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Post subject: Re: Was PJ ever The Biggest Band In The World?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 7:36 pm
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bodysnatcher wrote:
i can't believe Jagged Little Pill is that high up. i know it was a huge album, but didn't know it was THAT huge.
IM shocked that Dire Straits are so high. They are a band I know for Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing, but they never seemed like a huge band to me - just another one of many classic rock bands from a modern perspective.
Post subject: Re: Was PJ ever The Biggest Band In The World?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 7:40 pm
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mikejasond wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
i can't believe Jagged Little Pill is that high up. i know it was a huge album, but didn't know it was THAT huge.
IM shocked that Dire Straits are so high. They are a band I know for Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing, but they never seemed like a huge band to me - just another one of many classic rock bands from a modern perspective.
Post subject: Re: Was PJ ever The Biggest Band In The World?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 7:42 pm
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mikejasond wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
i can't believe Jagged Little Pill is that high up. i know it was a huge album, but didn't know it was THAT huge.
IM shocked that Dire Straits are so high. They are a band I know for Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing, but they never seemed like a huge band to me - just another one of many classic rock bands from a modern perspective.
Absolutely massive outside the states, but even here Brothers in Arms was among the biggest sellers of the 80’s. In England at one point something like 1 in 6 households had a copy.
It’s always hard for me to imagine millions of people buying, say, Love Over Gold...but I can’t blame em either
Post subject: Re: Was PJ ever The Biggest Band In The World?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 7:44 pm
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Joined: Mon July 08, 2013 11:12 pm Posts: 3261
McParadigm wrote:
mikejasond wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
i can't believe Jagged Little Pill is that high up. i know it was a huge album, but didn't know it was THAT huge.
IM shocked that Dire Straits are so high. They are a band I know for Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing, but they never seemed like a huge band to me - just another one of many classic rock bands from a modern perspective.
Absolutely massive outside the states, but even here Brothers in Arms was among the biggest sellers of the 80’s. In England at one point something like 1 in 6 households had a copy.
It’s always hard for me to imagine millions of people buying, say, Love Over Gold...but I can’t blame em either
Im just saying like...I was born in 1992 and I know a lot of classic rock bands and songs but I never would have guessed Dire Straits were legendary enough to have an album THAT HIGH on that list. I mean how in the world are they above legendary bands like The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, or even like.....The Police?
Post subject: Re: Was PJ ever The Biggest Band In The World?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 7:53 pm
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mikejasond wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
mikejasond wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
i can't believe Jagged Little Pill is that high up. i know it was a huge album, but didn't know it was THAT huge.
IM shocked that Dire Straits are so high. They are a band I know for Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing, but they never seemed like a huge band to me - just another one of many classic rock bands from a modern perspective.
Absolutely massive outside the states, but even here Brothers in Arms was among the biggest sellers of the 80’s. In England at one point something like 1 in 6 households had a copy.
It’s always hard for me to imagine millions of people buying, say, Love Over Gold...but I can’t blame em either
Im just saying like...I was born in 1992 and I know a lot of classic rock bands and songs but I never would have guessed Dire Straits were legendary enough to have an album THAT HIGH on that list. I mean how in the world are they above legendary bands like The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, or even like.....The Police?
The Stones are a bit of a question mark here...they’ve basically been screwed by shoddy bookkeeping, and iir they don’t even appear on the list. However, yeah, Dire Straits were Springsteen and Michael Jackson-level in 84.
Most Beatles albums were in competition with other Beatles albums when they came out, or were only available in certain areas. Did you own Rubber Soul or Yesterday and Today? Etc. There are Beatles records that basically don’t exist anymore but which sold 5,000,000 copies once upon a time.
This list also set off an audit race between The Eagles and Michael Jackson’s organizations, who both magically discovered other sales data to help them reach the top....which is why they’ve both seen weird jumps in estimates in the years since.
Post subject: Re: Was PJ ever The Biggest Band In The World?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 7:58 pm
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Joined: Mon July 08, 2013 11:12 pm Posts: 3261
McParadigm wrote:
mikejasond wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
mikejasond wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
i can't believe Jagged Little Pill is that high up. i know it was a huge album, but didn't know it was THAT huge.
IM shocked that Dire Straits are so high. They are a band I know for Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing, but they never seemed like a huge band to me - just another one of many classic rock bands from a modern perspective.
Absolutely massive outside the states, but even here Brothers in Arms was among the biggest sellers of the 80’s. In England at one point something like 1 in 6 households had a copy.
It’s always hard for me to imagine millions of people buying, say, Love Over Gold...but I can’t blame em either
Im just saying like...I was born in 1992 and I know a lot of classic rock bands and songs but I never would have guessed Dire Straits were legendary enough to have an album THAT HIGH on that list. I mean how in the world are they above legendary bands like The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, or even like.....The Police?
The Stones are a bit of a question mark here...they’ve basically been screwed by shoddy bookkeeping, and iir they don’t even appear on the list. However, yeah, Dire Straits were Springsteen and Michael Jackson-level in 84.
Most Beatles albums were in competition with other Beatles albums when they came out, or were only available in certain areas. Did you own Rubber Soul or Yesterday and Today? Etc. There are Beatles records that basically don’t exist anymore but which sold 5,000,000 copies once upon a time.
This list also set off an audit race between The Eagles and Michael Jackson’s organizations, who both magically discovered other sales data to help them reach the top....which is why they’ve both seen weird jumps in estimates in the years since.
Very very interesting.....Everybody knows Springsteen and Michael Jackson but I would be surprised if most people my age know Dire Straits
Post subject: Re: Was PJ ever The Biggest Band In The World?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 8:00 pm
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mikejasond wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
mikejasond wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
mikejasond wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
i can't believe Jagged Little Pill is that high up. i know it was a huge album, but didn't know it was THAT huge.
IM shocked that Dire Straits are so high. They are a band I know for Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing, but they never seemed like a huge band to me - just another one of many classic rock bands from a modern perspective.
Absolutely massive outside the states, but even here Brothers in Arms was among the biggest sellers of the 80’s. In England at one point something like 1 in 6 households had a copy.
It’s always hard for me to imagine millions of people buying, say, Love Over Gold...but I can’t blame em either
Im just saying like...I was born in 1992 and I know a lot of classic rock bands and songs but I never would have guessed Dire Straits were legendary enough to have an album THAT HIGH on that list. I mean how in the world are they above legendary bands like The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, or even like.....The Police?
The Stones are a bit of a question mark here...they’ve basically been screwed by shoddy bookkeeping, and iir they don’t even appear on the list. However, yeah, Dire Straits were Springsteen and Michael Jackson-level in 84.
Most Beatles albums were in competition with other Beatles albums when they came out, or were only available in certain areas. Did you own Rubber Soul or Yesterday and Today? Etc. There are Beatles records that basically don’t exist anymore but which sold 5,000,000 copies once upon a time.
This list also set off an audit race between The Eagles and Michael Jackson’s organizations, who both magically discovered other sales data to help them reach the top....which is why they’ve both seen weird jumps in estimates in the years since.
Very very interesting.....Everybody knows Springsteen and Michael Jackson but I would be surprised if most people my age know Dire Straits
Success in the moment has little relevance to historical standing. Herman’s Hermits and The Monkees both outsold the Beatles at various points.
Post subject: Re: Was PJ ever The Biggest Band In The World?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 8:38 pm
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Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 9:37 am Posts: 2809
mikejasond wrote:
IM shocked that Dire Straits are so high. They are a band I know for Sultans of Swing and Money for Nothing, but they never seemed like a huge band to me - just another one of many classic rock bands from a modern perspective.
The reasons for that are simple:
- The "Money For Nothing" video was one of the first to prominently use computer-generated animation, and it was also extremely popular on MTV because of the lyrical content. It was seemingly played every hour on the hour.
- "Brothers In Arms" was pushed as a state-of-the-art digital recording and was one of the first albums to be marketed/hyped as an essential compact disc to own, and was thus the first compact disc to sell over a million copies.
An example of the stars aligning for a band at just the right time.
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