Needless to say, I've covered a lot of shows over the last 7 years & the overall indifference shown by the majority of "fans" is distressing. Here's just one example of what I'm talking about. Please note the way that the clip is titled, then further consider that this information is EASY to confirm. THere's no shortage of information available, BUT...all too often, you get this kind of sloppy crap from so-called fans & to me, it's indefensible...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13YNw...eature=related
This is another reason why these situations continue & why I place more blame on the ticket-buyers. No one with any sense would go to a restaurant & not verify that the meal that they're ordering isn't legit. But when it comes to music groups, they don't do due diligence.
I can guarantee you that when The Beach Boys are performing, all of their fans know who the members of the group are, likewise with The Rolling Stones. Why isn't that the case for Soul groups?
I believe that the biggest reasons is because most of these "fans" are more into praising MOTOWN MUSIC as an all-inclusive entity, as opposed to the majority of the individual artists who've made it. I fear that for many of these casual fans [[who also purchase the majority of the oldie tickets), Motown has simply become a generic term & they wouldn't be able to tell you a Blinky from a Original from a Spinner.
Over the years I've heard the music of Wilson Pickett & Aretha Franklin described as "Motown" & wasn't it Rolanda Watts who was interviewing a famous Philly group & confused the two?
Most of these fans care less about the singers of these songs. For them, the songs are the thing & they don't give a damn who's singing them. That is, so long as they're on-stage in a tux or gowns & they can't reminisce about life before their own hair went grey & they had the need for a little blue pill.
They could care less that the ORIGINAL artists who made those songs are losing gigs because they're too damn lazy or unconcerned to insist upon getting the genuine article.
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