Re: CHARTS & THE WHO

[thewho rocks <leb905@yahoo.com>]

I think you said it all here, Bjorn.

LB


> Often The Who is in polls and such and since The Who never got a #1
> hit this thing that's been going on here in Holland got my interest.
> Recently a young pop band (called "Star Maker", after the show)
that's in a Big-Brother-like house is forced by a commercial company to
make big hits (with big bucks). A lot of money and advertisement
actually lead their first single to enter the charts on number one!
> A group of Dutch comedians said anybody can do that, as long as they 
> commercialize. Music isn't important anymore, it's attraction,
> personal identification and following what everyone else thinks is
cool or hot. Even if the song sucks. So that band of comedians (called
"One Day Fly") brought out a single that absolutely sucked and
advertised it like crazy.
> Their goal was to accomplish the same but by singing worse.
> And they did; I went to their signing session and it was crazy. They
> sold out all of their singles within about an hour (nationwide) and
> already entered the charts on #1. #2 and #3 are both products by
"Star
> Maker", so that says it all... Charts aren't about music anymore.
> 
> The One Day Fly band quit after one show (feat. George Baker, who
> co-wrote their song) and never are going to do this again. They
proved it.
> 
> Now when The Who wants to get a #1 hit, they need to commercialize
> it. Something they're not that good at (since so few people actually
knew The Who still existed and toured recently!). If they want to be
back, they need to be on MTV, VH1, etc., they need to go to the shows
that are hot (and not only Letterman, because almost anybody gets on
there it seems).
> 
> And advertise a lot. This way, even "Nancy in a can" can make it to
> #1.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bjørn Ciggaar
> http://www.warande.net/~ciggaar
> 
> "You're all fucking stupid!"
> - Pete Townshend (MSG, 7th of October)
>  


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