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Early ZZ fans are like a cult??? of around 6million who all bought records and eight tracks of the original mixes.
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You still can't read. I said that the original mixes to NEW generations are like a cult band, though I worded it in a way where it didn't exactly spell that out. Unfortunately, I do have to spell things out to you, and that's also part of my contention here, in that I don't like people arguing my points when they didn't comprehend what I was arguing about.
You'd be surprised at the amount of people that don't know that they were a no frills band in the early going. The audience since the first 6 albums' heyday has turned into a cult, because last I checked, there weren't alot of vinyl sales for ZZ Top's first record in the last decade. You get me those numbers for vinyl sales and you can prove to me that the demand for the original mixes isn't somehwat like a cult band. Again, go back and read. You still can't do it.
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The later records aren't widely appreciated??? Except by the 15million people who bought 'em.
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Tell me this--how much airplay do post Eliminator records get? The classic rock station here plays absolutely zero (sans for the occasional Afterburner song). There's a reason for that. Just because people buy albums doesn't mean they're appreciated--the used copies that I see of ZZ cds are all post Eliminator, and they often sit there for awhile.
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But I really must object to anybody but those with their names on the baggage picking things up off the luggage carousel.
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I personally object to people taking my words out of context. I asked you to quote me in the past; you still haven't done it, preferring to rely on your interpretation of what I wrote. And if you're feeling the need to correct me. For some reason, you always seem to call me out on this board, or feel the need to correct me. Please stop it or I will have to get ornery with you on the same board. I do not like people making assumptions about me that they don't know--and you got into an argument that wasn't yours, nor one that you properly read nor understood going into it-- nor do I like people telling me what my right as a music fan is. If I want to say that ZZ Top eroded their musical integrity (and note that I am saying MUSICAL INTEGRITY, not PERSONAL integrity) by putting out subpar albums that are untrue to their roots, that's my right. I pay for the albums, I have the right to my own opinion. Perhaps I was unclear that I meant musical integrity in the onset of what I consider so totally a non-argument, not personal integrity, but that's my right, man. Don't tell me what to think about my own tastes or beliefs.
For the sake of everyone here, if you excessively need to correct me, please do it via PM.
I apologize to all reading this, but I don't like people misquoting me, or twisting my words around. Or telling me what I can or can't think. I feel that they traded their integrity for the almighty buck, and i'm not the first, only--or last--person to think this. You can say what you want, my opinion won't change on that. My original posts in this thread were meant to point out that they have a great backcatalogue in the 70's, and it's a shame that there are misconceptions and half truths regarding what that original catalogue actually is.
Let's get back to enjoying the ZZ, okay guys?