Think Nothing ...I know it for a fact. :cool: It's not rocket science -I don't read the mags, don't watch the music channels, don't listen to music radio. I make magnanimous exceptions in all those but by and large that's the size of it. I do have a "default setting" of contrarian I suppose so I don't expect to like much pop music and am therefore not often pleasantly surprised. But how bad.Quote:
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...nnnnnow your putting words in my mouth. U2 have many, many fans. By and large it's safe to say most of them will be pre-disposed to liking new U2 product as ...well they're U2 fans. Many will like the record, enough to make it a big hit. Others within that rump of U2 fans may even buy it for other reasons instead or as well ...sentimental, loyalty, completeness. They're not invalid reasons ...I'm sure I've done so myself with a couple of my own personal favourites.Quote:
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But without reference to U2 fans at all I stand by my belief that there is a huge rump within the target market of the record buying public who consistently buy what they're told to buy. It's an established if imperfect science that involves an amount of product positioning bought with an inordinate amount of cash. X pretty much guarantees a top 30 placing, X+Y guarantees top 20, XX+YY guarantees top 10. These days only X-Factor guarantees No. 1 -and that's only for a week at Christmas. There is of course an error margin in all this as well ...which is why record companies will tell you they can only afford to pay bands 10% of their own money.
But more often than not ...if a bunch of the right suits sitting around a conference table decide their going to make you a famous pop-starlet -it's on.
I refer the honourable member to my previous answer.Quote:
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