And I'm not really sniffing any smoke here, Brian.
Maybe I used the wrong phrase. Basically, what I'm saying is that Sweet is saying he'll "pray" on something, deciding if it's the right thing to do, which I am sure he does. But his decision will be based on money, not what the Almighty tells him to do. Stryper is a business. What makes sense, business-wise (and that means whether they can sell it to the fan base and making decisions on whether their customers would buy it) is what primarily drives them - not the will of the Lord. Yes, many of those customers are hardcore Christians. So Stryper toes the line as best they can. But at the end of the day, making decisions on what to do for them, in my opinion, is how lucrative the opportunity is for them, not the message they are preaching. And I say this as a believer, and as a fan of Stryper. It's a weird dichotomy in my brain about my fandom of them, and what they do and why. And this hypothetical of Stryper and King Diamond collaborating -- I'm just saying I firmly believe it is a lot further along than what Sweet is saying, and it is driven by money, not by Sweet's praying to the Lord about it.
Not much to add except that, reading that gave me a lot of respect for Sweet. I appreciate that he was that open and accepting of his time chatting with him and just the way he handles himself in general. He's not out there like some of those hard-liners that don't toe the line that they should and aren't accepting or understanding or forgiving. Good for him.
But that's the thing, he does toe the line. Listen, I respect Michael Sweet. I met him once, gracious as could be. A wonderful talent and seems to mean what he says. I don't want what I've said to construe otherwise. And I think it's wonderful he met King Diamond. They are, after all, both just musicians making a living. But this just has "major marketing ploy" written all over it to me. That's all I'm saying.
I think the collab is happening, it'll be bigger than most people think, and I think the reason for it is less about a meeting of the minds, and more about the inflation of bank accounts.
But when it does happen, I absolutely will want to check it out.
And I'm not picking just on Michael Sweet. The whole music business just has me incredibly cynical. Most shit happens because of money, not because of chance.
Topic: Michael Sweet - King Diamond collaboration - thoughts? (Read 1102 times)