[Heeplist] An artist in rock and financial success

[Igor Shveitser]

 Hello,
I don't know why but my reply's still waiting for some moderation, so I put it here in a different letter.
Don,
That's a brilliant question! Thank you for it for you made me think and I like the process enormously. :))) If I get the point right, the thing is, first of all, who's that very artist and, secondly, was he doing it more for the money than because he reallly wanted to say something to us all. With rock music I see it that way: initially they come on stage because hands are itching and they really have to say something importand. And dreams of fame and fortune, of course. So what happens when it all comes true? Musicians get  full, they've already shared with public all that rock'n'roll allowed them, outcome of many jams and some personal ideas. Also bear in mind, people get tired of each other. Where do I lead? My point is that even an extremely successful artist (collective) in rock music gets exhausted, at least creatively, in 5-10 years. After that they all repeat themselves - and hardly it is art the way it was initially, because that is done mostly for the money and for the sake of touring in some cases. I believe, LZ just didn't need none of the above by 1980, so the decision to call it a day was an easy one. In my eyes, with Heep it was a different story altogether, but not with Ken Hensley. I don't want to sound like any of the parts of Heep are still doing it only for the money, but it is sure the most important factor they are still on stage with the same music. Page, Plant, Blackmore or late Jon Lord all had been having a different kind of carreer since their respective bands ceased to exist, so I take, they were all really at liberty to go different ways while our heroes have no such option: they have to carry on as "Heep" or "ex-Heep" with all that relates to this status.
Cheers, Igor


Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:54:02 -0700 от Don Malecic <docofun at gmail.com>:
>Yup, the blues influence did help them in North America , no doubt about it . Does a artist stop creating his paintings after they have made it financially successful ?

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Igor Shveytser