Re: Nu Metal vs. Steve Vai vs. Santana

[Travis Hartnett <tiktok@sprintmail.com>]

Another way to look at the "Supernatural" phenomena is that groovy Rob
Thomas sold 7 million records, and hey--who's that old Mexican buy playing
guitar?  Every year there's a record that crosses generations and sells
boatloads out of left field, but it doesn't translate into an ongoing
interest in that music.  One year it was Santana's guest vocalist record,
another it's Bueno Vista All-Stars, then it's the "Brother, Where Art 
Thou?"
soundtrack, but don't hold your breath for a sweeping interest in Cuban or
Bluegrass music.  People like to buy an oddball record or two each year, 
but
it doesn't mean they all go wide and deep in buying other records of that
genre/artist.

TH

>Our esteemed leader, Kim wrote:

>"well duh. Santana is great, but he's old news. Everybody who was going to
>be influenced by Santana already got influenced 25 years ago. The "nu 
>metal
>jerk" probably reaches far more people today than Santana has in years."


>I agree with your take on Vai, Steve, but I think you are dead wrong about
>Santana.

>Remember, he had a number one hit this last year and sold some 7 million
>copies of the record it came off of.

>The numbers speak for themselves.  I heard of an interview with him where 
>he
>was talking about how many young fans were at his concert who had brought
>their parents along (or vice versa).

>You just can't rack up those kinds of commercial numbers without having an
>effect on the culture at large.