‘Rock journalism is people who can’t write, interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read’, is a very confusing statement. I had to break it down/read it slowly in order to understand what was being said. My first conclusion was ‘the blind leading the blind’ but these are completely different, so I had to do some research.
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Firstly I did not know who Frank Zappa is. Frank was a singer-song writer, record producer, musician and a composer from America. I was told that he may have been high most of the time, which would explain the complicated yet brainy he thought of.
The quote: I’m not sure if he was talking about rock journalism in a musical genre way or the ‘rocking’ movement to start off with. People who can’t write are interviewing (because they can’t write) people who can’t talk (this does not make sense unless they can write at least) for people who can’t read (I’m thinking they can’t read that’s why they musicians, not talking about all of them). Man, now I’m even more confused about this quote :/ .
This is all however my own interpretation.
This is all however my own interpretation.
Rock journalism, not rocking journalism, i.e. journalism about rock music.
ReplyDeletePeople who can't write = bad writers, who can only get a job on a cheap music magazine.
People who can't talk = rock musicians, not known for their eloquence especially when under the influence of drink and drugs.
People who can't read = rock music fans, at least the stereotype is that rock fans are not very intelligent people.
Anon, thanks for pointing out my typo. It has been fixed. Thanks also for your insight on this topic :)
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