Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
As a musician on stage, or as an audience member?
Sadly on stage, about 15 years ago, maybe longer, it tends to blur, but I do go and see concerts of my favorite artists 3 to 4 times a year. Many of whom you all probably have never heard of.
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As a karaoke virtuoso and top class DJ I too have my years of public performance to draw on. However in the case of this thread too many of the type who probably salivate at the work of boy wonder Gaga and other such pop mediocrity seem to be keen to pontificate more for the sake of bumping gums than any musical related reasoning.
As far as I am aware the UK pavilion doesnt have a museum theme, so I see no need to have the one genuine entertainment element it presents tied to one act, and act that while influential in their day werent that great beyond being innovative and whos life as a band had ceased before I even started school. I know that the US is whom to small c conservatism but to say bands like the Who, Floyd and the Clash have no place at Epcot is quite frankly hoop talk.
As for bands I may never have heard of, I am familiar of the concept of jangly guitar Indy music where the artiste becomes uncool the minute more than a handful of hairy palms have heard of them, but as someone who follows the more mainstream of rock I am happy to tie my bandanna, if I were crass enough to wear one, to the musings of Motorhead, Marillion and Airbourne.
It is after all a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll.