The thing to understand about the music industry

A couple of words of advice for all you hopefuls out there in unsigned bands : Fuck off.

Seriously, your parents are right. You may as well spend your guitar-string money on lottery tickets. Your chances will be much the same. You see, there's one thing you have to understand about the music industry. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make political statements. We have no obligation to make good records. We have an obligation to make money. [...]

Now, in order to make money, we may sometimes have to make art. We may sometimes have

to make political statements. Sometimes we may even have to make good records.

Kill Your Friends, Owen Harris (2015)

(d'après le roman du même nom de John Niven)

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"Kill your friends", une comédie grinçante tout ce qu'il y a de plus britannique, d'autant qu'elle a le bon goût de se dérouler dans le milieu de la musique, à Londres, en 1997, c'est-à-dire en plein âge d'or de la Brit Pop (avec la bande-son qui va bien).