Open Letter to The Mac

[RockawayBlind]

Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon

First of all, comparing fans to battered wives is insensitive and crass.

Perhaps, but I would just call it a simile.

Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon

Second of all, they don't 'owe' us anything, and that mentality reads like the fans 'own' the band. It's a little 'Misery' to say the least.

Perhaps you are taking the "owe us" comment the wrong way. Literally, they owe their success to the fans. Is that not the case? Also, I am not sure what you mean by "misery" in this context.

Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon

Artists of any medium need only to create, and they do that when they want to. We as a public have the right to patronize artists we choose to.

Ah... but we agree, after all. Artists need to create. When that need goes away, can they truly be called artists anymore? Can someone be called an artist who dangles a carrot to the fans and says, "You have to love this one song if you want us to give you more new music?" An artist creates for the sake of creating, not as some sort of emotional blackmail with the fans. Folks have suggested here that the current relationship between the band with its stale, washed-up offering comes down to a commercial transaction with the fans. If that's the case, they are only business people, are they not?