― pscott (elwisty), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link
(one unrelated point i'm completely mystified on - i don't know ANYONE who downloads legally. they either download illegally, or they don't download. who the fuck are these people?)
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― gah, Monday, 15 May 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Lex, they are the MP-She Generation. You are so out of the loop.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
i am guessing you don't socialize with the kind of people who say "oh where can i download that song by snow patrol i just heard on radio 2?" and then consult q magazine for answer.
― pscott (elwisty), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
i download legally from Bleep because:
a) great, weird stuff that's hard to find elsewhere (Ryan Teague, Bibio, El Perro Del Mar, Paul D Miller, Virus Syn, rare Isolee, Fairmont, Bob McFadden and other ace people you've never heard of) unless you sift for ages
b) 50% goes to the artists
c) DRM-free, meaning you can play it on anything, and it's usually 320kbps now so the quality is as good as can be whilst still compressed and tagged.
d) this sort of thing needs support from digital music-lovers
e) i am having it off with the creators of Bleep, obv.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
The Pussycat Dolls? Well done!
― StanM (StanM), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Monday, 15 May 2006 16:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Monday, 15 May 2006 20:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Sadly it wouldn't. Because the kids would think he's "old", and they seem to be more preoccupied with the age, looks and image of the performer than the actual quality of the music.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 15 May 2006 20:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Btw. there are 20 singles throughout UK chart history that have topped the charts for longer than "Crazy", and there seemed to be around 10-15 singles that did also top them for 7 weeks.
7 weeks is not dramatic. It is kind of the way it is supposed to be. One new chart topper each week is a sign of bad quality, which was also the case when the likes of Bryan Adams, Wet Wet Wet, Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey stayed on top of the UK or US charts forever back in the early to mid 90s.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 15 May 2006 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 May 2006 20:55 (seventeen years ago) link
This is the record we need released:
Been out all night, I needed a biteI thought I'd put a record onI reached for the one with the ultra-modern labelAnd wondered where the light had goneIt had a futuristic coverLifted straight from Buck RogersThe record was so black it had to be a conThe autochanger switched as I filled my sandwichAnd futuristic sounds warbled off and onChorus :The Black Hit Of SpaceIt's the one without a faceIt's the one that doesn't fitYou can only see the flipThe Black Hit Of SpaceSucking in the human raceHow can it stay at the topWhen it's swallowed all the shops?As the song climbed the chartsThe others disappeared'Til there was nothing but it left to buyIt got to number oneThen into minus figuresThough nobody could understand why(Chorus)I couldn't stand this bland sound any more so I walked towards my deck toturn it off. All I could see was the B-side of the disc which had assumed adoughnut shape with the label on the outside rim. I reached for the armwhich was less than one micron long but weighed more than Saturn and timestood still. I knew I had to escape but every time I tried to flee, therecord was in front of me.The Black Hit Of SpaceGet James Burke on the caseIt's the hit that's never goneTime stops when you put it...
― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Monday, 15 May 2006 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 15 May 2006 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 15 May 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 15 May 2006 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 15 May 2006 23:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 May 2006 23:33 (seventeen years ago) link
I download through Bleep, Beatport, Dancetracks, Kompakt and others on a weekly basis. It makes a lot more sense to buy a 320K rip of a tune for $1.50-$2.50 than to pay $12 for an import single. Plus, you can hear a big difference between a crappy 192K P2P rip and a 320K rip from a legitimate source when you play tunes on a club system.
― jeffery (jeffery), Monday, 15 May 2006 23:36 (seventeen years ago) link
Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding World Cup World CupDing ding ding ding ding ding ding dingWorld Cup World Cup
The great thing is, it doesn't need any work.
I would like to legally download huge great 20 minute krautrock tracks. Is this possible?
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Action Tim Vision (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:09 (seventeen years ago) link
so long-running No 1s are a sign of good quality (eg Wet Wet Wet in the UK), but a No 1 each week is a sign of bad quality (eg Wet Wet Wet in the US)???
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:17 (seventeen years ago) link
is the milian single out properly yet? the milian single has made me reassess her as the greatest artist this century has yet produced.
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Action Tim Vision (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 08:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:19 (seventeen years ago) link
I predict Marcello is mildly embarrassed by this in five years time. It's a pretty good song - the production is really plodding, I think, the kind of thing everyone likes a bit (whereas everyone LOVES other Song Xs, viz "Hung Up")
― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:27 (seventeen years ago) link
(xpost, obv)
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:27 (seventeen years ago) link
I can't even see how it's bigger than something like "Hey Ya".
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:30 (seventeen years ago) link
and then two years later you remember you awesome they were, plus with added nostalgia value.
i do actually think 'crazy' is a genuine Song X! i think the production is crap BUT compared with the bluntian acoustica and britrock revival drivel which is getting all the attention at the moment, it's veritably neptunes-esque. and for the casual consumer (who are the ones who really drive Song Xs) that's what probably appeals.
also i don't think we can overlook cee-lo's voice, that really is amazing.
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:40 (seventeen years ago) link
when people say this song is plodding, what do they mean? the tempo? it's 'Da Funk' speed so does 'Da Funk' plod too? 'Da Funk' sounds 'madder' i suppose, 'ironically'. but 'Crazy' is a SONG. it's not meant to be 'Hey Ya', and the backlash on that was pretty severe. 'Crazy's success is a huge surprise i think, despite what Ronan says being correct re catchiness/Hornby-approval).
DM does some nice stuff with the moody strings and choiri think, esp. changing ther notes around on Cee-Lo's second verse.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 09:45 (seventeen years ago) link
Where does "Where Is The Love?" feature in all this?
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:05 (seventeen years ago) link
There's studium mass appeal and there's punctum mass appeal.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 May 2006 10:09 (seventeen years ago) link
18 weeks - Frankie Laine, I Believe (1953) 16 weeks - Bryan Adams, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1991) 15 weeks - Wet Wet Wet, Love Is All Around (1994) 11 weeks - Slim Whitman, Rose Marie (1955) 10 weeks - David Whitfield, Cara Mia (1954) 10 weeks - Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You (1992)
Source: Official UK Charts Company
ella, ella, ella, ey-ey-ey
― pisces, Sunday, 22 July 2007 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
7 weeks at number 1 for Mark Ronson in the Uk.
― piscesx, Monday, 2 February 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
8 long weeks for Drake at number 1. 8 weeks!? longest run for a single in 9 years.
― piscesx, Monday, 6 June 2016 11:18 (seven years ago) link
How does it go?
― Mark G, Monday, 6 June 2016 11:48 (seven years ago) link
I can't remember the last time I paid attention to the charts... probably about 10 years ago or something. I always took more notice of the album chart, too.
― Turrican, Monday, 6 June 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
It's been a minute for me, too. Are Wilson Phillips and Boyz II Men still a thing?
― What's Your Definition of a Dirty Baby? (Old Lunch), Monday, 6 June 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
they're triple dating.
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Monday, 6 June 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
did "the sign" finally fall off the charts?
― hypnic jerk (rushomancy), Monday, 6 June 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
There's a special hell somewhere where that fucking Bryan Adams song is still number one, I'm sure.
― Turrican, Monday, 6 June 2016 23:30 (seven years ago) link
this is nuts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36794105
Drake's single only topped the sales-only chart in the first three weeks of its reign. It's only the inclusion of streaming data (where 100 plays count as one sale) that has given him a lock on the number one spot. And that's something that's starting to worry the music industry, because now that the charts measure consumption rather than purchases, they have practically ground to a halt.
In the first six months of 2016, there were 86 new entries in the UK singles chart. Ten years ago, that figure was 230.
― piscesx, Sunday, 17 July 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
I noticed the other week that the top eight singles in the UK didn't change (not even order) over two weeks, which is... strange.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 17 July 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
ten years ago the number of new entries only spending one week on the chart was probably also super high, so no use pretending the chart was problem-free then either. even 'big' hits would frequently enter at their peak and spend a pitifully short time in the top 10 for the majority of the digital music era until recently.
it's pretty common for the industry to have to adjust how it works its product after the charts undergo semi-radical methodological revisions. when soundscan and broadcast data systems numbers were first implemented for the hot 100 in 1991, the main finding was that, on the radio and retail sides, the strongest hits were both breaking much faster and sticking around much longer than would have been reflected by the old survey-based methodology. in order to keep 'playing the charts' as an effective means of marketing singles, some in the industry tried a bizarre series of strategies to try to manipulate the new methodology in their favor. others realized they could market songs to radio, and their parent albums to consumers, without the assistance of singles retail whatsoever. the result was that the hot 100 was both more and less representative of the current state of pop singles consumption for the greater part of the entire 1990s decade. by the time things were 'figured out' (around 1999) and the charts started seeing decent turnaround of singles that were actually popular, not just popular because labels wanted them to appear as such, the singles retail market was in its death throes due to the combination of unsustainable strategies the labels had assumed during those years.
i think this time around the industry won't have to bumble around as long to figure it out. or at least i hope. (they may very well kill the digital downloads market, though. r.i.p. itunes!)
― dyl, Sunday, 17 July 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
Ed Sheeran. Number 1 AND 2 for 5 weeks straight.
― piscesx, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:39 (seven years ago) link
His music's always been piss and shit, tbf.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Friday, 10 February 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
Interesting thread here:
In a fitting end to the 2010s, Jeff Bezos is responsible for the last Number 1 Single of the year, Ellie Goulding's "River" (by Joni Mitchell).Here's how:1. You can't find it on Spotify, Apple, Google.2. That's because - aside from Youtube - it's Amazon exclusive.and...— dan barker (@danbarker) December 28, 2019
― groovypanda, Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link
wow, hadn't heard anything about that! Crazy story!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 30 December 2019 02:25 (four years ago) link
it was posted in the system glitch thread
― dyl, Monday, 30 December 2019 04:03 (four years ago) link
https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-rock-songs
― j., Monday, 30 December 2019 05:34 (four years ago) link
that's pretty grim. i can only handle about four of the top twenty.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 30 December 2019 05:38 (four years ago) link