The 1001 Album Generator Project Thread

Should we do a group project

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Lee Newman said:
I like this, we're all bonding over our love and hate for Mr. Adams. It's cute. We're cute.


Also....
IT'S COMPLICATED!
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Yeah, I like to try to keep it in context of all the other shithead artist like Hemmingway, Bukowski, Picasso, etc.. that we’re terrible humans but amazing artists.

I also would never judge anyone who didn’t enjoy Adams or any other artist because of their shittiness.

At least John Prine and Kurt Vonnegut seem like very lovely humans as well as artists.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Yeah, I like to try to keep it in context of all the other shithead artist like Hemmingway, Bukowski, Picasso, etc.. that we’re terrible humans but amazing artists.

I also would never judge anyone who didn’t enjoy Adams or any other artist because of their shittiness.

At least John Prime and Kurt Vonnegut seem like very lovely humans as well as artists.
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At least Hemmingway was honest about his shittiness and that's a part of why his art is so good.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Yeah he’s one of mine too. What’s TYE?
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Rising artist from back in the day for VMP. Hip Hop, amazing voice, okay flow. Guy had some depression issues. Album was working through that a bit. However, there was a lot of gunplay talk and misogyny. I had issues with that, especially given that it wasn't anything "Real" for the artist. Made me think hard about why it is distasteful for an artist to portray themself as a fictional character in one genre (hip hop) but not have a problem with it in another (specifically rock). This lead to a protracted conversation about Guns N Roses vs "fake" hard MCs. I actually didn't listen to GNR for some time after it. I eventually got a copy of Appetite from udiscover for free and was able to come back to it.

It's the old separate the artist from the art bit. I wonder if there are any interviews with Adams where he discusses his behavior in the light of his art. I'd be curious to read something like that.
 
I see you @avecigrec and I get you. I'm not trying to rationalize or even suggest that I will become an Adams fan again. It's just interesting. It's a philosophical struggle. First of all, we are all human. We have all done some shit that we probably wish we hadn't. There's a degree to some things for sure.

I'm also not gonna hate on anyone for not wanting to even give an audience to these fuckers. However, part of the deal here, for me, is to explore things I wouldn't other wise explore. Hell, it's the reason I usually have a couple of subscriptions to vinyl clubs and am pretty rabid about the friday thread. I could curate music to my own taste for forever, but there would be little actual discovery. There would not be moments like last night when I heard Tianna Esperanza for the first time (kind of a bad example because I am pretty sure Stupify put it there because of Valerie June - but it's not really because I wouldn't be as open to going what the hell is that, let's give it a listen if I self curated all my listening)
 
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