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title: "2 Audience Mind Quotes By Lester Bangs"
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> [“It's not enough just to do those things anymore; what you must do instead if you want success on any large scale is either figure out a way of getting yourself associated in the audience's mind with their pieties and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/it-s-not-enough-just-to-do-those-things-anymore-what-you-must-do/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

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> [“The trend toward narcissistic flair has been responsible in large part for smiting rock with the superstar virus, which revolves around the substituting of attitudes and flamboyant trappings, into which the audience can project their fantasies, for the simple desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/the-trend-toward-narcissistic-flair-has-been-responsible-in-large/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

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## More by Lester Bangs

> [I think that if most guys in America could somehow get their fave-rave poster girl in bed and have total license to do whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/i-think-that-if-most-guys-in-america-could-somehow-get-their-fave/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [I can guarantee you one thing, we will never agree on anything as we agreed on Elvis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/i-can-guarantee-you-one-thing-we-will-never-agree-on-anything-as-we/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [ “Like almost all of Beefheart's recorded work, \[Trout Mask Replica\] was not even "ahead" of its time in 1969. Then and now, it stands… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/like-almost-all-of-beefheart-s-recorded-work-trout-mask-replica-was/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [Here we are in the 70's when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/here-we-are-in-the-70-s-when-everything-really-is-horrible-and-it/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/the-ultimate-sin-of-any-performer-is-contempt-for-the-audience/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [I don't see that there are any particular changes in popular music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/i-don-t-see-that-there-are-any-particular-changes-in-popular-music/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [“Look at it this way: there are many here among us for whom the life force is best represented by the livid twitching of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/look-at-it-this-way-there-are-many-here-among-us-for-whom-the-life/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [“Art", "Bop" and "rock and roll" and whatever is all just a joke and a mistake, just a hunka foolishness so stop treating it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/art-bop-and-rock-and-roll-and-whatever-is-all-just-a-joke-and-a/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [Don’t ask me why I obsessively look to rock ’n’ roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/don-t-ask-me-why-i-obsessively-look-to-rock-n-roll-bands-for-some/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [No, I see it as meaning very little at the moment because none of the groups are about anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/no-i-see-it-as-meaning-very-little-at-the-moment-because-none-of-the/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [A young woman is dead. I don’t care. You probably don’t care. The police don’t care. The papers don’t care. The punks for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/a-young-woman-is-dead-i-don-t-care-you-probably-don-t-care-the-police/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [Sexual chaos reigns currently, but out of chaos may flow true understanding and harmony, and either way Elvis almost singlehandedly opened the floodgates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/sexual-chaos-reigns-currently-but-out-of-chaos-may-flow-true/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/when-kids-can-t-afford-to-see-it-anymore-maybe-we-ll-have-a-whole/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock 'n' roll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/the-mekons-are-the-most-revolutionary-group-in-the-history-of-rock-n/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

> [“But since death is inevitable we don’t have to deal with it (it’ll deal with us when it decides to). What we do have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-bangs/but-since-death-is-inevitable-we-don-t-have-to-deal-with-it-it-ll/)

[Lester Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-bangs/)

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