#615 The Artist vs. the Art, The National, Queens of the Stone Age & Walter Becker
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4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2017
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Should we hold up a musician's output to a moral standard? Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk about whether art can be evaluated separately from the artist's ethics. Plus, reviews of new releases by The National and Queens of the Stone Age, and tributes to Walter Becker of Steely Dan, and Holger Czukay of the influential "Krautrock" group Can.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, Shh. From W be easy Chicago and PRX this is sound opinions. I'm Greg Cott and I'm Jim Deregadis. |
| 0:27.0 | Should we hold a musician's artistic output to a moral standard when an artist acts reprehensiblely, |
| 0:35.1 | can we still enjoy the art? |
| 0:36.9 | This week we talk separating the art from the artist. |
| 0:39.9 | Plus we're going to review new albums from Queens of the Stone Age and the national. |
| 0:43.2 | I can't explain it. |
| 0:46.2 | Any other, any other play. And we'll pay tribute to Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker. That's all coming up on |
| 0:57.6 | sound opinions. This is sound opinions. I'm Jim Deregadis. My partner is Greg Kott and coming up we're going to review new music by the National and Queens of the Stone Age. |
| 1:10.0 | Scannin' House Jack. Schenin' House Jack. But first we're talking about we're talking out of the house jack. |
| 1:14.0 | But first we're talking about |
| 1:19.0 | about |
| 1:22.0 | we're talking about separating art from artist. Can you appreciate the artistic output of someone when he or she |
| 1:26.0 | has done some horrible things? That is a very difficult question Jim and it's one that |
| 1:30.8 | we've been thinking a lot about here in recent weeks in large measure |
| 1:34.6 | because of your recent reporting in BuzzFeed about R Kelly. Now remind us |
| 1:38.9 | about the stories that have run already. Greg you know there were two this summer, one in July and one in August, but really the R Kelly story |
| 1:46.9 | dates back until the mid 90s where he has allegedly abused his position of wealth and fame |
| 1:53.7 | to pursue illegal underage relationships with young women. |
| 1:59.2 | It's a harrowing story. |
| 2:00.6 | He of course married Leah when she was 15 under a falsified wedding |
| 2:05.0 | license there have been four public lawsuits filed against him and many out of |
| 2:12.1 | court cash settlements he was tried and acquitted on 14 |
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