SWS vs IYD article

[Nico]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

I don't think they are doing mainstream marketable music anymore. Or maybe I'm just to immersed in it to know if I would be drawn to them as an average music lover as I once was.

You're very likely right about that CAD, though Stevie's song IYD was sort of more mainstream that the others I guess. It's like listening to Mark Knopfler or a new Waits album and being very familiar with their respective styles but knowing that they wouldn't take off with my friends too much. But I think that is necessarily a bad thing. There's a certain type of artist who has a consistent and loyal fan-base (like SN and LB, to their varying degrees) and if those fans are pleased or perhaps some exposure will bring new fans to the plate...then they've done a great thing I guess.

It's really hard to analyze this sort of thing. It is what it is I guess.