Re: CHARTS & THE WHO

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

No giggles?  I thought Jeff's take on this was hilarious.  ;)

I think TKAA2000 will fly with The Who audience.  We got some terrific 
samples last summer.  It won't be one to make it to #1 in the charts, 
though.  Bjorn's right that advertising and promotion seem to do the trick.  
It's interesting to watch some of the big money-makers handle their album 
releases--Janet Jackson being the latest.  Aerosmith's promotional campaign 
was interesting, too.

If Pete wants a #1 hit, I'd think the way to do it would be with a single 
for a big movie soundtrack.  That way TED could use the movie budget to 
shoot a video and handle the promotion.  It'd be cool to do it for the Keith 
Moon movie, wouldn't it?


keets


> > Hmm.  I really considered this hard, and I dunno that teens are gonna go 
>for THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT 2000, even with lots of semi-naked dancing girls.
>
>Nick in Salt Lake is 21 and his friends that went to Denver all say it 
>"changed their life" and were eager for boots of the show.  Plus there are 
>a good number of teens and 20 somethings on this list.  What I noticed 
>about the Denver audience was that our boys are now an
>inter-generational thing, with parents sharing it with their kids and
>both really enjoying it.  That was really cool.  Most things in our
>society try to stratify us into age groups -- starting with public
>schooling and the concept of "1st through 12th grades", but once again Pete 
>breaks through the barriers, if you're only willing to listen.
>
>The folks that slurp up the top-20 tripe aren't interested in
>"message" they just want a catchy tune.  These are people that are
>more likely to know "You Better, You Bet" than "Substitute", in my
>experience.  YBYB was the most recent pop/top-40 showing for the boys, 
>while Substitute occasionally gets played on your classic rock stations.

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