Factory catalogue system is an example too I guess, calling their first release A Factory Sample, FAC1 FAC3 & FAC4 being club nights, FAC7 being note paper, etc.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 1 April 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
The whole Mod phenomenon of the 60s implied that they were ready to fit in with the working world, although of course their loyalty was not to a given corporation but to the Mod style as a whole. But this is going back so far in time that notions of "corporatism" were very different.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:24 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
That was part of the irony (as best articulated by Who fan Irish Jack Lyons in the 2012 Quadrophenia documentary): these speed-gobbling but immaculately dressed kids would have jobs as filing clerks, and would be told, "Ah, you're management material!" Yep, no interest in that at all, gonna gulp some more pills now, thanks.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 1 April 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
This is quite a stretch from the thread title, but in "Legend of Paul Revere", Paul Revere and the Raiders admit, "our business manager is our biggest fan".
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
so there's this genre of music called hip-hop
― lukas, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
Yes I'm surprised nothing's been mentioned yet. I feel like there's something more genuine going on in hip hop than archness or irony though
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:48 (three years ago) link
Yeah it's not ironic but there is a self-awareness about it, a pushing through the fatigue of capitalism ... I dunno there are people on this board a million times more competent to speak to this.
― lukas, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
Erasure's 'Chorus', packaged like a piece of business software from the early 90s.https://lacyscottknight.blob.core.windows.net/stock/431703-0-medium.jpg?v=63732042696447
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNjVpThEEVk
― Call of Scampi: Slack Nephrops (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 April 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
Kiss, 'Dressed To Kill'https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/ar0/673ad9a3d424b73ee697e39305759203.jpgOnly Peter Criss actually owned a suit, so the other three are wearing suits belonging to their manager, which explains in particular Gene Simmons' goofy appearance.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 1 April 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
explains some of it
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 1 April 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/812b6xKdRpL._AC_SY450_.jpg
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 1 April 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
CTRL-F "Corwood Industries" not found
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Thursday, 1 April 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
seems like there's a line to be drawn here between the OP and "bands posing in suits for a photo"
or maybe that's just putting too much thought/effort into it, and we don't really want to turn this into another New Jersey
― alpine static, Thursday, 1 April 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/The_Board_of_Directors_%28album%29.jpeg
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 1 April 2021 20:16 (three years ago) link
This sort of self branding usually invokes fetishism for early digital technology and '80s commercial and marketing aesthetics. A lot of Vaporwave certainly fits the bill.
― HuskerDoolittle, Thursday, 1 April 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
The difference in hip-hop is that Jay-Z may be a business, man, but he's also keeping it real. Realer than Sigue Sigue Sputnik, anyway.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 1 April 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
Windows 95 / “Start Me Up” is the classic text here
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Thursday, 1 April 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
also, equation of sharp suits and corporate culture feels weirdly off to me.....like, show me pictures of bands dressed like 1995 Gates & Ballmer dancing
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Thursday, 1 April 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
I know we all tried to erase it from our memories, but Arcade Fire tried to do this with Everything Now.
― triggercut, Friday, 2 April 2021 02:13 (three years ago) link
I’ve always been keen to see the Rolling Stones push the band-as-brand ethos to its logical endpoint, and recast the band. Then the Authorised Rolling Stones can continue generating income after the current members are retired/dead. Kind of like how they recast James Bond, or how superheroes sometimes pass on the mantle. I think they could actually do it?
I like it because it might cause some boomers to stroke out from worrying about authenticity. I also like the idea of a teenage fan getting excited about “the new Mick” in 2047.
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Friday, 2 April 2021 02:46 (three years ago) link
Menudo have done this for decades
the Pet Shop Boys used to complain that people didn't take them seriously when, in the '80s, they talked of their plans to recast the band with a bunch of young hotties, or a couple of nuns, every few years.
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Friday, 2 April 2021 02:57 (three years ago) link
Maroon 5 LLC
― J. Sam, Friday, 2 April 2021 03:01 (three years ago) link