Billy Corgan Slams Music Biz For Dumbing People Down
. "It's incredible to me how sophisticated people really are when you give them the opportunity to be sophisticated," he said. "[But] the music business essentially operates on � 'How dumb do we have to go to sell this record to the most people?'" Corgan did cite one band � Radiohead � that has managed to resist pressure to bow to the lowest common denominator. "There are very few bands who are able to keep their intelligence on record, [but] Radiohead [has]," he said. "They have a very high message and are still very popular. But for the most part the charts are dominated by music that's essentially dumbed down in melody, style, tone, texture, and message ..." more on this story Gibson.com is an official news provider for the antiMusic.com.
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