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is there any correlation between quality & record sales now? it seems that we're in a weird state of having the best pop singles in a long time but people aren't buying them... what does this mean?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 17 August 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

ok the obv & oft-repeated answer to the conundrum is that downloads, video games, movies, etc have reduced the amount of cash that people are willing to spend on music...but what I'm wondering is what The Industry could be doing differently then... if you've got Sean Paul and Beyonce and The White Stripes and The Darkness churning out bona fide HITS and still nobody's buying, what can they do?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 17 August 2003 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

not sure if this is relevant but.. i was watching a programme called heavy tv the other night and they were discussing ring tones out-selling singles so far this year and normski argued that this isnt a bad thing because ring tones should be considered another format like 7", cds, mp3s, tapes etc. i think this is a really interesting idea.

― sean g, Sunday, 17 August 2003 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

The Darkness churning out bona fide HITS

Did the Darkness have a hit in Canada, then?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 17 August 2003 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

no, I wish. it's not even out yet here. big hit in the UK though or so I have read.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 17 August 2003 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, small point, but have you seen the price of CD singles in the UK recently?!?!?!? Near the 4 quid mark for flips sake!!!! I think this might possibly have something to do with falling singles sales!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Monday, 18 August 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Did the Darkness have a hit in Canada, then?
Couldn't be. We spell it BONA FIDE.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 18 August 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

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