Sell Outs: The Latest fashion.

So I couldn't post this on my other blog, since dear old Digital Delay has already done so in posting the best article ever (well, maybe not best, but it was really good). He always seems to take the topics I want to do, haha.

Well anyway, todays subject; selling out.
what does it mean?
Is it changing what a band does creatively, based on money?
Changing their sound?
Going On MTV?
Becoming less accessible?

If anything, I believe in the last one. But why hate?
Yeah, your favorite band changed the way they sounded, but doesn't that mean they've changed?
Up until recently I always thought Selling Out was what everyone else thought; MTV appearance.

But then I realized, that with great talent, comes great responsibility. (Jacked that from Spiderman.)
If your favorite band is as good as you think they are, isn't it inevitable that fame would be at their front door knocking? So what if they're dating Ashlee Simpson or whatever, it just means that they're happy, which of course will affect their music/sound.

It's kind of hard to write happy songs when you're sad, and it goes the same way vice-versa. Songs can't be forced out, they have to be inspired.

So, I'm interested in what anyone else has to say about the subject of Selling Out and why MTV is related to it. Do you agree or disagree? Who do you think is selling out?

what goes around, comes around;
Karma Police