.

But you still seem to be having a hard time grasping it.


>What would Red Sox fans call Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs, and
>Johnny Damon? Probably sellouts

I'm a lifelong Red Sox fan, born and raised in Boston. Not once did the term "sellout" ever come out of my mouth in any of those cases. I certainly called Johnny Damon a "cunt" amongst several other things, but the fact that he took the most money offered to him had nothing to do with why I hate him.


>And there were no sellout cries when Kanye traded in his
>backpack for a Roc-a-Fella chain, skinny jeans, and did his
>best T-Pain impression for an entire album?

Not by anyone I can think of, besides you now...so that makes one person I've heard utter the word "sellout" about Kanye's career trajectory


>More specifically...
>
>I recall a whole lot of Beatles fans being outraged by Nike's
>use of Revolution in a TV advertisement. According to you
>guys, their fans should have been like good for them, make
>your money Beatles. But as I remember it they were upset due
>to their feeling the message and/or intent for writing a song
>like Revolution was lost in an attempt to sell sneakers.
>Aren't they trying to preserve the integrity of the artist by
>voicing their disdain?

You're talking about the 1960's homie. Times have changed, that's the entire point. "Sellout" doesn't apply anymore. It really never should have, because it was foolish for anyone to assume that someone would turn down millions and sometimes billions of dollars because of a technicality.


>It seems like this whole discussion has turned into the
>acceptability of the term sellout, so I'll just call him a Tom
>if that helps you sleep better at night. Shit, he already has
>the bowtie...

Wow. That's good old fashioned family racism. Further proof that none of us should be wasting our time with you. Stupid me.