<![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:11:54 EDT Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:11:54 EDT http://idolator.com/tunes/all-or-nothing-dept%27/-301043.php <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/all-or-nothing-dept%27/-301043.php#c2429743 @dennisobell: Granted, Radiohead fans love to mix and match like everyone else. However, Radiohead fans are more likely to PURCHASE the album in a single block than Britney fans, who would definitely seek to find the 2 or 3 "real" singles before ever thinking of spilling for the entire album (surprising facts concerning the falsehod of Britney as a "singles" artist aside).

I put "There There" in my mixes, but I still bought "Hail to the Thief" the day it dropped.

Halfwit

]]> 33:301043:c2429743 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:11:54 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/all-or-nothing-dept%27/-301043.php#c2429719 Yet Thom humped the shit out of his solo album on Itunes.

bedofnails

]]> 33:301043:c2429719 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:04:45 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/all-or-nothing-dept%27/-301043.php#c2427712 @Halfwit: Not only that, they've played shows since then and have played their new songs for audiences already.

And well...Thom Yorke's fat belly wasn't hanging out on MTV the other night.

pantsonfireliarliar

]]> 33:301043:c2427712 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:14:13 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/all-or-nothing-dept%27/-301043.php#c2427663 @Halfwit: So by that rationale, I guess if the new, all-digital Radiohead are serious about this "the album, and nothing but the album" strategy, they'll release their new opus as one long, Lovesexy-like track. Right?

'Cuz that's what the "dedicated fan base" wants: the whole album. They don't want to rip just one or two songs to their iPhone or put a favorite track on a mixtape, do they?

Or maybe even the rabid fan is human, has evolved since 2003, and likes to have control over his favorite Radiohead songs, just like everybody else.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:301043:c2427663 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:09:31 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/all-or-nothing-dept%27/-301043.php#c2427290 Lock any Radiohead thread from here on in.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:301043:c2427290 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:36:06 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/all-or-nothing-dept%27/-301043.php#c2427142 @dennisobell: Zing!

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:301043:c2427142 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:23:23 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/all-or-nothing-dept%27/-301043.php#c2427062 @dennisobell: I think Radiohead is in a MUCH better position to face the realities of the "new music industry" than Britney is. They're without a label, looking to release their newest album independently (and, in all likelihood, digitally), and they have a dedicated fan base who will actually pay money for albums that they may already own (see: Pink Floyd)

Halfwit

]]> 33:301043:c2427062 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:16:28 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/all-or-nothing-dept%27/-301043.php#c2426774 Pop quiz: What do Britney Spears and Radiohead have in common?

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Answer: They've both been out of the game since 2003, when each released her/their last studio album.

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Followup: What are they about to learn the hard way?

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Answer: The post-iTunes music world is a cold, cruel, let-the-people-have-what-they-want place.

Chris Molanphy

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