BlaqueKnight said:

That just proves that ain't nobody (including Paula) buying that bullshit he's singing about.

That's cold blooded.

Just like the late great Bobby Womack said, " Nobody Wants You When You Are Down In Out"

I continue to believe that Robin Thicke doesn't genuinely care about his failed marriage and has attempted to use it as a strategy to market his album. The fact that the strategy has not worked, has not changed my opinion.

And stunts like this below, continue to affirm my thoughts on the matter.

http://time.com/2974081/r...0-flowers/

"Retailer 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has partnered with the lovelorn pop star to create two bouquets named after his track, “Get Her Back” and the upcoming single, “Forever Love.” You can buy your desperation in the form of 18 long-stem red roses in the “Forever Love” bouquet for $64.99 or $89.99, or the romantic “Get Her Back” bouquet with 100 red roses for $349.99."

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119 said:

I continue to believe that Robin Thicke doesn't genuinely care about his failed marriage and has attempted to use it as a strategy to market his album. The fact that the strategy has not worked, has not changed my opinion.

And stunts like this below, continue to affirm my thoughts on the matter.

http://time.com/2974081/r...0-flowers/

"Retailer 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has partnered with the lovelorn pop star to create two bouquets named after his track, “Get Her Back” and the upcoming single, “Forever Love.” You can buy your desperation in the form of 18 long-stem red roses in the “Forever Love” bouquet for $64.99 or $89.99, or the romantic “Get Her Back” bouquet with 100 red roses for $349.99."

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No word on whether the bouquets come in a vase full of Robin Thicke’s tears.

MotownSubdivision said:

No word on whether the bouquets come in a vase full of Robin Thicke’s tears.

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Seriously though, he's making a mockery of his marriage with that marketing scheme.

Some brotha somewhere is probably twisting Paula's guts six ways from Sunday right about now.

She gone, Robin. She gone.

119 said:

I continue to believe that Robin Thicke doesn't genuinely care about his failed marriage and has attempted to use it as a strategy to market his album. The fact that the strategy has not worked, has not changed my opinion.

laurarichardson said:

2freaky4church1 said:

He's doing better than Prince. hehe.

He just sold out 50k seats so I think P is pretty damm happy this week.

So, you're comparing concert ticket sales in the US with record sales in the UK. Makes no sense.

ludwig said:

Well let's throw in the US sales to make more sense of it.....20,530 between 2 countries bothered to pick up Robins follow up album for the biggest hit of his career at an average of $12 a pop.....50,000 people in one general area forked over an average of $150-$200 per ticket to see 56 yr old Prince who hasn't had a "hit" in roughly 20 yrs. I know who I'd rather be given those two scenarios.
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Tuls101 said:

ludwig said:

So, you're comparing concert ticket sales in the US with record sales in the UK. Makes no sense.

Well let's throw in the US sales to make more sense of it.....20,530 between 2 countries bothered to pick up Robins follow up album for the biggest hit of his career at an average of $12 a pop......50,000 people in one general area forked over an average of $150-$200 per ticket to see 56 yr old Prince who hasn't had a "hit" in roughly 20 yrs. I know who I'd rather be given those two scenarios. [Edited 7/14/14 22:46pm]

And I say let's wait for the next prince record release if you really want to make comparisons.

ludwig said:

Even "good" album sales are shit these days. Each year album sales become more and more irrelevant. It's all about the tour now and Prince is a master at that. The ability to sell tickets at that price is a far greater measure of success. Don't think Robin is ever gonna be selling out stadiums at $200 a pop.....sorry.

Tuls101 said:

ludwig said:

And I say let's wait for the next prince record release if you really want to make comparisons.

Even "good" album sales are shit these days. Each year album sales become more and more irrelevant. It's all about the tour now and Prince is a master at that. The ability to sell tickets at that price is a far greater measure of success. Don't think Robin is ever gonna be selling out stadiums at $200 a pop.....sorry.

Doesn't change the fact that the comparison of ticket and album sales makes no sense.

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Tuls101 said:

ludwig said:

And I say let's wait for the next prince record release if you really want to make comparisons.

Even "good" album sales are shit these days. Each year album sales become more and more irrelevant. It's all about the tour now and Prince is a master at that. The ability to sell tickets at that price is a far greater measure of success. Don't think Robin is ever gonna be selling out stadiums at $200 a pop.....sorry.

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In response to above post....


How does it not? The comparison is the overall success of both artists, not just the album sales per se. It was implied that Robin is "doing better" than Prince because his latest album has performed better. When your selling out 50k seats at one concert album sales are a moot point. I don't understand how this doesn't make sense.
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Tuls101 said:

ludwig said:

Even "good" album sales are shit these days. Each year album sales become more and more irrelevant. It's all about the tour now and Prince is a master at that. The ability to sell tickets at that price is a far greater measure of success. Don't think Robin is ever gonna be selling out stadiums at $200 a pop.....sorry.

^^ In response to above post.... How does it not? The comparison is the overall success of both artists, not just the album sales per se. It was implied that Robin is "doing better" than Prince because his latest album has performed better. When your selling out 50k seats at one concert album sales are a moot point. I don't understand how this doesn't make sense. [Edited 7/15/14 20:52pm] [Edited 7/15/14 20:53pm]

Because that are different markets. A lot of people who buy a ticket to a prince concert arent interested in his new music. They just want to hear purple rain and kiss, etc... But not half of them awould buy his new record. For a lot of people he's an oldies act, a legendary performer. Robin Thicke is a more contemporary artist. The whole comparison just doesn't fit.

ludwig said:

Then how does it make sense to compare the album sales of 2 artists who are in completely different places in their careers? Within the past year, Robin has seen his career "peak" while Princes peak was 30 yrs ago. Should we be comparing Robin today to Prince when he was a "contemporary" act? Comparing the overall "healthiness" of their careers here and now in 2014, Prince wins by a landslide.

The fact that half the crowd at a Prince show may not care for anything he's done in 20 yrs yet they are still willing to fork out the big bucks to see him live speaks volumes about him as an artist. In an age when selling 1 million albums is a big success, Princes ability to do what he can do at this stage is far more impressive than whoever is topping the charts this week with their 80,000 albums sold. Ok.....maybe the success of Adele can show him up some but in general pfft....half the artists that are "hot" right now can't sell out a high school auditorium, much less a football stadium at 56 yrs old.

Tuls101 said:

ludwig said:

Because that are different markets. A lot of people who buy a ticket to a prince concert arent interested in his new music. They just want to hear purple rain and kiss, etc... But not half of them awould buy his new record. For a lot of people he's an oldies act, a legendary performer. Robin Thicke is a more contemporary artist. The whole comparison just doesn't fit.

Then how does it make sense to compare the album sales of 2 artists who are in completely different places in their careers?

No, the whole comparison didn't make sense from the beginning. that''s what I said. But it's still more reasonable to compare album sales with each other than albums vs. concert tickets. But enough of that. I didn't start this nonsense but I'll end this here. Goodbye.