Selling Out (albums, quote, artist, band, youtube)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-23-2008, 04:14 PM

I love it when people who download stuff illegally say that bands make more from merchandising than they do from record sales and then bitch when they have t shirts in hot topic

anticipation · 09-23-2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad Stengel

Unless a band actually changes their musical aesthetic in order to become more popular, aka, make more money, it is not "selling out" This means..

Selling T-Shirts at hot topic
Selling music to commercials
Changing style
Being played on MTV/radio

o rly?

on a side note, you've just lost all credibility.

Cobe Kai · 09-23-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I love it when people who download stuff illegally say that bands make more from merchandising than they do from record sales and then bitch when they have t shirts in hot topic

I purchase all of my records legally... usually from Spiller's Records in Cardiff... oldest record shop in Britain

**Janszoon** · 09-23-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I love it when people who download stuff illegally say that bands make more from merchandising than they do from record sales and then bitch when they have t shirts in hot topic

lol

Brad Stengel · 09-23-2008, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Stengel

Unless a band actually changes their musical aesthetic in order to become more popular, aka, make more money, it is not "selling out" This means..

Selling T-Shirts at hot topic
Selling music to commercials
Changing style
Being played on MTV/radio

Is not selling out

Wow. You fail Anticipation.

mr dave · 09-23-2008, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Cobe Kai

And neither Chris nor Soundgarden sold out.

have you actually heard the new album single? the one produced by timbaland?

YouTube - Chris Cornell - Long Gone (W/OUT "RYAN SEACREST" BIT) (FULL)

that is one thing and one thing only. a mad cash grab attempt. it's not like anyone else in soundgarden has had to whore themselves out to the radio like that for a buck.

'euphoria morning' might be boring to listen to compared to 'badmotorfinger' but at least it came off as a legitimate attempt on cornell's behalf to stretch himself artistically and try his hand at being a proper singer / songwriter. but that above link has NOTHING to do with musical progression and everything to do with money. maybe he's got crazy debts or something, who knows.

either way, you can sit there and deny the fact that cornell has jumped the shark in a big way all you want in an attempt to maintain the idea that grunge pioneers are somehow infallible but it's not going to change the fact that the tune i linked up there WILL be on an album with his name in the not too distant future.

if anything i'd say courtney love has stuck to her roots more than chris cornell.

Brad Stengel · 09-23-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I love it when people who download stuff illegally say that bands make more from merchandising than they do from record sales and then bitch when they have t shirts in hot topic

I know, as if selling T-Shirts in a different location somehow detracts from their musical credibility.

Cobe Kai · 09-23-2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

have you actually heard the new album single? the one produced by timbaland?

YouTube - Chris Cornell - Long Gone (W/OUT "RYAN SEACREST" BIT) (FULL)

that is one thing and one thing only. a mad cash grab attempt. it's not like anyone else in soundgarden has had to whore themselves out to the radio like that for a buck.

'euphoria morning' might be boring to listen to compared to 'badmotorfinger' but at least it came off as a legitimate attempt on cornell's behalf to stretch himself artistically and try his hand at being a proper singer / songwriter. but that above link has NOTHING to do with musical progression and everything to do with money. maybe he's got crazy debts or something, who knows.

either way, you can sit there and deny the fact that cornell has jumped the shark in a big way all you want in an attempt to maintain the idea that grunge pioneers are somehow infallible but it's not going to change the fact that the tune i linked up there WILL be on an album with his name in the not too distant future.

if anything i'd say courtney love has stuck to her roots more than chris cornell.

Who's Timbaland?

mr dave · 09-23-2008, 04:46 PM

google doesn't hurt.

Timbaland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

basically, he's the biggest producer in modern pop music.

jackhammer · 09-23-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Cobe Kai

I purchase all of my records legally... usually from Spiller's Records in Cardiff... oldest record shop in Britain

So that's why your views are antiquated then

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