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Old 10-23-2003, 02:27 PM   #3525
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Breaking the Paigow Juggernaut

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This phenomenon confuses me.

Would you buy an album by a person who never performed in their lives, met Mick Jagger, sang him a song and got hooked up with the right people and had an album released that was actually quite good?

The reason why I ask is because you've never heard of the guy and probably haven't heard him sing. If you're like Less and believe that his music has to suck because so many people (mostly teenagers) like him, that's one thing. But basing it on the fact that his big break came from a talent show and not some other random occurence seems strange.

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Well, in anwer to your first question, yes. This would be much like going to a new restaurant based upon Charlie Trotter's recommendation. If a known master thinks well of something, you tend to give their opinion a bit or credence.

As for taking the word of the American people voting by phone or whatever. Well, let's just say that I firmly believe that Mencken was right when he said nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

However, what I meant, and I thought it was fairly clear, was that I would never buy an album by somebody based upon the fact that he won on American Idol, or some other crap show. If I heard a cut on the radio, or in a record store, or someone whose taste I know is comparable to mine said "hey, you should check this guy out," then I might buy the disc. But it wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that he was on a tv show.
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