Comments on: Countin’ Down The Drum Stems! Remixable Single Gives Radiohead A Hit

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:30:52 +0000

Double post! YEEEEEEEHHHHHAAAAWWWW>

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:30:29 +0000

@eliotvb: Well, aren't you special?

Gee, it is possible, especially for someone who does a weekly analysis of the singles chart, to discover this same information without reading your oh so deep insight? Yeah, I think so.

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:23:45 +0000

^ Wow. Pissy much?

Could it be that two people somewhere in the world came to the same conclusion at the same time and both posted about it on the interpages? Naaah, that'd never happen.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:06:43 +0000

I broke this story... thanks for the link, guys.

[blog.wired.com]

Don't expect me to link to your stories in the future.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:45:39 +0000

Finally, Radiohead gets some recognition state-side!

By the way, I'm doing a survey on digital music for a class at MIT. I'm giving $5 free credit on Amie Street to anyone who fills it. Check it out at: [www.surveymonkey.com]

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:13:00 +0000

@BakerStreetSaxSolo: Notwithstanding my Mariah Carey quip above, that's exactly what I'm saying-I totally expect at least one or two more major acts to follow Radiohead's lead sometime this year. The problem is, the gimmick is going to seem less fresh now, and few bands have a fanbase that's both as rabid and as geeky-creative as RH's.

But...maybe a hip-hop act next? Kanye? Gnarls Barkley? (They're not hip-hop, strictly speaking, but Danger Mouse's mixes would be fun to pull apart.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:03:51 +0000

Interestingly, “Nude” was used in the promos for the second season of the popular British television series “Skins” (kind of like a smarter “OC” or “Gossip Girl”, with a soundtrack that features Animal Collective, Vampire Weekend, etc). I’m a little embarrassed to admit that this promo was what got me listening to the new Radiohead album, which previously had just been sitting on my iPod for several weeks.

By: BakerStreetSaxSolo

BakerStreetSaxSolo — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:55:30 +0000

So do people think this remixable singles thing might catch on? If you say, on the one hand, that artists & labels are having to be ever more inventive to come up with ideas for new revenue streams, and on the other that music-making technology is cheaper, easier to use and more widely available than ever before (and the results can easily be shared with friends on MySpace)… doesn’t this all add up to a new kind of fan interactivity which artists and labels might actively encourage?

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:53:39 +0000

Oh, if anyone's still reading, I also think Tim's a genius, and there's not much he's done in the last few years I didn't like.

Apropos of nothing, here's a clip Tim himself posted to YouTube of him creating the awesome drum beat on "Stronger":

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:46:03 +0000

@Al Shipley: No worries at all.

I guess I'm talking about the thought that crosses my mind seemingly every time I hear a Timbaland song -- at least from the last couple of years -- "wow, Tim seems to plagiarize himself, or recycle, a lot, eh...eh...eh?"

Here's another example -- at the risk of embarrassing myself again: JT's "What Goes Around Comes Around" v. Rihanna's "Rehab" -- which even "featured" JT!