Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
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Given that medical science has proved that Linkin Park’s music induces vomiting, (even from their own singer), it seems a little rich of the band to strike over Warner Music’s recent financial overhauls. Rich is the important word however, because as the millionaire (c)rap-metallers fight against their label’s share prices, one thing has become clear: forget rock n’ roll, or even grot n’ roll – it’s all about stocks n’ roll these days.
Roots Manuva’s last single drawled the line “Respect for my money means I feed my tummy”, and while hip-hop has been ahead of the game for years with its bling-bling and ching-ching obsessions, rock is now getting in on the act too. However, as pop repeats itself approximately every seven minutes there is already a long history of bands who saw it all coming with Even today, if in a parallel universe would you really be too surprised to see Coldplay running a joint accountancy firm together, perhaps called ‘Martin and Co.’? Exactly. New bands such as The Young Knives are even modelling suits onstage for that fabulous ‘came straight from the office’ look. The ultimate proof that suits are the new leathers comes with the fact the nation’s favourite ‘song’ at the moment comes from a marketing man’s twisted wet dream of a computer generated amphibian with psychiatric problems.
Perhaps the ultimate rock n’ roll icon of the 90s, Bill Hicks, once memorably remarked: “If you work in marketing…kill yourself.” However, when record labels can get children eating out of your hand easier than a slumber-party holding pop prince, there is no stopping them. Even Pete Doherty seems to have sussed out now that the great rock pension relies on saving and however much he likes brown, it’s probably worth keeping a little green around as well. Surely a duet with that Howard bloke out of the Halifax adverts is merely a matter of weeks away. Altogether now for this year’s “BASTAARD!” at the festivals this year: Who gives you extra?! We, we...well maybe not.
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Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
oh, he's going the the anti-marketing dollar. that's a good dollar.
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worry
Huge demographic. HUGE.
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
oh what a sadness...
fuck linkin park though!
fuck linkin park though!
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
That makes no sense... you start by blabbing on about Linkin Park, weeks after that became old hat, and then somehow turn to some tripe about Coldplay setting up an accountancy firm and bands wearing suits on stage.
What a pointless load of old twaddle.
What a pointless load of old twaddle.
Re: Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
'Twas a pointless article indeed. And, when has rock 'n' roll never been about money? Just look at the single most extreme phenomenon of rock music to date - punk. The Pistols were McLaren's little manufactured boyband experiment to rival the American scene and The Damned were having a cow over being the first in history to release the punk single. All to roll in the pennies. I'm surprised they never charged VAT for pogoing - that'll be three shillings per bounce please.
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
Potentially a good idea for an article/feature/whatever you want to call it, but 'twas a wee bit unstructured. What was the point in writing it?
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worry
just some guy having a bitch ain't it?
i'd bitch but i'm sure pretty much half the people that'll read my ranting will agree with me, an' the other half won't. so i can't be bothered.
but i definitely think more people should like the dwarves and fleeing new york.
the dwarves are legends in their own lifetimes. and fleeing new york are nothing like the dwarves. which is probably for the best.
i'd bitch but i'm sure pretty much half the people that'll read my ranting will agree with me, an' the other half won't. so i can't be bothered.
but i definitely think more people should like the dwarves and fleeing new york.
the dwarves are legends in their own lifetimes. and fleeing new york are nothing like the dwarves. which is probably for the best.
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worry
Bands wear suits started now? Wuuurrr....Blondie? Duran Duran? Several other thousand bands BEFORE The Hives?
It's hardly new, and hardly money-motivated. It's about the style, innit. Poorly written article, on what could be a good subject.
It's hardly new, and hardly money-motivated. It's about the style, innit. Poorly written article, on what could be a good subject.
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worry
The likes of Chuck Berry (former car thief) pretty much invented Rock'n'Roll when they saw getting up on stage with a guitar and making people dance around as a great way to make a decent buck, and legal to boot. In some way you could say that (sadly) there's no difference between that and modern day rap bling... they're both fuelled by the kind of nihilism that says the only way out of being black and poor is crime or music, and however much we might moan about the likes of 50 Pence, it's decidedly better for him to be doing something useful and making records than selling gear on a street corner.
I think, if anything, the marketing-led side of music has died down a bit lately (which is good). Their last ditch to create a market where there wasn't one would have been manufacturing pop bands with girls that look like strippers so that Dads bought the records for their kids. While it's sad that pop bands appear to be compelled to get their kit off (and the marketing people should get castrated for decreeing that that is the 'way it is'), I think the manu-pop phenomenon, and trying to sell to younger and younger kids has burned out for the time being. The more common marketing phenomenon is for soundalike bands to be signed on the backs of a few originators. The amount of bands with Robert Smith/Terry Hall/ Ian Curtis sounding vocalists?? How about the amount of bands who want to be The Stooges/ACDC?? The amount of bands aimed slap bang at the young professional MOR market dominated by Coldplay???That's all driven by marketing (spotting a market and signing bands to make money from that market while it lasts), just like any larger 'trend'.
Like Effloresce Sean says...it's about style. There really is almost no new way of throwing together chords and a melody... it really has all pretty much been done before, so what we have is re-combining, sticking one style together with another...just like street fashion... it's all about creating a great outfit, with catchy songs remaining a constant. The funny thing is that what we would call the 'left' field is mostly about recombination these days. An interesting band like 65DaysofStatic are more taking an idea that has been previously explored and reinterpreting in their own way. A brilliant band, but by no means the first to splice frenetic programming with live music.
I think it's a fairly healthy scene at the moment because there are lots of different 'markets'. Linkin Park are more likely to be unsettled and trying to consolidate their fortunes because, while slowly built albums bands like Korn and The Deftones will probably keep going for as long as they maintain a reasonable standard of work, the writing is very much on the wall for nu-metal single bands like themselves and Evanescence unless they can genuinely reinvent themselves as credible and current.
I think, if anything, the marketing-led side of music has died down a bit lately (which is good). Their last ditch to create a market where there wasn't one would have been manufacturing pop bands with girls that look like strippers so that Dads bought the records for their kids. While it's sad that pop bands appear to be compelled to get their kit off (and the marketing people should get castrated for decreeing that that is the 'way it is'), I think the manu-pop phenomenon, and trying to sell to younger and younger kids has burned out for the time being. The more common marketing phenomenon is for soundalike bands to be signed on the backs of a few originators. The amount of bands with Robert Smith/Terry Hall/ Ian Curtis sounding vocalists?? How about the amount of bands who want to be The Stooges/ACDC?? The amount of bands aimed slap bang at the young professional MOR market dominated by Coldplay???That's all driven by marketing (spotting a market and signing bands to make money from that market while it lasts), just like any larger 'trend'.
Like Effloresce Sean says...it's about style. There really is almost no new way of throwing together chords and a melody... it really has all pretty much been done before, so what we have is re-combining, sticking one style together with another...just like street fashion... it's all about creating a great outfit, with catchy songs remaining a constant. The funny thing is that what we would call the 'left' field is mostly about recombination these days. An interesting band like 65DaysofStatic are more taking an idea that has been previously explored and reinterpreting in their own way. A brilliant band, but by no means the first to splice frenetic programming with live music.
I think it's a fairly healthy scene at the moment because there are lots of different 'markets'. Linkin Park are more likely to be unsettled and trying to consolidate their fortunes because, while slowly built albums bands like Korn and The Deftones will probably keep going for as long as they maintain a reasonable standard of work, the writing is very much on the wall for nu-metal single bands like themselves and Evanescence unless they can genuinely reinvent themselves as credible and current.
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
well since you put it that way....
i say we shoot their dogs
i say we shoot their dogs
Re: Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worry
"Like Effloresce Sean says...it's about style. There really is almost no new way of throwing together chords and a melody... it really has all pretty much been done before, so what we have is re-combining, sticking one style together with another"
Just like online opinion pieces.
Just like online opinion pieces.
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worry
You could so easily have made a number of coherent points on this subject and you have roundly failed. Congratulations.
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
Perhaps the ultimate rock n’ roll icon of the 90s....
...Bill Hicks
eh?
Dude was a mint comedian, his songs were shitcakes however.
How the fuck did this wank bit of copy get on this website exactly?
...Bill Hicks
eh?
Dude was a mint comedian, his songs were shitcakes however.
How the fuck did this wank bit of copy get on this website exactly?
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
Yeah, interesting topic, unfocused article. Coldplay may look like accountants but they were vocally dismissive of shareholders when EMI issued their profits warning allegedly based on the delayed LP. As for Bill Hicks' music. Out of respect for the great man, can we just pretend he didn't make music?
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
salutations tanned ones
nice subject...shite article. Pre-ordaned brilliant bands rarely ever start to make cash. the usual motivation is just trying to get their message across or to do what they love/enjoy. Unfortunately somewhere between their album going platumun and headlining on TRL (puke) they started doing it for the love of fame and money.
ands thats usually when the music gets shite-like ( rock music is only good when written from the soul)...seen it happen to tons of bands eg. The Used (that was tragic indeed *sniff*) I just hope it won't happen to My Chemical Romance although the inevitable "live on TRL" has sadly already taken place thus bringing me to say those apocolyptic words "it has begun" (MTV and MTV2 = death to rock 'n roll)
P.S. mcfly,fight star, and survivors of busted go ouside and anal probe yourself cause you = quintessential poo.
nice subject...shite article. Pre-ordaned brilliant bands rarely ever start to make cash. the usual motivation is just trying to get their message across or to do what they love/enjoy. Unfortunately somewhere between their album going platumun and headlining on TRL (puke) they started doing it for the love of fame and money.
ands thats usually when the music gets shite-like ( rock music is only good when written from the soul)...seen it happen to tons of bands eg. The Used (that was tragic indeed *sniff*) I just hope it won't happen to My Chemical Romance although the inevitable "live on TRL" has sadly already taken place thus bringing me to say those apocolyptic words "it has begun" (MTV and MTV2 = death to rock 'n roll)
P.S. mcfly,fight star, and survivors of busted go ouside and anal probe yourself cause you = quintessential poo.
Stocks n' Roll (Or How Bands Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Money)
The Young Knives are not really that new.
They must be doing it since at least 5 years.
They must be doing it since at least 5 years.
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