About music above and below ground, about lunatics and geniuses

Adell 2022-03-22 09:01:57

Music, unlike science, is a very subjective thing. Indie music is not created to be liked by others, but created for one's own interests. It is precisely because of being free from any external interference that all of his talents and ideas can be brought into full play. This attitude attracts the audience, not the general public. That's why Jon and Don both think Frank is a genius, while Cantonese restaurant customers think they're a bunch of weirdos.

Originally, above-ground music had audiences, and underground music had audiences. With the development of the Internet, the boundaries between above-ground and underground have gradually been broken. The Internet is good at "creating gods". During this process, Jon posted various daily posts of the band to twitter, and slowly accumulated fans. He was the most "untalented", and he was a monk halfway through, but he gradually replaced Frank as the backbone. He wanted to Move the band from the ground to the ground, want to take off Frank's headgear, want to let him go with what he wants. As a result, the show overturned, and Frank was stimulated.

Maybe there is a gap between the music on the ground and the underground. Jon can never be Frank, not because he has no painful experience, but because he does not have an independent spirit, the kind of spirit that is only himself and not affected by the surrounding.

Frank is the most sane person I ever met.

Jon could admire Frank, but he could never be him.

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Extended Reading

Frank quotes

  • Frank: Hey Don. Hey, partner. I remember you saying the desert here was your favorite place in the whole world. After Sea World San Diego... I know you were homesick, Don. I know there were times you wanted to come back here, but you didn't because of me. Well, you're home now, Don. I promise those sacrifices you made won't be in vain. Jon has foretold of a night, some nights from now, when thanks to Secret Camera, legions a-and multitudes of already adoring fans shall gather - and they shall receive our music in rapture!

  • Frank: We were in the forest like secret squirrels, and now we're likable! We're - we're so like... nnnnng... hmmm... it's gonna be huge! Jon fixed everything! You gotta come see us tomorrow night, I promise nothing bad'll happen to you!

    Clara: Let's go take a walk.

    Frank: I'm incredibly happy to be here! I'm fine! I'm relaxed!