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dnburgess

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« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2005, 02:05:56 AM »
The Wall is the best selling album released in the 70s. DSOTM is #8. Animals clocked in at #53 and Wish You Were Here (which is my persnal favourite Floyd album and IMHO a more accomplished achievement than DSOTM) was #33. All in all a pretty productive decade.
 
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« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2005, 02:28:42 AM »
Using Tapestry's sales of 10M as the benchmark, its interesting to slice across the decades.
 
Only 5 albums released in the 60s have sold 10M or more. 3 x Beatles and 2 x Led Zep. Say no more.
 
70s: 13 - Carole King; Billy Joel; Van Halen;3 x Led Zep; Meat Loaf; 2 x Pink Floyd; Eagles; Saturday NF; Boston; Fleetwood Mac.
 
80s: 19 - Van Halen; 2 x Whitney; Lionel Ritchie; Madonna; George Michael; U2; 2 x Michael Jackson; Bon Jovi; Dirty Dancing; Def Lepard; Dire Straits; 2 x Bruce; Prince; Phil Collins; G'n'R; AC/DC. A pretty diverse bunch - but cracks definitely showing - although many could make a reasonable claim to global superstar status - some even classic albums.
 
90s: 37 - Spice Girls; Notorius BIG; Creed; 2 x Dixie Chicks; Green Day; Lion King; No Doubt; MC Hammer; Nirvanna; 2 x Mariah; Eric Clapton; Jewel; Kid Rock; TLC; 2 x Celine; Titanic; Boyz II Men; Matchbox 20; Pearl Jam; Kenny G; Forrest Gump; 2 x Shania; 'talica; 2 x Backstreet Boys; Britney; 3 x Garth; Santana; Hootie; Alanis; Whitney. It seemed to get a lot easier to sell a lot of albums - there aren't too many that will still be being played in 10 years time.
 
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« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2005, 09:26:08 AM »
Hey David,
 
Wish you were here is my second favorite (followed by Echoes, which really has some questionable stuff on it).  Have a Cigar and Welcome to the Machine just seem out of place on that album to me.  Everything fits just right on DSOTM.  Without question the production is smoother on Wish You Were Here though.  
 
An interesting side note, many people have made reference to the Wizard of Oz-DSOTM phenomenon, which I feel is an interesting set of coincidences, but nothing more.  However, the final scene of Space Oddessy 2001, Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite, syncs perfectly with the song echoes.  There is a high ping sound at the beginning of the song that should be timed to strike at the same time that the subtitle for the final scene of the movie.  The combination of the two media is incredible, and they appear to be perfectly in sync.  I do not think this is mere chance though, like the case of the DSOTM scenario.  I recall reading in A Saucer Full of Secrets,the Pink Floyd biography, that Kubrick actually approached them to do the soundtrack, but they declined because they were trying to down play a science fiction band image they had acquired.  Perhaps they later regretted it?

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« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2005, 02:08:12 PM »
The Spice Girls?  Really??  Oh, yeah.  Aren't they the ones with the song that went:
We can't sing and we can't dance.
But we look really good in spandex pants.
 
Garth Brooks.  This is just what I believe to be a bit of an explanation not necessarily a defense.  I am not much of a country music fan.  There is some of it that I enjoy and appreciate musically.  I think I'm remembering the Garth Brooks story correctly.  Garth grew up listening to rock.  He went to rock concerts.  He knew that there was a lot more to seeing someone live than watching them onstage playing their songs.  When he started to gain popularity and momentum in his career he started to put on stage shows that drew on what the rock acts had been doing for a long time.  He wanted to entertain a new country audience that had gone to rock concerts in the past and liked a little more excitement in a show.  Yes, it is more marketing that music but it is a big part of the phenomenal success that he has enjoyed.
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« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2005, 05:25:25 AM »
Basically, as dear old Jer' said, the music business has nothing to do with music!
 
LOL
 
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