Re: Who's Missing & Two's Missing & Courtney & Jedi

["Mark R. Leaman" <bushchoked@xxxxxxxxx>]

>If the situation is so bad for the record companies, then they need to go 
out of business.

Keets:

So...you're OK with someone stealing someone else's stuff until it drives them out of business?

>companies do for artists. Unless the artist is handling it (like Pete off 
Eelpie.com), then the cds are as much a give-away as radio time.

I notice Pete is still selling his CDs for the regular price. And anyway, it's easy for Pete because he's an established artist. What about the bands who are currently in bars? They have no chance. When was the time a band got big? Creed? And they're going out now. The Strokes, White Stripes, BRMC, they're all already over before they got started.

But it wasn't the cds that financed the farm--The Who went broke when they 
stopped touring.

I don't know that the labels can be held responsible for how an artist spends his/her money. I do know, having been a roadie for a major band, that the tours were money-losers done ONLY to promote album sales. Pete even complained about this somewhere, citing the (to him) endless cycle of putting out an album followed by a tour to promote it.

>This is because John and Roger (without the extra 
songwriter's cut) don't make enough from the cds to break even. The cds 
have always been a bum deal.

What do you mean, "break even?" They had to put out no funds or even time for the Who CDs to sell, and surely they were paid for these sales...the agreed-upon amount, which was negotiated to their agreement with their music world status in mind. If you mean their solo albums, they DID have songwriting money...but again, it's not the label's fault if the music wasn't wanted by the people. That would mean even the label lost money on them, making my earlier point about how many unsuccessful bands a label has to support.

Anyone else own this album, or have an opinion on it?

CPB:

I have a different complaint than Keets: the damned backing vocals on Days Of Light. It would have been better without them. The album is pretty good; starts strong but kinda gets soft about halfway through and never makes it back. IOW, the best songs are at the beginning. But my favorite Daltrey is definitely McVicar.

if she's so upset with the industry, why don't she just quit? 

Gen:

Right! Who died and made her a business expert? I wonder if she can even grasp the concept of the Geffen (her label) payroll!

Pete would make a good Jedi.

Joe:

Better'n Anikan, but then who wouldn't! Toby McGuire would have made an excellent Jedi.

   
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