Has Knowing Too Much Really Soured You On Some Musicians?

[Buff]

eh, not typically. A lot of people I know are now turned off at Elton John cuz he's openly gay and now married to his SO. BFD. None of my business and it certainly hasn't impacted his music. I saw him last May and geez, I think he sounds better now than he did 30 years ago.

Along other lines, there are songs out there that I love, but don't think I want to listen to ever again. Hmmm, good poll subject.....?

 

[newdawnfades]

If you couldn't tell Elton John was gay in the 70's then there's something seriously wrong with you. It hasn't changed a thing with me, I always knew that the lyrics were mostly from Bernie Taupin anyways.

 

[Martin Q. Blank]

Kind of. I've been listening to the Beatles since I was three and studying them intensely since about 1988 and sometimes I have to consciously purge them from my diet for really long periods of time to be able to appreciate them again. I don't think I listened to any of their stuff all throughout college.

I hadn't listened to them in a year and started to get back into their stuff lately, although every time I listen to them I feel myself going the obsessive-compuslive route again...thinking of take numbers, potential alternate album track listings, the history of each song, etc. It's scary sometimes because it feels like I can't control it. Sometimes I think the Beatles are a hazard to my health.

 

[Spike]

I hadn't listened to them in a year and started to get back into their stuff lately, although every time I listen to them I feel myself going the obsessive-compuslive route again...thinking of take numbers, potential alternate album track listings, the history of each song, etc. It's scary sometimes because it feels like I can't control it. Sometimes I think the Beatles are a hazard to my health.

Take a break, man. Listen to some Rutles.

Spike

 

[Martin Q. Blank]

Take a break, man. Listen to some Rutles.

Spike

Ha, I just watched "All You Need Is Cash" today! How did you know?

 

[Mr. Shadow]

Pete Townshend from The Who:

I was watching an interview and he said, "I know what it's like to be a woman, because I am one."

My stomach kinda turned on that statement.

 

[Emrock]

When I learned John Lennon almost killed a guy with a shovel at Macca's 21st birthday party, I realized he was a man first, Beatle John second.

 

[Flower]

I really don't get into "gossip" of any kind .. I don't care about a person's private life when I listen to their music ..

Of course, I read newspapers and form opinions but do I "care"? NO, if I like an artist's music, it doesn't mean that I have to like or respect them as a person.

 

[0000]

Ha, I just watched "All You Need Is Cash" today! How did you know?

I can never find that movie, I saw it once and love it but its never been on tv again

 

[Magic]

Gossip! I love gossip

Will gossip and PR media hype change my listening tastes, NO WAY.

There is two kinds of music IMO.......the stuff I like, and the stuff I don't. No amount of gossip, or media hype will change what I like to hear.