Post by christine~ on Jun 7, 2008 18:39:45 GMT -5
EPPYLOVER NOTE: I was torn between posting this in the "Myths" board or this one. 
In any case, I put this question to all our jolly little forum readers/lurkers ~ what's YOUR opinion of the difference between/ the impact by/ value of/ Fuller vs Epstein?
Can they even be compared with a straight face?
According to Billboard, I guess they can be!
Personally, I'm such an apathetic non-fan of "Idol" and its ilk, that it took this "news" to show me (as if I care anyway) that the Simons ~ Fuller and Cowell ~ are actually two different people. ;D Hahaa!
...That being said, you can already guess what yon eppylover thinks of all this blather.
But hey, since your mileage may indeed vary, let's hear from you.
?
~ christine
SIMON FULLER VS. BRIAN EPSTEIN?
~ from Vivek's Producer's Blog
I've been amused lately by the Billboard Magazine report that Simon Fuller of "Pop Idol/American Idol" fame has "beaten" Brian Epstein to become "the most successful British music manager of all time." This is based on the fact that his artists have sold more in total than the rosters of other music managers-- 116 million records in America.
OK.
But to me, the more interesting question is not "who is more successful?" but "how do you define success?" And this is a question that is one of the core concerns of The Fifth Beatle film, and something that the characters in my film struggle over.
Is it really only about chart positions and money earned? Personally, it saddens me to think that that's all there is to success in the music industry.
(And as an aside, with today's music industry leaking money ~ if money = success, then the legacies of living music industry execs are in SERIOUS trouble).
But what about cultural impact? Inspiration to your peers? Love and happiness created? Leaving behind a body of work that inspires and will continue to inspire future generations?
To me at least, those are the barometers of success.
And I mean no disrespect-- perhaps Simon Fuller will indeed become "the most successful" by my preferred milestones... but only time will tell, not money earned.
Vivek
In any case, I put this question to all our jolly little forum readers/lurkers ~ what's YOUR opinion of the difference between/ the impact by/ value of/ Fuller vs Epstein?
Can they even be compared with a straight face?
According to Billboard, I guess they can be!
Personally, I'm such an apathetic non-fan of "Idol" and its ilk, that it took this "news" to show me (as if I care anyway) that the Simons ~ Fuller and Cowell ~ are actually two different people. ;D Hahaa!
...That being said, you can already guess what yon eppylover thinks of all this blather.
But hey, since your mileage may indeed vary, let's hear from you.
?~ christine
SIMON FULLER VS. BRIAN EPSTEIN?
~ from Vivek's Producer's Blog
I've been amused lately by the Billboard Magazine report that Simon Fuller of "Pop Idol/American Idol" fame has "beaten" Brian Epstein to become "the most successful British music manager of all time." This is based on the fact that his artists have sold more in total than the rosters of other music managers-- 116 million records in America.
OK.
But to me, the more interesting question is not "who is more successful?" but "how do you define success?" And this is a question that is one of the core concerns of The Fifth Beatle film, and something that the characters in my film struggle over.
Is it really only about chart positions and money earned? Personally, it saddens me to think that that's all there is to success in the music industry.
(And as an aside, with today's music industry leaking money ~ if money = success, then the legacies of living music industry execs are in SERIOUS trouble).
But what about cultural impact? Inspiration to your peers? Love and happiness created? Leaving behind a body of work that inspires and will continue to inspire future generations?
To me at least, those are the barometers of success.
And I mean no disrespect-- perhaps Simon Fuller will indeed become "the most successful" by my preferred milestones... but only time will tell, not money earned.
Vivek
...and one that Vivek might appreciate as perhaps applying to Brian: