"Well, for what it's worth, I didn't think you guys sold out. It still felt like I was listening to IC when I was listening to IC, radio-friendlier or not," she said sincerely. "Don't get me wrong, I totally get that music needs to adjust to the listening audience, but there's a way to do that so that it still sounds the same. Like, okay, AC/DC. The album they released in November of 08...it still sounded like AC/DC, but they were radio-friendly, I mean, shit, they sold it exclusively at Walmart for a while, and Walmart's, like, ridiculously picky about what they'll put on their shelves. You know what I mean?" she asked.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with changing with the times, but I what I consider as selling out is changing your entire style around what other bands are hot right then. Just because, say, Fall Out Boy is selling a shit ton of albums doesn't mean that someone who plays music that sounds like BOC should completely change their sound to match Fall Out Boy. You know? I'm all for making money, but it's gotten to the point where if I'm not listening to a classic rock station on the radio, I can't tell the difference between one band and another, even if I used to really like a specific band years before. Do you see what I mean?" she asked.
Wow, CJ had been right on board with her opinion and now she was talking to a real, live rock star; one whose band was amongst some of her favorites of all time...and he seemed to be disagreeing and even encouraging it. Taking a sip of her drink, Lynne couldn't help finding that she felt a little disappointed and maybe...a little cheated.