John Foxx - bigger now than ever? - 10/17/08 08:12 PM
It's clear to us all (and hopefully many, many others...) that John Foxx is undergoing something of a renaissance at the moment. Thanks to Steve's input, strategy, hard work etc, and all the others involved making 'now' what it is, John Foxx is now enjoying probably the highest profile of his career. Certainly since the 'shallow' days of pop stardom in 80/81.
His music and art reaches across many spectrums and touches many genres in all kinds of hidden and subtle ways, and there is certainly more of it available now than there has ever been.
I'm thinking that John must surely soon be invited to appear on the Culture Show/the South Bank Show/Desert Island Discs be awarded a Mobo/Emmy/Novello/achievement - something.
As far as I'm aware only a couple of very short pieces have ever been used in film soundtracks and the like. I'm sure its only a matter of time before something is used, for instance, in a TV commercial, or he gets approached to score a film, contribute art to a major commercial project of something. That really would seal his place in the scheme of things and - inevitably - sort that retirement plan out once and for all.
I know there were a lot of journalists/media pixies at Cargo last night, all of whom could have a part to play in making a legacy from this fruitful period that will benefit not only John but his family and the music business for generations to come.
I started thinking of a TV ad at first, which quickly developed into the Thought Experiment described above.
What does anyone else think?
His music and art reaches across many spectrums and touches many genres in all kinds of hidden and subtle ways, and there is certainly more of it available now than there has ever been.
I'm thinking that John must surely soon be invited to appear on the Culture Show/the South Bank Show/Desert Island Discs be awarded a Mobo/Emmy/Novello/achievement - something.
As far as I'm aware only a couple of very short pieces have ever been used in film soundtracks and the like. I'm sure its only a matter of time before something is used, for instance, in a TV commercial, or he gets approached to score a film, contribute art to a major commercial project of something. That really would seal his place in the scheme of things and - inevitably - sort that retirement plan out once and for all.
I know there were a lot of journalists/media pixies at Cargo last night, all of whom could have a part to play in making a legacy from this fruitful period that will benefit not only John but his family and the music business for generations to come.
I started thinking of a TV ad at first, which quickly developed into the Thought Experiment described above.
What does anyone else think?