Saturday 13 July 2024

Rock journalism ...

 

"Most rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read."
~ Frank Zappa from a 1977 interview


3 comments:

  1. I think Frank just gave us the music equivalent of the quote “We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like.”
    But he was right. A lot of interviews and reviews tell you more about the author's prejudices than they do about the subject.

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  2. Holy balls PC. How did I not know you were a Zappa fan? Nice.

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  3. @Greig: Haha. "Fan" might put it too enthusiastically. "Plays the occasional Frank record" might be more accurate. ;-)

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