Cool! Another media conglomerate that I'll never think about involving myself with!
― gage o (gage o), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)
The combination, bringing Sony's Beyonce Knowles (news) and Michael Jackson (news) together
with BMG's Britney Spears (news) and Pink, puts the two ahead of competitors EMI Group and
Time Warner's Warner Music, which are still discussing a merger. finally practical use to Conan O'Brien's "If They Mated" technology!
― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)
I imagine at the party they'll throw to celebrate the merger, the big wigs will all stand on tables and pound their chest King Kong style. Frightening.
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 6 November 2003 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)
Fuck, let 'em all merge. Easier to laugh at.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 November 2003 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)
Jeanne, that was the Tyco party. They carried off the guy's wife and drank vodka from a penis. By "big wigs" do you mean P-Funk will appear with old-school Parliamentary wigs?
― jazz odysseus, Thursday, 6 November 2003 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)
the only good thing i can think of that can come of this is the inherent truth in the old adage "the bigger they are, the harder they fall"
― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 6 November 2003 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)
If (Sony and BMG) stood alone, we would have to cut artist rosters and even closing activities in smaller countries," said BMG chief executive Rolf Schmidt-Holtz. "This merger is the best guarantee that we can maintain a broad roster of artists in the current environment."Record conglomerates fear pink slips? Bout time. Translation: "We spent too much on litigation on the little guy. Now, we have to join forces to avoid musical homelessness."
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 6 November 2003 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)
Iggy + Sum 41 Benefit Song Idea (in case merger fails due to crime-spree explosion of 12-yr olds)
We work so hard, so don't trip us up
Shakin' a leg like the tail o' the pup
We're payin' dues till we register heat
Sure hope we don't end up on the street
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
So many people rise and fall
Who's lookin' after us at all?
Nobody knows anybody at all
Strangers in paradise down at the mall
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
The life we live is tricky tricky
We love our homes, and our "family"
Who's gonna love you when the
Mountain gets steep?
We're gonna make it-with a sheep
― jazz odysseus, Thursday, 6 November 2003 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)
(plan includes remix cameo by Tricky if schedule permits, as it would be too tricky to get remix by Cameo without Mercury)
― jazz odysseus, Thursday, 6 November 2003 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)
A final agreement, which will exclude the companies' publishing and manufacturing operations [...]That makes sense, as those were the only profitable parts. So they both just dumped their lossmaking "recorded music" divisions in the same bin and called it a "joint venture"?
― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 6 November 2003 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)