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Band that is the biggest sellout EVER!

lwoxley
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Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 08:24 AM UTC #
After taking my daughter to Albert Dock to the Beatles story, there is no question whatsofuckingever…..it has got to be the Beatles who were without a doubt the biggest sellouts in the history of the world.

At best they were an above average band, but a marketing phenomenom….Britney, N'Sync and Justin could all learn a thing or two from the Beatles.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 01:03 PM UTC #
The Beatles were overrated? Now there's a debate I've never heard before.

Mankie, you lose all your hipster vred you gained by "discovering" Anthony and his Johnson. It also means you are no longer very, very gay.
lionforce5
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 01:34 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
The Beatles were overrated? Now there's a debate I've never heard before.

Mankie, you lose all your hipster vred you gained by "discovering" Anthony and his Johnson. It also means you are no longer very, very gay.
what's vred? Is that an acronym for something?
markie
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 02:28 PM UTC #
I do have a beautiful south tea-towel at home.

How sold out is that?
Doctor Doom
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 02:30 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Whats up with All of the long names:
a google image search pulls up this nasty pic.

get well soon Mankie!
is that an STD?
ggw
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 03:04 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Miss MaRpIe:
I do have a beautiful south tea-towel at home.
Were you and Mankie tea-bagging at the show?
beedubyah
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 05:57 PM UTC #
Aerosmith.
Chisai Fry
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 06:03 PM UTC #
Hmmm….well I was hungry..

Leprosy?
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 06:23 PM UTC #
The Rolling Stones?
BLACKSTORM
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 07:18 PM UTC #
In the past 20 years I'd say Metallica with out a doubt and DMB not too far behind.
beetsnotbeats
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 05, 2005 at 11:20 PM UTC #
Originally posted by BLACKSTORM:
In the past 20 years I'd say Metallica with out a doubt and DMB not too far behind.
Dunno about DMB; weren't they already there? Or aren't they like Oakland, no there there?

Probably the biggest to me was Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge".
nkotb
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 06, 2005 at 01:45 PM UTC #
Yeah, I don't see how DMB could really have been sellouts. For all of the spite they receive from this board, I dont' think they're doing anything that they haven't been doing all along.

Now Metallica, they definitely jumped the shark with the Load album. Short hair and grunge riffs? Bogus. Give me Battery any day.

Originally posted by BLACKSTORM:
In the past 20 years I'd say Metallica with out a doubt and DMB not too far behind.
proudestmonkey22
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 06, 2005 at 07:28 PM UTC #
U2 without question…….REM's a big one…..but the beatles? THE BEATLES? GOOD GOD, MAN! the beatles started out as a pop band, and slowly became more experimental and pushed the genre farther than anyone thought possible until they became some of the greatest artists to ever walk this earth. If theyre anything, theyre the polar opposite of a sellout band. GOOD DAY SIR, I SAID GOOD DAY!!
skeeter
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 06, 2005 at 07:58 PM UTC #
Originally posted by j-money:
REM's a big one
Why do you consider REM sellouts? They're making the most commercially inaccessible music of their career. They've never done any sort of product endorsement or sponsorship deals. How have they sold-out?
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 06, 2005 at 08:00 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by j-money:
REM's a big one
Why do you consider REM sellouts? They're making the most commercially inaccessible music of their career. They've never done any sort of product endorsement or sponsorship deals. How have they sold-out?
By Bono going politically begging on the world stage.
godsshoeshine
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 06, 2005 at 08:03 PM UTC #
bono's in u2, dude
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 06, 2005 at 08:04 PM UTC #
Originally posted by god's shinebox:
bono's in u2, dude
U2, REM…what's the difference?

BTW, I bet dollars to donuts that you were a dedicated hall monitor back in grade school..?
markie
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Re: Band that is the biggest sellout EVER! April 06, 2005 at 08:10 PM UTC #
There has been a recrudency of R.E.M.-U2 lately because of the stated 'invasion', but it wasn't the stqart of it all. I think you're quite right to say that the two bands are similar - their history, friendship, evolution, political involvement. They're both 80's college alternative bands that broke out in the mainstream. As far as 'alternative' music works (at least, worked past in the time where the word alternative meant something), they are two of the most accessible bands of this movement, with a long history, and respected in the musical world.

I think it's exactly because those two bands are similar, that they are compared very often, that it get on everydoby's nerves. There has been countless U2 or R.E.M. threads asking which is better. Not only is this a bit stupid (at least, here on Murmurs), but it's also divisive. There is probably also a bit of jealousy about U2 getting more success (especially in America) than R.E.M.

Yet, overall, most R.E.M. fans respect U2 (some like, some dislike, and a few hate - but it's the same with almost every other band), and this board is no exception. But there are some friction at times. Some like to get into these fights.
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