firstly, most of the great works of art were created under patronage of sponsors. Claiming shakey was a sell out becasue he created works to order just shows you've misunderstood the historical context by tryin g to judge him by modern standards of artistic independance and "selling out"(which doesnt exist generally, Opeth are being sponsored by MFN to do what they do just like shakespeare was. in fact they probably have less freedom he does). You probably just dont like him cos he said denmark was smelly. Or something like that
the whole poetry thing is just a matter of taste, if proper poetry is like doing a crossword then modern poetry to me is like doing a cross word on a blank page...pointlessly easy. I've always had more time for poets who could express themsleves though form and ingenuity rather than ones who just threw sentences together that had no relevance to anyone but themsleves. A bit Like playing tennis with the net down to quite one person. I mean if the japanese could write some of the most abstract poetry ever and still keep to a formula that made it more powerful why the fuck cant this lot??
cos its easier to throw shite together and then have some big critic label it "art" and watch everyone clap and say "how clever" while you rake in the dosh. The opeth effect again
*cranky bastard*
