tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post2148956105174287316..comments2024-03-28T02:53:44.198-07:00Comments on RETROMANIA: meat(loaf) substituteSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-88455485355522017182019-05-10T10:12:14.219-07:002019-05-10T10:12:14.219-07:00the UNKLE / Gorillaz thing is a bit like an artpop...the UNKLE / Gorillaz thing is a bit like an artpop version of how Menudo the boy band worked, where it was a rotating cast, no permanent line-up - as soon as the original members aged out they were one by one replaced by cute young boys. The band-brand was owned by the producer/manager/writer.<br /><br />KISS is like a partial transplant - like a body where so many organs and limbs are been transplanted or replaced by prostheses that there's not much left.<br /><br />that has happened with some famous bands where it's evolved where none of the original members are left at this point, but the band carries on in this strange entirely false/transplanted form. one by one the original members died or retired or left for acrimonious reasons.SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-70989815780079391302019-05-09T14:44:54.709-07:002019-05-09T14:44:54.709-07:00Back in the UNKLE post I thought one way to look a...Back in the UNKLE post I thought one way to look at it is that UNKLE or Gorillaz could be like a new kind of label. Think I saw some video where a whole band was credited with a UNKLE song, so UNKLE takes the place of Mo Wax (¡!) and new artists instead of signing with some label, record for Gorillaz or an already deceased hologram band, or Maluma sings (or haves´s sex!) with a hologram of Madonna or something. It´s nothing personal (or musical), it´s only business!<br /><br />It could be a new form of tyranny from the old or dead, but also can be seen like just a new way of labeling. In a way a band that gets a record deal gets a seal of aproval, and since the power of record companies is dimished, new labeling methods come up and seals of aproval only have value if they come from the already established ie the old.<br /><br />BTW I read KISS was going to tour with a couple of unknown musicians dressing and making up like 2 of the original band members ...another example of facsimile. Fernando Ramírez Ruizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717061971582028790noreply@blogger.com