Sell-Outs!

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Next.

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Next….

Topped by Pretty Ricky, of course.

Oh, and by the way, indie is the new mainstream.

I don't know why this would surprise anyone seeing how the CD is EVERYWHERE including on prominent displays at Target, Best Buy and…Starbucks.

Oh, and by the way, rhett is the new broken record.

i am surprised by this. i mean, i knew they were popular, but #2? they undoubtedly fall to #157 next week.

i guess i dont hang out at Target, Starbucks and Best Buy enough….

i'm more of a JCPenney, Dunkin Donuts, Circuit City kinda guy!

I go to Starbucks for the CDs.

Sellouts?!!!

I thought they sold out after their first album.

"All you know about me is what I've sold you,
Dumb fuck.
I sold out long before you ever even heard my name.
I sold my soul to make a record,
Dip shit,
and then you bought oooooooooooone!

All you
read and
Wear or
see and
Hear on
TV
Is a
product
Begging
for your
Fatass
dirty
Dollar.
So … Shut up and
Buy, my
Buy, myyy
new record
Buy, my
Buy,
Send more money."

source

Honestly, we all thought they were completely over-rated from the get-go, right? Who's with me?

for the record, i always thought they were pretty fucking annoying.

kinda like Belle and sebastian.

they've made it big now - of course we've always hated them! i'm insulted you'd think otherwise.

<note to self: need to change previous "album of the year" lists…>

Honestly, we all thought they were completely over-rated from the get-go, right? Who's with me?

The other thread about the album would say otherwise.

I don't care if they go to #2…more power to them. I still think they're a great band. But I think that once the record settles, the hype will subside and they can just get back to normal. Didn't Kid A go to #1?

Yeah, but Radiohead has never been an indie band.

Really? What are they? Brit-pop? I always kind of thought they were a British rock band that somehow went into indie-type territory. LP's like Kid A and Hail to the Thief aren't really what you could call commercial.

Didn't Kid A go to #1?

Yes. Amnesiac opened at #2, HTTT at #3.

I've never thought of Radiohead as an "indie" band, although they are quite popular with the "indie scene." I'd label them "alternative" pre-Kid A, "experimental" from then on.

Didn't they sell out when Garden State used their tunes for its soundtrack?

Since we're sharing our opinons, I liked one of the Garden State tunes. I watched them on ACL and the other songs did nothing for me.

Didn't they sell out when Garden State used their tunes for its soundtrack?

If you're going to argue being on a soundtrack is 'selling out,' then they 'sold out' long before that when they let McDonald's use New Slang in a commercial for 25k.

This was one I bought when it was on sale on Target last nite. I wanted to get this cd because The Shin's song The New Slang was a very good Rock song. I dont know if you listeners here have been paying close attention on song2 on this album there is Banjo! That is not Rock. Also song5 ( i think) is Disco! Not what I wanted from a good Rock band. I would return this cd but I threw it out the van window on hearing these songs. I could not find it when I went back, there were too many cars on the road. I would say: Beware of The Shins, they are No Longer Rock.