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Wandering around Harlow today.
A bad idea as it raises my hackles anyway. Too many fat teenage mums with the Croydon facelift, too many oi-oi boys in baseball caps and sovereign rings.
But, and this was the day after I witnessed the entire media and most of the public start baaahing about how godlike our Rugby team was.
And, in a way, this follows in that idiot herd mentality of people attaching themselves to something in order to appear cool and "Yeah, I like, had the t-shirt before they became big".
Virgin Megastores.
I wanted to pick up another copy of the San Quentin concert on CD, as the vinyl copy I stole from ma ages ago is not up to par.
So I wander over to the country rack. Managed to grab an Emmy-Lou Harris best of for £5.99 so that's all good.
And then I get to the Johnny Cash rack. Now, I know it's going to be a long shot, because I've tried before in this store and they've only had 2 "best ofs", and I've got most of those tracks on old albums.
But what's this?
Why it's most of his entire back catalogue!
And all at £13-£20!
What the hell? Why am I expected to pay three times as much as before, simply because he's now dead.....ah, I get it. Now I understand.
He's dead, and suddenly loads of people are all "yeah man, I've loved Johnny Cash for years, he was such a legend, yeah..." and his back catalogue shoots up in price.
Happened with The Blockheads albums as well (I recommend "New Boots & Panties" for the uninitiated).
They even have a Johnn Cash calender for sale.
*slow clap*
If these people had any clue whatsoever about The Man in Black, then they'd know he would sneer at this sudden cash-in attempts.
He was refused recognition by the American Country Music Hall of Fame for so many years, and they eventually asked him for a picture as they decided to honour his contribution of the past 30+ years.
So American Recordings and Johnny Cash placed a full page advert with the text:
""American Recordings and Johnny Cash would like to acknowledge the Nashville music establishment and country radio for your support."
This is the advert:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tehughes/bcms/ johnnycash.jpeg
So if you like Johnny Cash, or are aware of the ethos behind his music, you'd be surprised as hell to discover a calender for chrissakes, and his music repriced to cash in on his death and sudden appeal to the masses.
Why?
Why do people suddenly become fashionably interested in an artist once he dies? Is there some cache to pretending to be a fan?
I remember when eMpTyV gave the award for best male performance video to Justin Timberlake, and his acceptance speech included "Wow, I'm really embrassed because there's somebody much more deserving of this than me...I grew up listening to Johnny Cash, he's a legend and I accept this for him"
Yet when Cash died, they ran a programme dedicated to him.
Hypocrites? You thought some teeny white Michael Jackson tribute act was more deserving, yet suddenly you're all concerned and integrity filled?
Don't make me puke.
And please, don't rush out and buy Johnny Cash albums now he's dead, it marks you for the sort of tool that has a Kurt Cobain poster on your wall.
A bad idea as it raises my hackles anyway. Too many fat teenage mums with the Croydon facelift, too many oi-oi boys in baseball caps and sovereign rings.
But, and this was the day after I witnessed the entire media and most of the public start baaahing about how godlike our Rugby team was.
And, in a way, this follows in that idiot herd mentality of people attaching themselves to something in order to appear cool and "Yeah, I like, had the t-shirt before they became big".
Virgin Megastores.
I wanted to pick up another copy of the San Quentin concert on CD, as the vinyl copy I stole from ma ages ago is not up to par.
So I wander over to the country rack. Managed to grab an Emmy-Lou Harris best of for £5.99 so that's all good.
And then I get to the Johnny Cash rack. Now, I know it's going to be a long shot, because I've tried before in this store and they've only had 2 "best ofs", and I've got most of those tracks on old albums.
But what's this?
Why it's most of his entire back catalogue!
And all at £13-£20!
What the hell? Why am I expected to pay three times as much as before, simply because he's now dead.....ah, I get it. Now I understand.
He's dead, and suddenly loads of people are all "yeah man, I've loved Johnny Cash for years, he was such a legend, yeah..." and his back catalogue shoots up in price.
Happened with The Blockheads albums as well (I recommend "New Boots & Panties" for the uninitiated).
They even have a Johnn Cash calender for sale.
*slow clap*
If these people had any clue whatsoever about The Man in Black, then they'd know he would sneer at this sudden cash-in attempts.
He was refused recognition by the American Country Music Hall of Fame for so many years, and they eventually asked him for a picture as they decided to honour his contribution of the past 30+ years.
So American Recordings and Johnny Cash placed a full page advert with the text:
""American Recordings and Johnny Cash would like to acknowledge the Nashville music establishment and country radio for your support."
This is the advert:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tehughes/bcms/ johnnycash.jpeg
So if you like Johnny Cash, or are aware of the ethos behind his music, you'd be surprised as hell to discover a calender for chrissakes, and his music repriced to cash in on his death and sudden appeal to the masses.
Why?
Why do people suddenly become fashionably interested in an artist once he dies? Is there some cache to pretending to be a fan?
I remember when eMpTyV gave the award for best male performance video to Justin Timberlake, and his acceptance speech included "Wow, I'm really embrassed because there's somebody much more deserving of this than me...I grew up listening to Johnny Cash, he's a legend and I accept this for him"
Yet when Cash died, they ran a programme dedicated to him.
Hypocrites? You thought some teeny white Michael Jackson tribute act was more deserving, yet suddenly you're all concerned and integrity filled?
Don't make me puke.
And please, don't rush out and buy Johnny Cash albums now he's dead, it marks you for the sort of tool that has a Kurt Cobain poster on your wall.
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But Hendrix wrote good music. Consistently. Kobain didn't.
I'd like to slap every teenager in a Kurt Cobain t-shirt. Not very nice of me, but there you go.
*conveniently ignores the fact that he has a Jimi Hendrix t-shirt, because you can't actually tell that it's him, it just looks cool*
*conveniently ignores the fact that he has a Jimi Hendrix t-shirt, because you can't actually tell that it's him, it just looks cool*
Same with Kobain. Nirvana weren't that good at all, they wouldn't be even nearly as popular as they are now if he hadn't blown himself away.
Oh yeah, and I know someone who works in an Oxfam record shop and they have a 'Dead Section' laid out on a black tablecloth where they jack up the price of knackered LPs by dead people. And all in the name of charity.
Cyclone wrote:
> It seems to me, (as a pretty much ignorant outsider) that Tupac Shakir
> is incredibly popular.......because he died......?
It certainly isn't due to the quality of his music. Ditto Puff Daddy who became popular because, er, his mate died.
The difference between them and Johnny Cash is that they were crap in the first place.
> It seems to me, (as a pretty much ignorant outsider) that Tupac Shakir
> is incredibly popular.......because he died......?
It certainly isn't due to the quality of his music. Ditto Puff Daddy who became popular because, er, his mate died.
The difference between them and Johnny Cash is that they were crap in the first place.
*album
And on that note, he should have another labum out soon!
It seems to me, (as a pretty much ignorant outsider) that Tupac Shakir is incredibly popular.......because he died......?
Never ben a fan of Johnny Cash, wasn't aware he'd died, don't feel any compulsion to go out and buy his albums.
Well that puts me in a difficult position, because I've always loved Johnny Cash but all the music of his that I own is downloaded. So now I can't go and buy an album because I'm just jumping on the bandwagon... hmmm...
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