Comments on: Shady Dealings http://www.americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/ Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:31:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Thom http://www.americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/comment-page-1/#comment-112423 Thom Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:22:35 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/#comment-112423 I paid for the damn download. If they release a CD, I'll feel ripped and I won't buy it. If this new CD comes out with new songs I'll downloaded 'em illegally as, you know, I'm pissed. Maybe that's what RH wanted, to create some chaos and piss off some people. Maybe that makes the album more enjoyable. I dunno... I paid for the damn download. If they release a CD, I’ll feel ripped and I won’t buy it. If this new CD comes out with new songs I’ll downloaded ‘em illegally as, you know, I’m pissed. Maybe that’s what RH wanted, to create some chaos and piss off some people. Maybe that makes the album more enjoyable. I dunno…

]]> By: Matt Cipriano http://www.americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/comment-page-1/#comment-112165 Matt Cipriano Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:00:50 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/#comment-112165 Nah- I tend to think B-sides are a waste of time. Usually 1 decent song and a bunch of music that it is clear why it didn't make the cut for the original album. Though excessive "Greatest Hits" albums do piss me off In terms of having more info then me, as I said, I had 1 source, just goes to show you what major news sources might neglect to mention in their article Nah- I tend to think B-sides are a waste of time. Usually 1 decent song and a bunch of music that it is clear why it didn’t make the cut for the original album.

Though excessive “Greatest Hits” albums do piss me off

In terms of having more info then me, as I said, I had 1 source, just goes to show you what major news sources might neglect to mention in their article

]]> By: Frederick Foxrtrott http://www.americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/comment-page-1/#comment-112164 Frederick Foxrtrott Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:46:17 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/#comment-112164 Well since we both, or all three of us want to press the issue... "Radiohead's management also confirmed that a physical CD of In Rainbows will hit shelves sometime in January, possibly with extra songs. In an interview last week with British trade magazine Music Week, Radiohead's longtime managers, Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge, acknowledged that the download offer was a piece of a larger puzzle to generate more publicity for the CD release. "If we didn't believe that when people hear the music they will want to buy the CD, then we wouldn't do what we are doing," Edge said." -USA Today Edge = Devil Manager Also write this one down to avoid future blunders... A CD release will always...always...always be of better quality than a MP3. I think it is strange that I knew all the information you seem to have missed. Trust me, it is not because I am a genius. As for Radiohead coming out with extras. If you have ever bought a Radiohead album before you would know that they love deluxe sets with all kinds of extras. I mean really... They are not remixing the album or reengineering the record for the eventual release. The songs are 100% done. You just get more with the physical copy. I mean this in the most respectful way possible... Do you get pissed when bands release b-sides too? Stop whining...When the "real" record come out, rip it off like everyone else will... Well since we both, or all three of us want to press the issue…

“Radiohead’s management also confirmed that a physical CD of In Rainbows will hit shelves sometime in January, possibly with extra songs.

In an interview last week with British trade magazine Music Week, Radiohead’s longtime managers, Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge, acknowledged that the download offer was a piece of a larger puzzle to generate more publicity for the CD release. “If we didn’t believe that when people hear the music they will want to buy the CD, then we wouldn’t do what we are doing,” Edge said.”

-USA Today

Edge = Devil Manager

Also write this one down to avoid future blunders…

A CD release will always…always…always be of better quality than a MP3.

I think it is strange that I knew all the information you seem to have missed. Trust me, it is not because I am a genius.

As for Radiohead coming out with extras. If you have ever bought a Radiohead album before you would know that they love deluxe sets with all kinds of extras. I mean really…

They are not remixing the album or reengineering the record for the eventual release. The songs are 100% done. You just get more with the physical copy.

I mean this in the most respectful way possible…

Do you get pissed when bands release b-sides too?

Stop whining…When the “real” record come out, rip it off like everyone else will…

]]> By: Matt Cipriano http://www.americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/comment-page-1/#comment-112162 Matt Cipriano Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:18:53 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/#comment-112162 Okay, so the article I initially read from.... It appears to be from Time, said nothing about a January release, I assumed Time was a reliable enough source to not have to search for more info, beyond that the article quotes from the Radohead website: "Hello everyone. Well, the new album is finished, and it's coming out in 10 days. We've called it In Rainbows. Love from us all."" To me that does not sound like "The new album is 95% done, and we will be releasing a version in 10 days, but then another version that is better with more tracks in 3 months" And that's what I was writing on- Maybe the fault does not fully lie with Radiohead, but also with the media outlets who left that detail out. On the other hand saying it will come out in CD form is not saying the same as it will come out in better quality with some additional tracks in CD form. Also the Radiohead website (or at least the bits of it I glanced at while downloading In Rainbows) wasn't exactly clear about all this either. And really as the customer you deserve to have all the facts right up front about what you are doling out money for. Okay, so the article I initially read from…. It appears to be from Time, said nothing about a January release, I assumed Time was a reliable enough source to not have to search for more info, beyond that the article quotes from the Radohead website: “Hello everyone. Well, the new album is finished, and it’s coming out in 10 days. We’ve called it In Rainbows. Love from us all.”"

To me that does not sound like “The new album is 95% done, and we will be releasing a version in 10 days, but then another version that is better with more tracks in 3 months” And that’s what I was writing on-

Maybe the fault does not fully lie with Radiohead, but also with the media outlets who left that detail out. On the other hand saying it will come out in CD form is not saying the same as it will come out in better quality with some additional tracks in CD form.

Also the Radiohead website (or at least the bits of it I glanced at while downloading In Rainbows) wasn’t exactly clear about all this either. And really as the customer you deserve to have all the facts right up front about what you are doling out money for.

]]> By: Frederick Foxrtrott http://www.americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/comment-page-1/#comment-112160 Frederick Foxrtrott Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:59:57 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2007/10/12/shady-dealings/#comment-112160 All disagreements aside...Thanks, although I must admit it is not entirely my doing. It helps living in a rundown old factory with a bunch of artists... All disagreements aside…Thanks, although I must admit it is not entirely my doing. It helps living in a rundown old factory with a bunch of artists…

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