Watch W.A.S.P.'s 'I Wanna Be Somebody' Video
And I think that's a pretty fair example of what a fan base would latch on to and say, "That's something I can identify with." But I get the sentiment because the sentiment is what moved me in the first place. I always thought the song was quite honestly mediocre. But you want to stand for something, so what are you saying that everybody's thinking but has never really figured out a way to put into words yet? Is there something that you're really moved about that you can say, that other people are going to identify with? "I wanna be somebody." That's a pretty comprehensive statement. And it's either going to endear people or it's going to repel them. What sets them apart? What is it that they're saying? When Townsend says, "I hope I die before I get old," when you make a statement like that, that's substantial. Yeah, because you know, what is it you have to say? I mean, what makes you different? What makes you so cool that you can actually verbalize something in lyrics? So what is it you're trying to say? Do you have some unique perspective? Because there's a lot of people that can play instruments out there. They wanted to turn this into a career, and as you just said, I think that takes a completely different mindset than just having your 15 minutes. If you look at any of the biggest rock acts throughout history, I think they understood from a very early stage that they had to play the long game, and they weren't interested in scoring one or two hits, or being the flavor of the week and then disappearing. And I think that's something that all the artists that have been able to span that period of time or any lengthy period of time, I think that's what we all have in common. And that's the only real way of communicating with them, to have that connection. And if they don't feel intimate with you, they're never really gonna know who you are. Because if you don't do that, they're never gonna feel intimate with you. And to do that, you need to effectively crack open your skull and allow that audience to come in and walk around barefooted inside your head. It's a testament to the relationship between any artist and their fan base because all artists have to be willing to take that fan base on a lifelong journey. It was more like, could you do it for 20? Could you do it for 30? And then you start going beyond that, and it's head-scratching time then.
I've always thought the testament of a real career was not if an artist could do it for five years or for 10 years.
How did the decision to embark on this 40th-anniversary trek come about?įor any artist, to reach a point where you put an exclamation point on four decades, that's something to be really acknowledged - not just from the artist's perspective, for the fans too.
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