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9.00am
26 January 2017
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This is a question I’ve been pondering for a while, and I’d like to hear the views of you all on it.
Can bad people make good music?
There are several musicians whose work I love who have done or said questionable/ downright wrong things. An example is Morrissey, who is my favourite singer yet has said abhorrent things like “you can’t help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies”.
I usually try to defend them, but feel hypocritical as what they’ve done/said is often just as bad as the stuff I slam people like Trump and Weinstein for.
More examples are John’s treatment of Cynthia, and in the more extreme cases people like Ian Watkins and Charles Manson.
What do you think? Can you still listen to and enjoy musicians who’ve wronged in your eyes? How bad does their wrongdoing have to be for you to stop listening to them?
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9.40am
25 December 2017
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Yes, bad people can make good music. But you need to separate the artist from the artwork at that point.
Personally i Love Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2” Even though Glitter did very terrible things to children while he was famous and while he was on the run.
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9.59am
1 November 2013
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People like Charles Manson as a musician?
10.03am
25 December 2017
Offline Starr Shine? said
People like Charles Manson as a musician?
The Beach Boys liked him
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10.16am
9 March 2017
Offline Only if you don’t let their actions and or beliefs get in the way. I like You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling although Phil killed someone, I like Johnny B. Goode although Chuck committed armed robbery and filmed girls in his restaurant’s bathroom, and I like Black Sabbath even though Ozzy has done a slew of crazy things from pissing on a statue near the Alamo to biting the head off a bat even trying to kill his wife. Don’t let someone’s wrongdoings get in your way of enjoying their music. This can even extend outside of the music industry, I eat Subway although Jared is one messed up individual and I watch The Loud House although Chris Savino got fired for sexual harassment.
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10.34am
14 December 2009
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I’ve long ago resigned myself to the fact that many musicians, ones I revere, frequently did terrible things, particularly to women. (Hendrix, John Bonham, Miles Davis, James Brown, John Lennon , etc.)
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10.47am
26 January 2017
Offline Starr Shine? said
People like Charles Manson as a musician?
Not me, but Guns N Roses did.
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I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
1.21pm
11 November 2010
Offline Almost everyone is a bad person for some reason or other, so yes.
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4.27pm
18 December 2017
Offline My mom thinks that Jim Morrison is the devil (seriously) but still likes the Doors.
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5.12pm
25 December 2017
Offline TheWalrusWasBrian said
My mom thinks that Jim Morrison is the devil (seriously) but still likes the Doors.
Lol! Jim Morrison did do some bad things, but The Doors are still a favorite of mine
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5.37pm
18 December 2017
Offline PurplishRain said
TheWalrusWasBrian said
My mom thinks that Jim Morrison is the devil (seriously) but still likes the Doors.Lol! Jim Morrison did do some bad things, but The Doors are still a favorite of mine
I agree completely, I love the Doors.
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6.07pm
26 January 2017
Offline PurplishRain said
The Beach Boys liked him
Considering Dennis Wilson moved to Canada for two weeks to escape Manson, its safe to assume they weren’t very fond of him. It was for only a breif period that they associated with him, and producer Terry Melcher, a close friend of Dennis’s and prominent record exacutive, denied Manson a contract on the basis that his music was not good.
Later on Sharon Tate felt the wrath of Tex Watson and Charles Manson inside of Terry Melcher’s former home.
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Oh, definitely… haven’t you heard of selling one’s soul to the devil for musical prowess? They all did it, y’know. 
Jokes aside, I agree with all that’s been said above. I revere Jimmy Page as a guitarist; as a person, I definitely wouldn’t say he’s a role model 
Same goes for a few others. It’s twice as nice when you can respect your favourite musicians personally as well as musically (David Gilmour comes to mind for me — sure, he’s made mistakes, but overall he seems a very decent human being), but it’s not necessary.
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