[kj] OT : Radiohead ... inrainbows

[Brendan]

Yeah I saw that about the 1.2 million, hence was thinking 10 million long
term isn't too ridiculous. 4 quid is pretty bloody good too! Five million
quid is awesome, that's only so far (!). Well done that band. Hopefully
they do something worthwhile with the money too. (Perhaps a round of
makeovers would be in order going from their publicity shots...or some
MDMA, seems the only way you're gonna get one of them to crack a smile...)

My little brother is 18 years old and I don't think he's bought a single
CD in his life...he's also not done more than a few hours honest work in
his life either. I'm not saying he's not a cool kid, he is, my point is I
think there's something to be said for working a shitty job for x hours
per CD and EARNING your music...whether it's downloaded or not. You really
appreciate the great albums that way...


> Brendan:

>

> At 10p each that would be half a million to a

> million quid. Dunno if that's decent money based on what it cost...but by

> now if you've sold as many albums as Radiohead and all off the band

> members haven't become independently (very) wealthy something would have

> to be wrong...

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>

> You'd think so wouldn't you?

>

> According to Kerrang earlier this evening there were 1.2 million downloads

> yesterday.  The average price was £4 - taking @ £5 million. Not too bad

> then, at least they'll be able to pay their bills and hopefully the

> impending tour will leave them enough for the odd night out.

> Good luck to them.  They'll've encouraged more people to learn how to

> download which can't be all bad.

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