{"id":601,"date":"2008-09-19T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-12T13:41:03","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T13:41:03","slug":"bands-that-don-t-bum-out-their-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/bands-that-don-t-bum-out-their-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"<font color=\"orange\">FRIDAY<\/font> <font color=\"yellow\">FLASHBACK!<\/font> Bands That Don&#8217;t Bum Out Their Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/flashback425x150.swf\" width=\"425\" height=\"150\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/flashback425x150.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s a humble oldie but goodie that was initially posted with a hard-to-find <strong>Pere Ubu<\/strong> video that was quickly removed from YouTube, as we learned is the case with this band&#8217;s scant videos. A <strong>Kinks<\/strong> video that only a Kinks fan could love was put in its place, and this gets to the heart of our discussion. We&#8217;re a discerning bunch, and many of us have been known to kill off the &#8220;runts&#8221; in our favorite artists&#8217; outputs, such as a friend&#8217;s literal shooting of his copy of<\/em> London Calling<em>, the Clash album that marked, in his mind, the band&#8217;s betrayal of their initial purpose. Who knows, on the other hand, what kepts others buying Clash records right on through <\/em>Cut the Crap<em>. Us parents call it unconditional love.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><code>This post initially appeared 5\/31\/07.<\/code><\/p>\n<p><small><em>No longer Maimone&#8217;s mullet, but hair treats nevertheless!<\/em><\/small><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mP_egAh45aI?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nAm I incorrect in thinking that there are some long-running bands and solo artists who somehow manage not to bum out their dedicated fans? I&#8217;m thinking, in particular, of <strong>The Kinks<\/strong> and <strong>Richard Thompson<\/strong>. Do diehard fans of either band ever bum out at the release of a lesser work, or do they just &#8220;walk on by,&#8221; content with the fact that their underdog favorites have lived to see another release? Come to think of it, I probably do this for <strong>Pere Ubu<\/strong>, who haven&#8217;t put out a decent album that I&#8217;ve heard among occasional releases for what must be closing in on 15 years. Is there a band for which you turn the other cheek?* <\/p>\n<p><small>*Really nice people, who never bum out over a bad turn by a favorite band, need not apply.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a humble oldie but goodie that was initially posted with a hard-to-find Pere Ubu video that was quickly removed from YouTube, as we learned is the case with this band&#8217;s scant videos. A Kinks video that only a Kinks fan could love was put in its place, and this gets to the heart of <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/bands-that-don-t-bum-out-their-fans\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[85,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}