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| - | [[RIP]] [[Mitch Mitchell]] | + | ==15 minutes of fame== |
| + | [[Andy Warhol]], a 20th-century American artist most famous for his [[pop-art]] images of [[Campbell Soup Company|Campbell soup]] cans of and [[Marilyn Monroe]], commented about the explosion of media coverage by saying, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." | ||
| - | '''John "Mitch" Mitchell''' ([[July 9]], [[1947]] [[November 12]], [[2008]]) was an [[English drummer]], best-known for his membership in [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]. Mitchell was known for his work on such songs as "[[Manic Depression (song)|Manic Depression]]" (a 3/4 [[rock waltz]] that finds Mitch playing a driving [[Afro-Cuban music|afro-cuban inspired beat]]), "[[Voodoo Child (Slight Return)]]", "[[Fire (Jimi Hendrix song)|Fire]]" and "[[Voodoo Chile]]" (a [[deep blues]] groove with subtle [[hi-hat]]). Mitchell came from a [[jazz]] background and like many of his drummer contemporaries was strongly influenced by the work of [[Elvin Jones]], [[Max Roach]], and [[Joe Morello]]. | + | Today, when someone receives a great deal of media attention for something fairly trivial, and he or she is said to be experiencing his or her “[[15 minutes of fame]]”, the allusion is to Andy Warhol's famous saying. |
| - | Mitchell pioneered a style of drumming which would later become known as [[Jazz fusion|jazz fusion]]. Alongside Hendrix's revolutionary guitar work and songwriting, Mitchell's playing helped redefine [[rock music drumming]]. | ||
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| - | The death of Mitch gives me the opportunity to discuss the photo on ''[[Electric Ladyland]]'' one of my alltime favourite [[record cover]]s. | ||
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| - | :"The cover was put together by [[Chris Stamp]] and [[Track Records]] art director David King while Hendrix was in the US. Stamp sent King and photographer David Montgomery down to the Speakeasy to round up some girls, with the brief to make them look like "real people. At £5 a head (or £10 with their knickers off) this sounds like authentic Stamp." --[[33⅓]] on ''[[Electric Ladyland]]'' by [[John Perry]]. | ||
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| - | One of the 19 girls, Reine Sutcliffe, told I the music paper Melody Maker: | ||
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| - | :"It makes us look like a load of old tarts. It’s rotten. Everyone looked great but the picture makes us look old and tired. We were trying to look too sexy, but it didn’t work out." | ||
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| - | British [[visual culture]] connoisseur [[Stephen Bayley]] adds: | ||
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| - | :"The concept was fully in accordance with the spirit of the Sixties: at the same time [[Harry Peccinotti]] and [[David Hillman]] had done a memorable photo feature for [[Nova magazine]]" --The Independent on Sunday, July 16, 2006 by [[Stephen Bayley]][http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_/ai_n16540150] | ||
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| - | I'm afraid I can't agree with miss Sutcliffe on this matter. I find the [[realism]] in this photo not enticing but fascinating nonetheless, though I also admit I empathize about missing her [[five minutes of fame|five minutes of glamourous fame]]. | ||
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15 minutes of fame
Andy Warhol, a 20th-century American artist most famous for his pop-art images of Campbell soup cans of and Marilyn Monroe, commented about the explosion of media coverage by saying, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."
Today, when someone receives a great deal of media attention for something fairly trivial, and he or she is said to be experiencing his or her “15 minutes of fame”, the allusion is to Andy Warhol's famous saying.
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