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Post subject: Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Mon December 30, 2013 3:20 am
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Not good lyrics.
the delivery and music make up for any questionable lyrics in this song
"My shadow left me long ago" > "I can feel the dawn, I can feel the earth, I can feel the living, All around, round, round, round, All around, round, round, round"
However, another 42 instances of "round", and we might have to tip the scale in favor of Swallowed Hole
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I think the real message is that this album has very limited mass appeal. 380k in sales is what, about double the size of the 10 club membership, less than double? For all the hype and promotion, the non-jamily public is definitely not finding this album interesting.
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this has been pretty extensively documented in other threads (primarily by McParadigm) but those numbers reflect the decline of the industry as a whole. When you control for that (which is to say, look at how it does compared to the other releases this year, since the numbers are less useful in absolute terms) L-bolt is, I believe, about as successful as Yield.
this has been pretty extensively documented in other threads (primarily by McParadigm) but those numbers reflect the decline of the industry as a whole. When you control for that (which is to say, look at how it does compared to the other releases this year, since the numbers are less useful in absolute terms) L-bolt is, I believe, about as successful as Yield.
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I think you could also speculate that PJ would be hurt by piracy far less than other, younger acts. Maybe someone has the facts to disprove this, but I think the hardcore PJ fanbase would be more likely to buy a physical copy then the fanbases for many other bands, fan bases that have always known digital piracy as a reality.
Post subject: Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri January 03, 2014 7:25 pm
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It makes sense. Whether out of nostalgia or habit, I'd think older fans would more likely want the physical copy than younger fans who never really had that type of experience.
Post subject: Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri January 03, 2014 7:26 pm
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But a lot of the bands hit hardest by piracy, the bands that came up in an era when it was most prevalent, have found ways to thrive despite it.
Piracy became so rampant because of its convenience. The success of itunes proves it. It wasn't just you were downloading for free from napster, but you could literally just type the name of a song and then you could listen to it. Everyone jumped on itunes because it's practically the same thing, and people didn't care that the mp3 now cost 99 cents.
Services like bandcamp where you can quickly access the music you're looking for, and get it at a reasonable price (often one you name yourself) in a format you want are working for new bands.
Post subject: Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Sat January 04, 2014 9:26 am
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I still like 10 out of the 12 songs. I tried really hard to like the other two but in the end they're half-baked failures. Most of the songs on the album succeed in spite of their sanitised and safe production / instrumentation treatment.
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Post subject: Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Sun January 05, 2014 1:28 am
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And while we're on the subject of pop music's changing/splintering/compartmentalizing position in the 21st century digital age, I saw this quote in an article today and was amused.
"Hating Nickelback is the last form of pop music monoculture."
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