"For some reason Blur have never managed to make the slightest impression on the Dutch. They didn't like baggy, weren't interested in Britpop, the 'woo-hoo' thing passed them by completely (...)".
As says Alex James - Blur's bassplayer - in his autobiography 'Bit of a Blur'.
Don't worry, Alex. It's not Blur's fault. The Dutch have bad taste. This is the land of mediocre rock and dumb ass techno. So Björk didn't sell out her show at the Westerpark last Sunday. Neither did Sir Paul of the Beatles a couple of years before her. People preferred to go and see the Stones for the 10th time in fifteen years. Check our album charts, or the Pinkpop line-up for that matter: The Dutch don't really like anything arty or out of the ordinary. We like things to be plain and normal.
Our record can turn out to be total crap, it might as well be awfully good. People won't care either way. I'd be happy to get another decent review at KindaMuzik and play at the Valkhof Affaire next year. On the other hand, it would be nice to really annoy people with our music! That musn't be too hard 'round here...
3 comments:
Nice!
RJ
Come on, Patrick. I like this country, and we have some nice music, and music lovers.
And Paul McCartney didn't do his laptop left wing avant garde thing when we saw him at the Gelredome...
WJP
But then again: I saw ex-Daryll-Ann guy Anne Soldaat yesterday at "De Affaire"...
If you're in a band you have to try to convince people I think. Even if it's not my kinda music I still might like it or respect what you're doing.
This was a battle of who could care less. Underachievers, please try harder!
WJP
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