floodstage wrote on Mon, 27 February 2006 17:28 |
If they had a singer that sang instead of yelling/screaming with little attention to tune, they'd be bigger than U2.
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i had to think about this portion of your post for a while.
i think you have practically nailed what the indie rock mindset is in a round about way.
fugazi could not have been huge. they had and still have something very specific to say, and very specific to do. neither of those goals/plans have anything to do with anyone thing in particular as far as market consumability. they have never advertised, promoted a show, or pursued any sort of media attention to further promote their band.
their agenda has always been self serving. sure, they make and sell records, they tour, they turn a profit. yes they work hard at what they do, but i've never seen or heard of any member of fugazi trying to change people's lives'. their music is deeply political, and deeply motivational, but if you talk to Guy, or Ian (which i have) neither of them preached to me. to me, fugazi has always been about trying to get other people to think for themselves.
i think a few of their lyrics some up indie rock better then anyone of us can come up with.
"you will do what looks good to you on paper, we will do what we must"
"the tools they will be swinging, but we will not be beaten down"
"you are not what you own"
"Life is what you want it to be
So don't get tangled up trying to be free
And don't worry what the other people see
It's nothing."
"We draw lines and stand behind them
That's why flags are such ugly things"
"and if I stop to catch my breath
I might catch a piece of death"
"Bred in bone and finely honed
To always sell what we can't own"