BBC Breakfast Record Store Day Feature - Mike Bushell and "Hatful..."

Calamine Lotion said:

Someone I never heard of likes the Smiths.

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Calamine Lotion said:

I have a friend who is sort of known in England and I made a joke about "famous in England" and it really made him mad. I wasn't talking about him but the way that it seems people that are famous in the US are famous all over the world, but being famous in England does not always translate. Poor Rita Ora tries very hard to break the US market and even if people know her name they don't really know what she does.

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Calamine Lotion said:

I have a friend who is sort of known in England and I made a joke about "famous in England" and it really made him mad. I wasn't talking about him but the way that it seems people that are famous in the US are famous all over the world, but being famous in England does not always translate. Poor Rita Ora tries very hard to break the US market and even if people know her name they don't really know what she does.

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Anonymous said:

The british invented blandness FFS, what are you talking about? What is more bland than that tea at two stuff.
And those british movies, where everyone sits on the window ledge looking out at the rain and whining?
The food has NO taste be it breakfast or supper.

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ACTON said:

The important thing is being liked by people who have taste. Being famous in US where blandness is a virtue is not always something to aspire to. Katy Perry is a megastar and she's crap. Anna Calvi is a musical genius but is she known in the US or even that 'famous' in UK? I don't know. I don't care. An artists level of fame only interests me in that it gives them enough money/paying fans to allow their art to continue. Most people are only interested in shit simple music that doesn't require thought or concentration. Same for books. Same for bland blockbuster popcorn nacho chewing cretins sitting in cinemas spending half the film on their thousand euro fablets. As Moz said: "Why pander to the lowest common denominator?"

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Anonymous said:

I think the term genius is overused. Mozart was a genius. Anna Calvi? Don't think so. Today, anybody with higher than average IQ and technology at their fingertips is referred to as genius. I don't know any genius born after 1900.

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AztecCamera said:

Oh crykey!! "I reckon being famous in the USA doesn't mean anything" Where would Morrissey be now if it wasn't for the USA? He certainly wouldn't be getting a suntan drinking Coronas on his deck at his house in Malibu right now. You people just need to go out in the street and play the "world's game" kick the can and keep stuffing your faces with Big Macs, Whoppers, and KFC because YOU are what is keeping these American companies alive, because they only make profits outside of the USA. Anonymous-

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Calamine Lotion said:

The definition just says "exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability," so your standards might be really high, but I agree that the word is overused. I think people who have an effect on the world can fairly be called genius. With the rapid advances in technology there must be a few of them around.

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