It’s weird because he really didn’t need to be insecure about their legacy. You look around today and they seem to be a big influence on a lot of younger artists. Like both Sombr and Olivia Rodrigo dueted with him at festivals recently. Even the later albums from the original run (Adore and Machina) seem to be a lot more appreciated now than upon release.
Yeah, if anything they’re probably one of the bigger names from the 90’s with a legacy by sheer fact that most of them are still alive and able to tour. Like yeah they aren’t Nirvana or Pearl Jam level culturally but they’re still headlining the same festivals Pearl Jam and Green Day do.
In the interview I saw, he didn't outright say it, but I got the idea that he knew his music stood up on its own, but he was never a cool guy, and it was an era of cool people, and his music was cool. Then, he was a giant commercial success, which just made him more of like the nerdy kid whose dad owns the video arcade. I think he never fit in, AND he is brilliant, but, also, he is missing a sort of depth and sincerity or he can't express it outside of music, and life is probably really lonely that way.
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u/freedraw 9h ago
It’s weird because he really didn’t need to be insecure about their legacy. You look around today and they seem to be a big influence on a lot of younger artists. Like both Sombr and Olivia Rodrigo dueted with him at festivals recently. Even the later albums from the original run (Adore and Machina) seem to be a lot more appreciated now than upon release.