Q-Tip Doesn’t Like Music Blogs
Q-Tip was recently interviewed by Spin Magazine and he had some choice things to say about music blogs.
“I think it’s a shame, because everyone becomes a critic. You see something at the bottom of everything that says, ‘What’s your comment?’ And everyone has to offer their opinion and comment… To me, that drains the art. All of a sudden, the imagination just passes. Whereas predating the internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now it’s sensory overload.”
It’s not like Q-Tip does the same thing with the political process or anything.
3 Responses to “Q-Tip Doesn’t Like Music Blogs”
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On 07/24/08 3:53 PM, james said:
so, before the internet people just listened to records and CDs but never commented on them? never talked about them?
no, its just that we now get to see/hear what the people are saying.
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On 07/30/08 4:18 PM, IN THE NEWS « BEATCAKES. said:
[...] Q-Tip isn’t a fan of the way that music blogs contribute to the “sensory overload” of the internet age, but I’m sure BEATCAKES [...]
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On 07/21/11 10:20 AM, Terry Green said:
What we can’t talk about the music anymore? Who dies and put this guy in charge?
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