Entrevista al ex JUDAS PRIEST Kenneth "K.K." DowningExtractos de una entrevista realizada a Kenneth "K.K." Downing por la web
Midlands Rocks"Cuando eres parte de un equipo de compositores, recibes reconocimiento y recompensas por crear algo, pero para mí, PRIEST se convirtió en salir a tocar y replicar exactamente lo que a la gente le gustaba hace 10, 20 ó 30 años. Los fans serían igual de felices si nos viesen tirar a la papelera todas las guitarras modernas con que hoy tocamos y los llevásemos a dar un paseo por túnel del tiempo, porque creo que eso es lo que a la gente le divierte más. Y entiendo eso, si yo pudiera salir y ver a Eric Clapton con CREAM sería la persona más feliz del mundo."
"Una de las cosas mas bonitas de estar en esta industria era la capacidad de continuar creando e innovando, componer canciones y hacer buenos discos. Sientes la necesidad de ser creativo, y eso se acabó con las descargas, y a medida que envejeces, el saldo de la balanza comienza a inclinarse. Así que si no puedes ser creativo, ¿por qué seguir dedicando tiempo a algo?"
"Supongo que si la industria aún tuviera buena salud y la gente todavía tuviese que gastar su dinero ganado duramente comprando un disco, sería diferente, pero si se les da algo gratis, entonces no tiene ningún valor."
"En el pasado existía la posibilidad de crear un disco como "Dark Side Of The Moon", "British Steel" o "Back In Black", que eran de esos álbumes indelebles a los que la gente siempre termina volviendo. Pero creo que esa oportunidad no existe ahora, y para mí sería un milagro que uno de esos discos se vuelva a dar.
Si un disco como "Nostradamus" fuese lanzado en 1978, habría sido otro "Dark Side Of The Moon", pero todo depende del momento."
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"If you're part of a songwriting team, you get the recognition and reward for creating something, but for me, PRIEST became about going out and playing live and replicating exactly what people had enjoyed ten, twenty or thirty years ago. The fans would be just as happy if they could see us bin all of the modern guitars we now play and take them on a walk down memory lane, because I think that's what people enjoy most. And I understand that, because if I could go out now and see Eric Clapton with CREAM, then I would be the happiest person in the world."
"One of the beautiful things about being in the industry was the ability to continue to invent and create, constructing songs and making good records. You do feel the need to be creative, and that was taken away with the downloading thing, and as you get older, the balance of the scales starts to tip. So if you can't be creative, why would you want to continue to dedicate the time into something?
"I suppose if the industry was still healthy and people still had to spend their hard-earned money buying a record, it would be different, but if you give something away, then it has no value.
"In the past, there was always the opportunity to create a record like 'Dark Side Of The Moon' [PINK FLOYD] or 'British Steel' [JUDAS PRIEST] or 'Back In Black' [AC/DC] that would be one of those albums that would be indelible and people will always come back to. And I think that opportunity has gone now, and I think it would take a miracle for one of those to happen again."
"If you consider an album like [JUDAS PRIEST's much-maligned conceptual effort] 'Nostradamus', then if that had been released in 1978, then it would have been another 'Dark Side Of The Moon', but it is all about the timing.
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