Most bizarre music/commerical pairings? - Beyond Tiki

T Tiki-bot Member Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1345	T Tiki-bot Posted posted on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 1:54 PM There's also no way to tell how someone like him would handle their career for the rest of their (presumably longer) life, had he lived longer. Some comedian/social commentators have never sold out, but they, too, all died young (Lenny Bruce, Andy Kaufman). The odds are against it, however. MTV or Comedy Central or whoever would've given them their own show, and they would do it as a "statement about using the system against the system" or some such justification, but everyone who knew and admired their work would (perhaps secretly) know they had actually sold out. No disrespect intended (and I like Hicks' work), but it's easy to look good when you're a martyr.

There's also no way to tell how someone like him would handle their career for the rest of their (presumably longer) life, had he lived longer. Some comedian/social commentators have never sold out, but they, too, all died young (Lenny Bruce, Andy Kaufman). The odds are against it, however. MTV or Comedy Central or whoever would've given them their own show, and they would do it as a "statement about using the system against the system" or some such justification, but everyone who knew and admired their work would (perhaps secretly) know they had actually sold out. No disrespect intended (and I like Hicks' work), but it's easy to look good when you're a martyr.

Post #142814 by Tiki-bot on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 1:54 PM