Yeah, because I'm sure Radiohead were focused on HOW they were going to sell the album more than they were on actually writing and recording it.
The logic that has shown them sell some of their greatest songs to be used in commercials, including Satisfaction, Start Me Up and You Can't Always Get What You Want, and they were one of the first bands to tour with big corporate sponsorship.
I don't really see the difference unless you feel that The Stones wrote Start me up, Satisfaction etc focussing on selling the songs to advertisers
again, I don't feel Radiohead 'sold out'
but it just seems to me that if someone really feels that the value of music diminishes when you can't hear the name of a song without thinking about a marketed product (as has been stated by some in this thread) they would -according to this reasoning - have severe issues with In Rainbows
I'd never actually seen it until just then, it's pretty cool! Fits perfectly with one of his best songs.
I forget, do you love or absolutely loathe Wilco? Loathe, if I remember correctly.
aww, you're so cute when you get all grumpy and start getting insultingThe difference is that Radiohead was selling their own music, not someone else's product. You're telling me that when you listen to In Rainbows, you can only think of their Pay-What-You-Want website? You may want to see your physician, or a brain specialist.
And his family probably NEEDED the money. Unlike VWilco.
Look, i know you lot despise this man, BUT, watch this interview by GOD and listen to his visions of the future from 2006.
He has some stuff to say about selling out and Oasis & Radiohead near the end which is quite brilliantly accurate!
YouTube - Noel Gallagher Interview -Gonzo Part 4 of 4
SorryThe music for this commercial was originally going to be by The Church.
So I can never watch it without screaming "YOU FUCKING BASTARD STOLE THE CHURCH'S COMMERCIAL!!"
(Hey...I figured I started this thread -- eons ago -- I might as well pop up and comment in it. )
Is that plan B if your potential date turns you down?
Ultimately, who cares? As long as a band makes good music, they're all in it for money ultimately anyway.
Is that plan B if your potential date turns you down?
Ultimately, who cares? As long as a band makes good music, they're all in it for money ultimately anyway. Why wouldn't ya be? Better than working some dead-end job with average pay, 9 to 5, without any recognition, and having no time to make music and play gigs. Oasis and Radiohead have proven time and time again that they are capable of making brilliant, resonating tunes. Good on them.
BULLSHIT. Maybe that's your value system, but there are some people who are in it because music is a religion to them.
Besides, if you want to be cynical, guys probably start bands to get chicks more than they do to make money. You can't have to be very good to acquire the former.
We've gone two pages without talking about Aerosmith? Really?
As an indoor-roller coaster, it's fantastic, and they play my 2 favorite songs of theirs ("Walk This Way" and "Love in an Elevator") but give me a fucking break.
The logic that has shown them sell some of their greatest songs to be used in commercials, including Satisfaction, Start Me Up and You Can't Always Get What You Want, and they were one of the first bands to tour with big corporate sponsorship.
They also sued The Verve for their sampling of an INSTRUMENTAL Stones track in Bittersweet Symphony, and wound up taking ALL of the royalties from the song. Keep in mind this is after The Verve had ALREADY licensed the sample from them, but they were sued on some technicality after it became a huge hit. And then they had the indecency to sell it to be used in a commercial against The Verve's wishes. Sure, this was all Allen Klein's doing, but the Stones could have stopped their manager had they desired.
Exactly how are they NOT corporate whores? I can't think of a greedier band in history.
there's no room for logic in this thread!they also gave a writing credit and, thus, royalties to Anybody Seen My Baby? to K.D. Lang because Jagger's daughter said she thought the chorus had a rough resemblance to Constant Craving... which is something they didn't have to do and Lang herself never asked them to do.