Flatfoot, Nope. I read TAE's comment and that inspired my rant. You weren't a subect of any harshness on my part.
As to the subect, there are probably those artists who are hanging on to past glory and are all about the cash grab.
I've heard many a story of John Entwistle just doing Who tours to pay off gambling debts, and not interested in the music at all.
And then you have an artist like Neil Young, who is still recording and touring with a combination of old and new music. Seems he's in it for the love, although I'm sure he also does pretty well finacially.
You take someone like Johnny Cash, he worked up till the end.
I think what separates out the "Cash Grabbers" is they are the ones just clinging to yesterday's sucess. This could be due to them, record industry pressures, and fan pressures.
I know with Plant, he did a lot of stuff after Led Zeppelin. Some of which I really liked, but never "made it".
Then again, how does one compete with themselves when they were in Led Zeppelin?
I had a chat over ale with Mitch Mitchell once and asked him why he never did anything after Hendrix. He said; "where do you go when you've been on top of the mountain? Join a Hendrix trubute band?"
Point being it's real hard venturing out from the high point of one's career.
But with Plant, he did try to break away from the old and into the new, but I think the fans and labels wouldn't allow it.
Think of it this way, if he does the old stuff, even if badly, that ultimately results in increased Zeppelin sales. So its kind of a win win.
Who knows. I'm not privy to their personal motivations nor all the inner workings.
As to the subect, there are probably those artists who are hanging on to past glory and are all about the cash grab.
I've heard many a story of John Entwistle just doing Who tours to pay off gambling debts, and not interested in the music at all.
And then you have an artist like Neil Young, who is still recording and touring with a combination of old and new music. Seems he's in it for the love, although I'm sure he also does pretty well finacially.
You take someone like Johnny Cash, he worked up till the end.
I think what separates out the "Cash Grabbers" is they are the ones just clinging to yesterday's sucess. This could be due to them, record industry pressures, and fan pressures.
I know with Plant, he did a lot of stuff after Led Zeppelin. Some of which I really liked, but never "made it".
Then again, how does one compete with themselves when they were in Led Zeppelin?
I had a chat over ale with Mitch Mitchell once and asked him why he never did anything after Hendrix. He said; "where do you go when you've been on top of the mountain? Join a Hendrix trubute band?"
Point being it's real hard venturing out from the high point of one's career.
But with Plant, he did try to break away from the old and into the new, but I think the fans and labels wouldn't allow it.
Think of it this way, if he does the old stuff, even if badly, that ultimately results in increased Zeppelin sales. So its kind of a win win.
Who knows. I'm not privy to their personal motivations nor all the inner workings.