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Re: Pinball Wizard Justified
Uh, yeah. Wasn't the Sistine Chapel done on commission? I guess various
symphonies get written that way, too.
keets
>I've been sporadically reading the debate about the integrity of Pete
writing Pinball Wizard. I think what everyone who thinks Pete "sold out"
needs to keep in >mind is that lots of great art throughout history was
undertaken-influenced-created from less than noble reasons outside of
"artistic integrity." Artists have to earn a >living. No matter how good
they are, artists still paint pictures that they think people will want to
buy, songs they think people would like to hear.
Yeah.
Gee.
Why didn't I think of that?
Thanks for your input.
Kevin in VT
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