MOST "FANS" PAID NOTHING for Radiohead album

Indifference

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SOC7200&show_article=1

pjtaper

I paid nothing... why? Because the last 2 Radiohead albums before this one were HORRIBLE, and I bought them both... I'm not a fan of this new one either...

DaytimeDilemma

pjtaper wrote:

I paid nothing... why? Because the last 2 Radiohead albums before this one were HORRIBLE, and I bought them both... I'm not a fan of this new one either...

Hrm. Can't say I agree with this. I loved Amnesiac and HTTT was pretty good. This one is better than both, though.

facepollution

pjtaper wrote:

I paid nothing... why? Because the last 2 Radiohead albums before this one were HORRIBLE, and I bought them both... I'm not a fan of this new one either...

I totally agree.

I really gave the new one a go, and whilst it has its moments, it's nothing on their past records in my opinion. There was a time when Thom Yorke used to sing, but his voice seems to be reduced to a crying whine these days.

I understand why people like the later albums, but they don't really feature any of the aspects that drew me to Radiohead in the first place. That 3 pronged guitar attack used to sound incredible on songs like The Bends, My Iron Lung and Just. To me they are just a pretentious bunch of musos these days. Nothing about the new stuff excites me at all.

I still totally respect what they did with the new album though. I would be interested to know how much money they have made in total .

mulva9

I don't really place too much validity on this "research."

itsevobaby

it has moments of greatness, but the greatness is pretty subtle these days

harmless_little_f***

I really like the new album, but that's not the point.

You know what they say: ask a silly question, get a silly answer. Or maybe that should be charge nothing for your cd, don't be surprised if you get zilch back.

Zoso

pjtaper wrote:

I paid nothing... why? Because the last 2 Radiohead albums before this one were HORRIBLE, and I bought them both... I'm not a fan of this new one either...

why did you buy the new one at all than. I dont blame the fans paying next to nothing for it. People aren't made of money and if there is a cheap deal out there they will take it for as little as possible.

mookeywrench

1.2 million downloaded the album, 38 percent paid, average payment of 6 bucks, 100% royalties.

they made 2.74 million for leaking their album....poor fellas

CD album to come... all royalties minus distribution label royalties
80 dollar vinyl to come... all royalties minus distribution

tour to come

merchandise sales to come

copyright/publishing royalties

I hope they'll be able to survive

intodeep

mulva9 wrote:

I don't really place too much validity on this "research."

I don't either they polled a few hundred people? I do'nt know if the sample size is large enough to produce a valid result.

I could see it being a lot lower or a lot higher i'm not sure.

drew0

(1) As it was pointed above, they still got over 2.5 million for leaking the album. Millions more will come with the box set, and even more millions with the upcoming tour and merchandise sales. And they haven't already made millions of their soldout shows of arenas across the country and chart topping albums, so I hope they'll still be able to feed themselves.

(2) I have bought every one of their albums (except Amnesiac), for full price. I don't really feel bad about receiving their latest album for free. As it was said before, it had it's moment of greatness but was on par with the last two albums. Certainly no OK Computer or the Bends (but...what is, really).

(3) If they didn't want people to buy it for free, they wouldn't have done that.

(4) I would reason that a large percentage of their fanbase is college students to young adults (20-30). Do you really expect broke college students to pay for something that they could get for free?

JOEJOEJOE

mookeywrench wrote:

1.2 million downloaded the album, 38 percent paid, average payment of 6 bucks, 100% royalties.

they made 2.74 million for leaking their album....poor fellas

CD album to come... all royalties minus distribution label royalties
80 dollar vinyl to come... all royalties minus distribution

tour to come

merchandise sales to come

copyright/publishing royalties

I hope they'll be able to survive

it cost money to record an album...and publishing royalties, though the band get some back, are paid out of the album sales.

MattCameronKicksButt

but why did they do this? Is it well documented? Does anyone know?

Evacuation Rules

pjtaper wrote:

I paid nothing... why? Because the last 2 Radiohead albums before this one were HORRIBLE, and I bought them both... I'm not a fan of this new one either...

Get real. Radiohead's last 2 albums were brilliant and so is this one. I've already listened to this new one about 30 times which is 28 more times than I listened to "Avocado".

pjtaper

JWBusher wrote:

Get real. Radiohead's last 2 albums were brilliant and so is this one. I've already listened to this new one about 30 times which is 28 more times than I listened to "Avocado".

Well, I'm pretty sure you are on the wrong message board...

morocka

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

it cost money to record an album...and publishing royalties, though the band get some back, are paid out of the album sales.

Studio time and a producer like Nigel Goodrich are costly, however they prob. have their own studio at this point and would only be paying the producer.
Does anyone know if Goodrich produced this one for sure, or did they do it themselves?

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

probably would have made more if they just set a price.

Brain of J.Lo

Just out of curiosity, why is "fans" in quotation marks in the title?

Jellyrolls

You make it sound like a bad thing that people didn't buy it. Radiohead put it on the internet for people to choose how they wanted to get the album. If they cared about how much they make, they would have set a price.

lukins fridge

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Just out of curiosity, why is "fans" in quotation marks in the title?

are you being sarcastic? it's because they must not be fans if they are not giving the band money for their music....actually the quotes are sarcasim

anyway, i like this album alot, but Radiohead has entered Pearl Jam realm for me...i'll pretty much like anything they put out. i'm biased.

that study is b.s...over a million downloaded it, but only 200 polled...ummmmmm that's not exactly how it works.

wickedmonkeyz

I have not downloaded In Rainbows yet, but if I do I can tell you that knowing a proper cd release is in the near future will affect how much I pay...probably would not pay nothing, but I wouldn't pay a normal album price when that is not what is being offered...I'm not bothered by it, Radiohead will get my money when the album with artwork is out in stores, not to mention when they finally go out and tour again