Jun
20
Cannes Rewind: Lou Reed, Once a Scooter Pitchman, Still Likes Ad People
Posted in: UncategorizedAnd now for a famous musician at Cannes who actually likes advertising.
While the famously grouchy Mr. Reed did grouse about the model for artists and the loss of sound quality that’s accompanied the move from vinyl to MP3s, he wasn’t a complete crank. Instead, he recognized the trade-off that’s come from giving more people access to more and different kinds of music.
“It doesn’t mean it’s worse,” he said. “You have the library of the world. Before you had to search it out. But now it sounds like shit.”
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