Posted by Will Turner, Karaoke King at nat0.ucc.ac.uk on December 09, 2003 at 07:33:11:
In Reply to: "Sellout" = "Achieve Commercial Success" posted by Jim Shady on December 09, 2003 at 07:11:53:
Whenever I think about this, I think of a brilliant quote by Mickey Rourke- "Who's dumber, the man offering a million dollars or the guy who refuses to take it?"
: : What really irritates me is when people like a band they moan "Why don't the Monkey Battlers get more attention?" Then when they get popular they say, "The Monkey Battlers totally sold out with that 'Mystic Orbs Of Brain' album!"
: "Oh no - other people like this band now! That means they're going to play bigger venues, more people are going to see them and I won't be part of this little exclusive bunch of fans who are the only people in the world the band should be playing to or making records for."
: Also - for "band", substitute "writer / director", and for "concerts", substitute "films".
: Jim