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I was reading an interview with the "come backing" Pixies. This part, has got me thinking if this statement could generally be true or Francis was just talking out of his ass.
Link of the interview; http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9AC08S20131113
Q: You have a much greater fan base in Europe than in the United States. Why is that?
Lovering: I'd say Europeans have better taste.
Santiago: Europeans are more eclectic, I guess.
BF: Rock music is culturally much more on a pedestal in Europe than in the United States. Here rock'n'roll initially was an outsider, like jazz before it. So it was put up in a place of reverence, art. In America it's not art, it's just part of the fabric of everything. Jazz survived so long thanks to Europe.
Lovering: I'd say Europeans have better taste.
Santiago: Europeans are more eclectic, I guess.
BF: Rock music is culturally much more on a pedestal in Europe than in the United States. Here rock'n'roll initially was an outsider, like jazz before it. So it was put up in a place of reverence, art. In America it's not art, it's just part of the fabric of everything. Jazz survived so long thanks to Europe.