Oasis

[Guest]

It would be good. Especially if you were high.

[The Nal]

is this a kind of Father Ted type response?

"that would be an ecumenical matter"

??

[Mardy]

I reckon it's vital to remember that sales figures, especially in the light of Lou Reed carking last week, mean precisely fuck all. Velvet underground sold appallingly, Oasis sells a shitload.

And the Eccentronic Research Council can't shift 300 copies of their latest 7". It's a c**ts' game.

[Mardy]

Jesus, sorry, it's all moved on. People seem to be lauding Madonna and Take That.

[russycarps]

people are idiots. High sales generally means shite music, as it indicates more idiots are buying the music. Idiots like shite music because they are idiots.

Occasionaly there is the odd proper band that unites the masses of people with proper music taste, but it's rare as these sorts of sensible people have diverse tastes.

It's basic stuff.

[Guest]

I reckon it's vital to remember that sales figures, especially in the light of Lou Reed carking last week, mean precisely fuck all. Velvet underground sold appallingly, Oasis sells a shitload.

And the Eccentronic Research Council can't shift 300 copies of their latest 7". It's a c**ts' game.

[big joe]

people are idiots. High sales generally means shite music, as it indicates more idiots are buying the music. Idiots like shite music because they are idiots.

Occasionaly there is the odd proper band that unites the masses of people with proper music taste, but it's rare as these sorts of sensible people have diverse tastes.

It's basic stuff.

[Guest]

Wow, that's pretty stunning stuff. High sales = possible indicator of quality argument dismissed as non starter, to be replaced with high sales = shite music bought by idiots. Brilliant.

And what constitutes a 'proper' band? Or 'proper' music taste? No doubt an act that has sold 8000 albums, never had a top ten hit, is generally 'misunderstood' and makes 'challenging' music.

[russycarps]

And what constitutes a 'proper' band? Or 'proper' music taste?

[Ed209]

Just having a look at top selling artists of all time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists

Rihanna is number 16 already!?!? my lord.

To be fair, the top 7 is strong, Beatles, Elvis, MJ, Madge, Elton, Led Zep and Floyd. The pish n shit really starts coming in at number 8 and has a pretty strong grip over the rest.

[The Nal]

and Geri Halliwell's single only sold 393...!

[FloorFiller]

Was reading about this earlier. With lyrics like "I wanna have your baby, gonna have you like crazy......... then iron your shirt" I'm not surprised.

If anyones brave enough.........

Edited November 6, 2013 by FloorFiller

[The Nal]

i'm unashamed (well, maybe a bit ashamed) to say i find that song rather catchy!

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Wow, that's pretty stunning stuff. High sales = possible indicator of quality argument dismissed as non starter, to be replaced with high sales = shite music bought by idiots. Brilliant.

And what constitutes a 'proper' band? Or 'proper' music taste? No doubt an act that has sold 8000 albums, never had a top ten hit, is generally 'misunderstood' and makes 'challenging' music.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Was reading about this earlier. With lyrics like "I wanna have your baby, gonna have you like crazy......... then iron your shirt" I'm not surprised.

If anyones brave enough.........

[Ed209]

Who did they get to write this crap?! They must have spunked all their money on the video

oh. err ...

[FloorFiller]

Who did they get to write this crap?! They must have spunked all their money on the video

oh. err ...

[big joe]

It's pretty much bang on the money. The majority of big sellers in any media in the UK are the lowest common denominator because that's what the public want. Be it games, film, music, books etc.

[FloorFiller]

Sounds a bit like a smug minority dismissing the tastes of a happy majority. Sniping at the ill educated masses as they listen to their meat and potato music while you listen to music and enjoy films from a higher intellectual plain?

[Guest]

Sounds a bit like a smug minority dismissing the tastes of a happy majority. Sniping at the ill educated masses as they listen to their meat and potato music while you listen to music and enjoy films from a higher intellectual plain?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Sounds a bit like a smug minority dismissing the tastes of a happy majority. Sniping at the ill educated masses as they listen to their meat and potato music while you listen to music and enjoy films from a higher intellectual plain?

Edited November 6, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[russycarps]

Sounds a bit like a smug minority dismissing the tastes of a happy majority. Sniping at the ill educated masses as they listen to their meat and potato music while you listen to music and enjoy films from a higher intellectual plain?

Edited November 6, 2013 by russycarps

[manateemike]

why do you think the da vinci code sold millions of copies, whereas the wonderful book whose ideas it "borrowed" - foucault's pendulum - sold (relatively) bugger all?

because people are thick idiots.

[big joe]

Nope. I'm quite happy to declare my appreciation for Girls Aloud/Eastenders/FIFA etc. etc.

It's good for its purpose, which is the "fast food" thing, of being easy to consume, nothing much to think about, and leaving you with a sense of self loathing afterwards, and I'm pretty sure Noel and Liam realised this about Oasis.

One of the better things Liam mumbled incoherently in recent years was his regret that Oasis didn't actually do anything different and challenge themselves, and essentially made the same record for several years, just with increasing levels of Cocaine. Noel has said previously about how he knew things would sell as soon as soon as he wrote them, which is essentially because of the knowledge of what sells.

[Guest]

I usually (not always) look out for something that is a bit challening. You're just showing how marvelously inverted snobbery works now

Edited November 6, 2013 by tonyblair