Really?

They make it seem like it's groundbreaking.

Timmy84 said:

They make it seem like it's groundbreaking.

I know!

It takes a sudden death or a controversial move/publicity stunt or an arrest/domestic altercation or a showing of body parts to sell records these days. It's not about the music, it's about remembering what happened in that moment.

Go figure.

G3000 said:

Timmy84 said:

They make it seem like it's groundbreaking.

I know!

It takes a sudden death or a controversial move/publicity stunt or an arrest/domestic altercation or a showing of body parts to sell records these days. It's not about the music, it's about remembering what happened in that moment.

Go figure.

I know right? The fact is people are still buying records. It's like trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

And yeah I agree on the death/controversy. Also older records are all gonna have lower prices anyway, so it's like a "buy all you want" buffet. They have that at Wal-Mart. I love it.

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Timmy84 said:

G3000 said:

I know!

It takes a sudden death or a controversial move/publicity stunt or an arrest/domestic altercation or a showing of body parts to sell records these days. It's not about the music, it's about remembering what happened in that moment.

Go figure.

I know right? The fact is people are still buying records. It's like trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

And yeah I agree on the death/controversy. Also older records are all gonna have lower prices anyway, so it's like a "buy all you want" buffet. They have that at Wal-Mart. I love it.

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I love buying old albums.

babybugz said:

Timmy84 said:

I know right? The fact is people are still buying records. It's like trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

And yeah I agree on the death/controversy. Also older records are all gonna have lower prices anyway, so it's like a "buy all you want" buffet. They have that at Wal-Mart. I love it.

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I love buying old albums.

It's fun. Just get it for $7.99. No problem!

I think it's sad.

No more record stores.

No more book stores.

Hollywood is starting to complain (I feel the least sympathy for their 95% annual bad film ratio but I digress).

Look up Billy Bob Thornton's Piers Morgan interview about the "magic of life".

By the same folks who thought it would be better without this shit, now they mad they ain't got that shit anymore but back then they weren't so concerned. Cut me the crap.

Timmy84 said:

By the same folks who thought it would be better without this shit, now they mad they ain't got that shit anymore but back then they weren't so concerned. Cut me the crap.

True THEY had no insight but I feel everyone will suffer.

Not now because everyone is having fun downloading. But I fail to see how an internet-based economy is going to build community in the future. Unless you know something I don't.

CynicKill said:

Timmy84 said:

By the same folks who thought it would be better without this shit, now they mad they ain't got that shit anymore but back then they weren't so concerned. Cut me the crap.

True THEY had no insight but I feel everyone will suffer.

Not now because everyone is having fun downloading. But I fail to see how an internet-based economy is going to build community in the future. Unless you know something I don't.

lol but I brought up in another thread: "why don't they just create a new brand of record stores?" And got this response: "because they received complaints of fraud" or whatever that was said. So people still don't give a damn they just wanna complain. That's all I'm saying. I haven't d/l anything in a hot minute though.

I read this last week. Great news!

CynicKill said:

I think it's sad.

No more record stores.

No more book stores.

Hollywood is starting to complain (I feel the least sympathy for their 95% annual bad film ratio but I digress).

Look up Billy Bob Thornton's Piers Morgan interview about the "magic of life".

There's a lot of record stores where I live, even a few 'mom and pop' places. But most of the video rental places are gone. There's just those red machines in front of some grocery stores.

MickyDolenz said:

CynicKill said:

I think it's sad.

No more record stores.

No more book stores.

Hollywood is starting to complain (I feel the least sympathy for their 95% annual bad film ratio but I digress).

Look up Billy Bob Thornton's Piers Morgan interview about the "magic of life".

There's a lot of record stores where I live, even a few 'mom and pop' places. But most of the video rental places are gone. There's just those red machines in front of some grocery stores.

Yeah no one's talking about the "tragedy" that we ain't got no more video rental stores. Especially Blockbuster lol As far as I'm concerned, we never did have no record stores when I was coming up. In fact, they were already gone by the time I was a kid but cassettes were still there.

MickyDolenz said:

CynicKill said:

I think it's sad.

No more record stores.

No more book stores.

Hollywood is starting to complain (I feel the least sympathy for their 95% annual bad film ratio but I digress).

Look up Billy Bob Thornton's Piers Morgan interview about the "magic of life".

There's a lot of record stores where I live, even a few 'mom and pop' places. But most of the video rental places are gone. There's just those red machines in front of some grocery stores.

Yeah those Red things have pretty much taken over here too but we still have a Block Buster doing things in the trendy neighborhood. But once BB goes under nationally...

And our local record store seems to be doing good.

Nothing drastic. This ain't even news.

I ain't surprised...

Seems like news to me!

This confirms one or both of two things that people have been saying--that new music sucks and/or that illegal downloads are killing sales (but old people still buy their old music).

As Vainandy said, it seems like potentially good news to me. If the record company realizes what they are doing is not working, maybe it'll help music in the long run.

vainandy said:

I read this last week. Great news!

But they're talking about Shitney Houston being the big seller!

Timmy84 said:

They make it seem like it's groundbreaking.

And since MANY of these "PAST" artists still make NEW music, we can get that on the airwaves again....U know like it was when MUSIC SOLD, maybe the AGE-ISM generation has finally bit the dust

NDRU said:

vainandy said:

I read this last week. Great news!

But they're talking about Shitney Houston being the big seller!

I wouldn't care if it was Slim Whitman just as long as shit hop ain't selling.

MickyDolenz said:

CynicKill said:

I think it's sad.

No more record stores.

No more book stores.

Hollywood is starting to complain (I feel the least sympathy for their 95% annual bad film ratio but I digress).

Look up Billy Bob Thornton's Piers Morgan interview about the "magic of life".

There's a lot of record stores where I live, even a few 'mom and pop' places. But most of the video rental places are gone. There's just those red machines in front of some grocery stores.

That's because the last time I went to Blockbuster (which was years ago), the rental price was like $6. Hell, that's almost half the price of buying the movie and owning it so why not just go ahead and buy it rather than rent it?

vainandy said:

I read this last week. Great news!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

vainandy said:

I read this last week. Great news!

Honey, I almost come in my pants last week when I read it.

Timmy84 said:

MickyDolenz said:

There's a lot of record stores where I live, even a few 'mom and pop' places. But most of the video rental places are gone. There's just those red machines in front of some grocery stores.

Yeah no one's talking about the "tragedy" that we ain't got no more video rental stores. Especially Blockbuster lol As far as I'm concerned, we never did have no record stores when I was coming up. In fact, they were already gone by the time I was a kid but cassettes were still there.

I think the main reason there were video rental stores in the first place is because in the early 1980's, when videotapes became popular, a VHS/Beta movie cost $80 and more. Most people couldn't afford that or didn't want to spend that much money. Some folks got cable and bought blank tapes and recorded the movies they liked off TV. The video disc averaged around $30, but I don't think they really caught on, because you couldn't record on them.

vainandy said:

NDRU said:

But they're talking about Shitney Houston being the big seller!

I wouldn't care if it was Slim Whitman just as long as shit hop ain't selling.

Slim Whitman... I remember a podiatrist I went to in the 80's who played nothing but Slim Whitman in his office and talked about his music incessantly... And the doc busted stereotypes because he was black and LUVED Slim Whtiman. To each his own...

purplethunder3121 said:

vainandy said:

I wouldn't care if it was Slim Whitman just as long as shit hop ain't selling.

Slim Whitman... I remember a podiatrist I went to in the 80's who played nothing but Slim Whitman in his office and talked about his music incessantly... And the doc busted stereotypes because he was black and LUVED Slim Whtiman. To each his own...

Hey, he's got much more rhythm than shit hop.

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Timmy84 said:

They make it seem like it's groundbreaking.

Well; it's the first time it has ever happened...

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This is great news considering all of the horrifying new music that's being released. I still continue to be astounded whenever I happen to tune in to shows like 106 & Park and hear a lot of the contemporary "music"! It's like any old dog or cat off the streets can make a record, get some air time and he's a big music star. I think more and more people are growing weary of it and starting to reach back to the past to find music with substance.

kitbradley said:

This is great news considering all of the horrifying new music that's being released. I still continue to be astounded whenever I happen to tune in to shows like 106 & Park and hear a lot of the contemporary "music"! It's like any old dog or cat off the streets can make a record, get some air time and he's a big music star. I think more and more people are growing weary of it and starting to reach back to the past to find music with substance.

Since a year and a half is not that much time, modern acts are still in the catalog sales. It's not like they're only talking about acts from 50 years ago.

MickyDolenz said:

kitbradley said:

This is great news considering all of the horrifying new music that's being released. I still continue to be astounded whenever I happen to tune in to shows like 106 & Park and hear a lot of the contemporary "music"! It's like any old dog or cat off the streets can make a record, get some air time and he's a big music star. I think more and more people are growing weary of it and starting to reach back to the past to find music with substance.

Since a year and a half is not that much time, modern acts are still in the catalog sales. It's not like they're only talking about acts from 50 years ago.

You're right. I"m sure Bessie Smith CDs aren't suddenly experiencing an upsurge in sales.

But, the point is, they are not only referring to back catalogs from a year and a half ago. The fact that we are all of a sudden seeing an onslaught of reissues within the past couple of years and labels like BBR and funkytown grooves are doing very well says alot. It was only a few years ago when the major labels were saying reissues were low on their priority list because there was no demand for them. They are now starting to see that there is money to be made from their back catalogs and, without me going into details that I probably shouldn't, labels are taking full advantage and getting as much money as they can from these older titles.