re: What absolute favorite bands of yours have sold out? Re: Black Keys

I think I've said this in several threads, but the whole notion of "selling out" is pretty silly. IMO selling out is compromising your integrity as an artist by making music for the sole reason of being popular and for the money. Some artists choose to let their music be part of movies, commercials, ads, etc and people complain that they have sold out. I think that's dumb and how can you fault someone for accepting praise / money for music that you made? But how can you really know if an artist has in fact "sold out"? It's impossible in most cases because most artists don't reveal their true intentions. So what if The Black Keys changed their sound to be more pop? Maybe that sound is what they were interested in doing and how can you fault them? If you don't like it because it's popular, then that's silly.