If you're reading Rock and the Pop Narcotic for pop chart stats...
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 11 January 2015 16:09 (eleven years ago)
"EVERY HUGE ARTIST HAS A BE HERE NOW" AKA the UK version
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 11 January 2015 16:18 (eleven years ago)
Backing up, to say Weezer Make Believe was an event album is really wrong, looks like it's not even multiplatinum, American Idiot is from the year before, did 15M sales, spawned a Broadway musical, and rewrote Green Days critical/establishment cred to the point they got in the Hall of Fame
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 11 January 2015 16:18 (eleven years ago)
hahahaha holy fuck
― soyrev, Sunday, 11 January 2015 16:20 (eleven years ago)
ilxor...
Dire Straits?
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 11 January 2015 16:54 (eleven years ago)
On Every Street did go platinum in the US (& sold 10 million worldwide) but I don't remember it being an event record. It felt like Dire Straits had been gone for too long.
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Sunday, 11 January 2015 19:02 (eleven years ago)
It also came out about two weeks before Nevermind
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Sunday, 11 January 2015 19:03 (eleven years ago)
iirc, Knopfler confidently and repeatedly proclaimed at the time that OES would be the biggest-selling album of all time.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 11 January 2015 19:04 (eleven years ago)
that's his own affair
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Sunday, 11 January 2015 19:06 (eleven years ago)
I certainly remember a LOT of coverage in non music media (tabloids/tv) but i swear i cant remember any of the singles
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 11 January 2015 19:13 (eleven years ago)
I remember "Calling Elvis" and "Heavy Fuel" getting tons of AOR airplay, though apparently neither of them charted. I also remember despising both songs.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 11 January 2015 19:18 (eleven years ago)
wiki says Calling Elvis only got to #21 but I think it got a lot of airplay as i listened on youtube and actually remember it
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 11 January 2015 19:22 (eleven years ago)
(UK)
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 11 January 2015 19:23 (eleven years ago)
CAS was their final album so I guess the game was really up
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Sunday, 11 January 2015 19:27 (eleven years ago)
beasties have no new jerseythese five words i swear to you
― billstevejim, Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:11 (eleven years ago)
I had to google fairweather johnson. Hootie had zero impact over here. Like DMB i wouldnt even know who they were if it wasnt for the internet
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:15 (eleven years ago)
I wish I could say that
I guess they don't have khaki low profile baseball hats in the UK though
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:16 (eleven years ago)
where is this magical place you speak of
― World B Frizzle (rip van wanko), Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:19 (eleven years ago)
you guys didnt get ocean colour scene, stereophonics and other britpop shit that we all hate and you guys wonder who we are talking about.nu metal otoh did cross here
xpthe UK
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:19 (eleven years ago)
the land where kula shaker had hits.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:20 (eleven years ago)
OCS and Stereophonics were big enough to be on my radar even as a landlocked yank; didn't care for either though
― World B Frizzle (rip van wanko), Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:24 (eleven years ago)
now Mansun -- that was a band
― World B Frizzle (rip van wanko), Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:32 (eleven years ago)
Shania Twain - Up! ???
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:33 (eleven years ago)
I can definitely confirm that Hootie & The Blowfish and Dave Matthews Band had zero impact here. I couldn't even tell you the name of a Hootie & The Blowfish song off the top of my head.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:37 (eleven years ago)
I think we cited Up in this thread.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:39 (eleven years ago)
xpost:
The thing about "Britpop" (or whatever you want to call it) is that there were different strands running alongside each other which unfortunately all got lumped in together as one thing, which does nobody any favours. Mansun were more for those who were listening to Suede or Manic Street Preachers, rather than those listening to the OCS/Cast/Stereophonics "wing" of Britpop.
But anyway, back on topic...
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:44 (eleven years ago)
What was Shakira's New Jersey? Oral Fixation? She Wolf?
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:47 (eleven years ago)
i just looked at the list of biggest selling albums ever in canada to see if there was anything could fit itt and this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Shiny_Tunes_2
is the 5th biggest selling album ever.
check the tracklist
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:48 (eleven years ago)
tempted to poll it
Favourite track from Canada's 5th biggest selling album of all-time "Big Shiny Tunes 2"
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 11 January 2015 23:51 (eleven years ago)
dunno if it came up on this thread -- so many 1986 superstar albums qualify -- but Break Every Rule, yes?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 January 2015 01:12 (eleven years ago)
honestly, the drop in sales and success is so extreme (5x platinum to one, one top 10 hit rather than 3) it probably classifies more as a fairweather johnson
apparently in the uk it's album AFTER break every rule thats huge
― da croupier, Monday, 26 January 2015 01:19 (eleven years ago)
George Harrison - Living in the Material World.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 February 2015 01:39 (eleven years ago)
one good one I thought of recently (re-reading Shakey the Neil Young book) is Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
follow up to the mega debut CSN album, according to the book shipped 4 mil out the gate, spawned huge overblown stadium tour, but isn't very well regarded now
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 February 2015 01:49 (eleven years ago)
but no one thought Deja Vu triggered a decline, especially when the solo projects still sold pretty well.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:07 (eleven years ago)
Isn't well regarded now by whom?
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:19 (eleven years ago)
crosby stills nash & young to start
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:20 (eleven years ago)
That album is fire
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:21 (eleven years ago)
Who cares what they think
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:22 (eleven years ago)
also it's the decline of the GROUP - they didn't do another album for years & neil got big but he was kinda his own thing to begin with
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:22 (eleven years ago)
I will just say that Deja Vu is viewed as one of the two great CSN/Y records, which invalidates it as a New Jersey.
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:27 (eleven years ago)
Isn't Deja Vu considered the best CSN(Y) record? And it's not like "Our House," "Woodstock," or "Teach Your Children" have gone the way of "Born to Be My Baby" or "Lay Your Hands on Me."
― intheblanks, Friday, 13 February 2015 02:28 (eleven years ago)
Not to mention "Helpless" or "Almost Cut My Hair"
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:33 (eleven years ago)
Alright rescinded!
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 February 2015 02:51 (eleven years ago)
too early to call but this new macklemore video seems pretty classically new jersey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGhoLcsr8GA#t=47
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 3 September 2015 13:51 (ten years ago)
tbh i could see it as a total free-fall bomb, but yeah it does have the attempted BIGNESS.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 3 September 2015 13:54 (ten years ago)
yeah it could just be bomb but that video is like man....10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound sock
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 3 September 2015 14:01 (ten years ago)
wuuuuuuuuuuuuuut
― marcos, Thursday, 3 September 2015 14:13 (ten years ago)
rolling gtfo worst songs for sure