Huh, think I'll give this a listen.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Jan 2017, 5:32pmYou were obliged to get that one and you didn't fail.matedog wrote: ↑26 Jan 2017, 4:55pmHe did Land of Hopes and Dreams and BTR on the last Stewart ep. I'll go with BTR.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑25 Jan 2017, 8:22pmSpeaking of rock trivia, I just finished listening to the audiobook of the Daily Show oral history and here's an old-fashioned Matedog Special. What Bruce Stinkspleen song did Jon Stewart have played when he came on stage at the start of every show?
Yup, that's covered (tho the story first came out when WC did a podcast). Pretty nasty all around, but WC comes off overly sensitive in it all. I don't think anyone who was there supported his interpretation of it all—that JS did a minstrel imitation of Herman Cain on air— including black staff and performers. But at the same time, JS got defensive very quickly and allowed it to become a shouting match.Is that the book with Wyatt Cenac talking about his shitty time there?
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It's pretty damned celebratory of Jon Stewart, with many of those he butted heads with—politicians, media figures, and performers—calling him a genius and ethically superior and all that. Which isn't to deny his talent or that he did turn TDS into a useful forum for critique, but it does have an aura of hagiography to it. Still, I was unaware of a lot of the conflicts and other politics behind the scenes, so it satisfied a certain voyeuristic interest. Colbert and Oliver, to no surprise, seem like the funniest and most genuine people of the batch.
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Curious bit of trivia: This album sold the most copies in the UK in 1965, 1966, and 1968, and was second to Pepper in the 1960s overall.
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I hear Julie Andrews singing now.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 6:57pmCurious bit of trivia: This album sold the most copies in the UK in 1965, 1966, and 1968, and was second to Pepper in the 1960s overall.
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Bingo. I was just thinking about David Hajdu's book, Love For Sale, and the popularity of Broadway and movie soundtracks well into 60s, when rock supposedly dominated. So as much as kids were buying Beatles and Rolling Stones records, their parents were buying even more albums of show tunes.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 7:30pmI hear Julie Andrews singing now.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 6:57pmCurious bit of trivia: This album sold the most copies in the UK in 1965, 1966, and 1968, and was second to Pepper in the 1960s overall.
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Teenagers with not such a disposable income. I blame Rogers and Hammerstein.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 7:52pmBingo. I was just thinking about David Hajdu's book, Love For Sale, and the popularity of Broadway and movie soundtracks well into 60s, when rock supposedly dominated. So as much as kids were buying Beatles and Rolling Stones records, their parents were buying even more albums of show tunes.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 7:30pmI hear Julie Andrews singing now.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 6:57pmCurious bit of trivia: This album sold the most copies in the UK in 1965, 1966, and 1968, and was second to Pepper in the 1960s overall.
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Not so much a lack of cash—at least in the American context—as it was the historical oddity of young people with free time and lotsa cash that drove rock n roll's emergence, but that it wasn't until the mid 60s that rock started to become an album-oriented format. Prior to that, one distinction between adult music and teen music was the format. Adults listened to lp's; teens listened to 45's. One of the signals of rock becoming serious—it was no longer rock n roll—was that the album rose in significance. Indeed, pop music (ugh, that's for kids and girls) was all about the 45. It's a fascinating history of how popular music splits itself up and signals seriousness and all that. It's a lot of self-deluding horseshit, mind you, but still fascinating.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 8:03pmTeenagers with not such a disposable income. I blame Rogers and Hammerstein.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 7:52pmBingo. I was just thinking about David Hajdu's book, Love For Sale, and the popularity of Broadway and movie soundtracks well into 60s, when rock supposedly dominated. So as much as kids were buying Beatles and Rolling Stones records, their parents were buying even more albums of show tunes.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 7:30pmI hear Julie Andrews singing now.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 6:57pmCurious bit of trivia: This album sold the most copies in the UK in 1965, 1966, and 1968, and was second to Pepper in the 1960s overall.
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Oh yeah for sure. There is something a lot more romantic about a 7'' 45rpm single a lot more rock 'n' roll. Get your message across in 2mins 30seconds albeit political or just plain old fun. Teenagers with short attention spans ...and onto the next thing, no time for albums especially when the best thing on it is going to be that single track you already forked out for.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 8:12pmNot so much a lack of cash—at least in the American context—as it was the historical oddity of young people with free time and lotsa cash that drove rock n roll's emergence, but that it wasn't until the mid 60s that rock started to become an album-oriented format. Prior to that, one distinction between adult music and teen music was the format. Adults listened to lp's; teens listened to 45's. One of the signals of rock becoming serious—it was no longer rock n roll—was that the album rose in significance. Indeed, pop music (ugh, that's for kids and girls) was all about the 45. It's a fascinating history of how popular music splits itself up and signals seriousness and all that. It's a lot of self-deluding horseshit, mind you, but still fascinating.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 8:03pmTeenagers with not such a disposable income. I blame Rogers and Hammerstein.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 7:52pmBingo. I was just thinking about David Hajdu's book, Love For Sale, and the popularity of Broadway and movie soundtracks well into 60s, when rock supposedly dominated. So as much as kids were buying Beatles and Rolling Stones records, their parents were buying even more albums of show tunes.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 7:30pmI hear Julie Andrews singing now.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 6:57pmCurious bit of trivia: This album sold the most copies in the UK in 1965, 1966, and 1968, and was second to Pepper in the 1960s overall.
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In some respects, that was punk's signal that it was breaking from the rock norm that had emerged over the past ten years. Punk revered the 45, the quick blast, to say your piece, especially when you've only got two songs in you. The album is serious and about permanence and all that; the single is immediacy. That's one thing that I've really become fascinated by in the last five years while studying cultural history more seriously—what do technological or distribution changes do to artists and audiences? We like to focus our attention on the artists or the music or the audience, but it's that big goopy middle between that affects all those things and how we perceive them.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 8:39pmOh yeah for sure. There is something a lot more romantic about a 7'' 45rpm single a lot more rock 'n' roll. Get your message across in 2mins 30seconds albeit political or just plain old fun. Teenagers with short attention spans ...and onto the next thing, no time for albums especially when the best thing on it is going to be that single track you already forked out for.
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Plus of course your best track should be the single (not always the case) but it helps as that's the one that will receive the radio play and attract your audience. Of course in the case of punk the difficulty for some bands was getting that single air time.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 8:54pmIn some respects, that was punk's signal that it was breaking from the rock norm that had emerged over the past ten years. Punk revered the 45, the quick blast, to say your piece, especially when you've only got two songs in you. The album is serious and about permanence and all that; the single is immediacy. That's one thing that I've really become fascinated by in the last five years while studying cultural history more seriously—what do technological or distribution changes do to artists and audiences? We like to focus our attention on the artists or the music or the audience, but it's that big goopy middle between that affects all those things and how we perceive them.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 8:39pmOh yeah for sure. There is something a lot more romantic about a 7'' 45rpm single a lot more rock 'n' roll. Get your message across in 2mins 30seconds albeit political or just plain old fun. Teenagers with short attention spans ...and onto the next thing, no time for albums especially when the best thing on it is going to be that single track you already forked out for.
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And that's again where punk mostly mixes that commercial purpose up. As a rule, punk bands didn't expect to get radio play (some didn't want it), so the 45 is just about getting something out there as cheaply as possible to what's going to be a tiny audience.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 9:02pmPlus of course your best track should be the single (not always the case) but it helps as that's the one that will receive the radio play and attract your audience. Of course in the case of punk the difficulty for some bands was getting that single air time.
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I'm not really sure that the punk bands didn't want success (I'm talking about the UK bands here) as they all got some to some degree. If your message is wort hearing then you need all the media outlets to get it across to as many people as possible. The punk attitudes of not caring if your record only sells one copy was just good talk at the time. The bands here that sold little were just not that good really. I think this rule applies far better to the post punk bands who were not afraid to mix up the musical formula with new ideas/sounds.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 6:33amAnd that's again where punk mostly mixes that commercial purpose up. As a rule, punk bands didn't expect to get radio play (some didn't want it), so the 45 is just about getting something out there as cheaply as possible to what's going to be a tiny audience.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 9:02pmPlus of course your best track should be the single (not always the case) but it helps as that's the one that will receive the radio play and attract your audience. Of course in the case of punk the difficulty for some bands was getting that single air time.
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No, I'm not saying punk bands didn't want success, just not success measured in the same way that "mainstream" bands did/do. The goal isn't the mansion and swimming pool and supermodels and hanging out with Hollywood stars. Pressing 1000 45's and selling 900 and being able to gig regularly can be a huge success for a punk band, whereas not reaching the Top 40 would be a huge flop to a run-of-the-mill pop star. The scale of expectation is quite distinct.Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 10:37amI'm not really sure that the punk bands didn't want success (I'm talking about the UK bands here) as they all got some to some degree. If your message is wort hearing then you need all the media outlets to get it across to as many people as possible. The punk attitudes of not caring if your record only sells one copy was just good talk at the time. The bands here that sold little were just not that good really. I think this rule applies far better to the post punk bands who were not afraid to mix up the musical formula with new ideas/sounds.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 6:33amAnd that's again where punk mostly mixes that commercial purpose up. As a rule, punk bands didn't expect to get radio play (some didn't want it), so the 45 is just about getting something out there as cheaply as possible to what's going to be a tiny audience.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 9:02pmPlus of course your best track should be the single (not always the case) but it helps as that's the one that will receive the radio play and attract your audience. Of course in the case of punk the difficulty for some bands was getting that single air time.
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Oh yeah sure I understood your original posts meaning. Here in the UK all the better bands The Clash/Pistols/Jam/Buzzcocks/Stranglers/Genreration X/Damned etc all had a great measure of success. With the Buzzcocks independent "Spiral Scratch EP" ended up with more repressings than being on a major. I get how hip it was to deny the champagne and swimming pool lifestyle of the previous generations huge stadium rock bands and bring the music a little closer to home. Howver every young punk grows old and into marriage/home ownership etc ect ect. Most of that first wave of UK punk are wealthy now.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 10:54amNo, I'm not saying punk bands didn't want success, just not success measured in the same way that "mainstream" bands did/do. The goal isn't the mansion and swimming pool and supermodels and hanging out with Hollywood stars. Pressing 1000 45's and selling 900 and being able to gig regularly can be a huge success for a punk band, whereas not reaching the Top 40 would be a huge flop to a run-of-the-mill pop star. The scale of expectation is quite distinct.Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 10:37amI'm not really sure that the punk bands didn't want success (I'm talking about the UK bands here) as they all got some to some degree. If your message is wort hearing then you need all the media outlets to get it across to as many people as possible. The punk attitudes of not caring if your record only sells one copy was just good talk at the time. The bands here that sold little were just not that good really. I think this rule applies far better to the post punk bands who were not afraid to mix up the musical formula with new ideas/sounds.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 6:33amAnd that's again where punk mostly mixes that commercial purpose up. As a rule, punk bands didn't expect to get radio play (some didn't want it), so the 45 is just about getting something out there as cheaply as possible to what's going to be a tiny audience.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 9:02pmPlus of course your best track should be the single (not always the case) but it helps as that's the one that will receive the radio play and attract your audience. Of course in the case of punk the difficulty for some bands was getting that single air time.
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Which does raise the question of whether making all that cash means an artist is still a punk or is their a loophole if they don't doggedly pursue it. But that's a whole other can of worms.Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 11:18amOh yeah sure I understood your original posts meaning. Here in the UK all the better bands The Clash/Pistols/Jam/Buzzcocks/Stranglers/Genreration X/Damned etc all had a great measure of success. With the Buzzcocks independent "Spiral Scratch EP" ended up with more repressings than being on a major. I get how hip it was to deny the champagne and swimming pool lifestyle of the previous generations huge stadium rock bands and bring the music a little closer to home. Howver every young punk grows old and into marriage/home ownership etc ect ect. Most of that first wave of UK punk are wealthy now.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 10:54amNo, I'm not saying punk bands didn't want success, just not success measured in the same way that "mainstream" bands did/do. The goal isn't the mansion and swimming pool and supermodels and hanging out with Hollywood stars. Pressing 1000 45's and selling 900 and being able to gig regularly can be a huge success for a punk band, whereas not reaching the Top 40 would be a huge flop to a run-of-the-mill pop star. The scale of expectation is quite distinct.Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 10:37amI'm not really sure that the punk bands didn't want success (I'm talking about the UK bands here) as they all got some to some degree. If your message is wort hearing then you need all the media outlets to get it across to as many people as possible. The punk attitudes of not caring if your record only sells one copy was just good talk at the time. The bands here that sold little were just not that good really. I think this rule applies far better to the post punk bands who were not afraid to mix up the musical formula with new ideas/sounds.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Sep 2017, 6:33amAnd that's again where punk mostly mixes that commercial purpose up. As a rule, punk bands didn't expect to get radio play (some didn't want it), so the 45 is just about getting something out there as cheaply as possible to what's going to be a tiny audience.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Sep 2017, 9:02pmPlus of course your best track should be the single (not always the case) but it helps as that's the one that will receive the radio play and attract your audience. Of course in the case of punk the difficulty for some bands was getting that single air time.
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