Ouch - expensive - Good for them for working outside the established industry - geez I hope they worked hard and it ends up being a great listen - the concert boots with new songs sound great - so I'm all for it ...
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 1 October 2007 03:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I will now make a prediction:
After a flurry of observations regarding new elements never before heard, this will sound like a Radiohead record.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 1 October 2007 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Genius idea.
― Tape Store, Monday, 1 October 2007 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link
so i can download this for a cent if i want?
― latebloomer, Monday, 1 October 2007 04:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep.
― Melissa W, Monday, 1 October 2007 04:11 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG this is so awesome I don't know what to say.
― Roz, Monday, 1 October 2007 04:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Also while forty pounds is way out of my budget, I now have something to say when someone asks what I want for my birthday. WOOT.
― Roz, Monday, 1 October 2007 04:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I almost wonder if the whole idea of the set is pre-Xmas gift.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 October 2007 04:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i am a radiohead fan, & have visited the site, & i am looking forward to this album, but i do not understand what any of you are saying. can any of you explain what is going on to me as you might to a 12 year old brother in law (ie a 12 year old but one whom you had respect for or at least feared the potential consequences of upsetting or misleading).
― deeznuts, Monday, 1 October 2007 05:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone posting anything serious on this thread is on the verge of being banned from the noise board, fyi.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 1 October 2007 05:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey there sport! That stupid weird band I seem to like so much? They're releasing some new media files (that we used to call "albums" back in the day) in 10 days! And they didn't start hyping it 8 months ago, which is typically the case, in order for rockstars to swim in their pools made of gold. And We The Fans can decide how much we want to pay for those files, because it's the 21st century and Anarchy's en vogue. So I opted not to pay, because I know I'll be a sucker for the eventual release of said files pressed to disc and smothered in artwork. Now lets forget about this nonsense and get back to Brett Favre. xpost
― Cosmo Vitelli, Monday, 1 October 2007 05:37 (sixteen years ago) link
jaw drops and we only have to wait ten days.
brilliant!
― Bee OK, Monday, 1 October 2007 06:00 (sixteen years ago) link
the real question is how will Trent Reznor respond
http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/jariel/atomicblast.jpeg
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 1 October 2007 06:41 (sixteen years ago) link
a new chapter in his year zero game surely
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 1 October 2007 06:50 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, October 1, 2007 5:28 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
uh oh lol
― latebloomer, Monday, 1 October 2007 06:58 (sixteen years ago) link
OTM.
― Bimble, Monday, 1 October 2007 07:02 (sixteen years ago) link
this is great. they came up with the best way i've seen to date for beating the leaks and avoiding fans from just downloading the album. this way its pretty much a donation type deal. they certainly know their audience. i would have supported them and bought a new album but i feel like the majority wouldnt.
wish the free one was 18 tracks though.
― gman, Monday, 1 October 2007 07:05 (sixteen years ago) link
they need some incentive to sell the 'discbox' besides vinyl and digital photos that'll be on the internet the day the thing is sent out anyway.
― Jordan Sargent, Monday, 1 October 2007 07:07 (sixteen years ago) link
so awesome
― Dandy Don Weiner, Monday, 1 October 2007 10:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Speak of keeping a secret.
Always interesting even though they haven't been close to their artistic potential since "OK Computer".
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 1 October 2007 11:17 (sixteen years ago) link
t/s paying a cent for a new radiohead album because it's not worth any more
vs
just not bothering, and that being my comment.
― darraghmac, Monday, 1 October 2007 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link
October 10 prediction:
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― Billy Pilgrim, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:11 (sixteen years ago) link
free one?
― jed_, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:16 (sixteen years ago) link
The earth opens up and swallows everyone who opted not to pay for their download. "It's up to you" ..!? Radiohead are obviously testing our moral character here.
― adamj, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I say that a Radiohead album is worth $0.00!!!!
Also, you people who like Radiohead are retards.
― King Boy Pato, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Billy Pilgrim OTM.
― three handclaps, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:38 (sixteen years ago) link
As someone mentioned on another board, I could totally see Radiohead sending out tickets for some special tour to those that bought the discbox while giving two fingers to the $0.00 downloaders.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Or: the more you pay, the longer before the tracks fade out :-)
― StanM, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Industry types resond:
Adam Benzine of music industry bible 'Music Week' said it will really shake things up in terms of album pricing.
"Radiohead have really put the cat amongst the pigeons with this one," he told NME.COM. "The album will revolutionise the way people think about music. It had already forced people to question how much music is actually worth.
http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/31470
Cheers industry types!
― pisces, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:49 (sixteen years ago) link
This is an incentive!?
― Trayce, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Coolfer generally OTM, except I think this will shake things up more than he seems to suggest in his post.
http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/2007/09/radiohead_album.php
― three handclaps, Monday, 1 October 2007 12:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i wonder how much money Waste Products Ltd took last night?
― jed_, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:02 (sixteen years ago) link
They are regarded by some music critics as the world's best rock band.
Just so you know...
― Mark G, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:04 (sixteen years ago) link
No, I would guess they need some incentive to charge £40 for the deluxe version rather than the regular version. It says "So Far, it is only available from this website"-- so the idea is that eventually they will ship regular CDs, eh? I would guess this will happen on 12/3, same as when those who ordered the huge package get their shit. That is the release date.
Oct. 10, however, is the leak date: What Radiohead have done is leaked their own album, two months before its physical release -- same as everything else -- but they turned it into an event and a moral decision about whether you should pay for that leak or you should just steal/take it/sample it and maybe buy it later, whatever you want to call it. And they've enticed people to actually give them money for a leak in part by, at this moment, setting up this deluxe product as your only other choice to pay for their music.
― scottpl, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:10 (sixteen years ago) link
well, the NME is reporting that the regular version, the single-disc one, is coming out in early 08 (i.e. after the holiday buying season), so, if true, my guesswork is already proven wrong, haha.
― scottpl, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I was so enthusiastic about this this morning but now I just want to say - shittiest album title ever.
― Roz, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, in this case they're really just "leaking" their album 3 months early, giving people an opportunity to buy a really nice physical product, and leaving it up to the individual to pay and consume as they see fit, really. It's really genius. "Hey, this is our album, and it's going to leak, but we'll be the ones to leak it. And some of you will never pay for this, and we understand that, so we're going to let you pay whatever you want to. We're respecting the way shit is done these days. We know that, if you respect us, you will pay us somehow for our hard work and good music, and if you don't you won't. This would happen either way, but at least now we're doing this on our own terms."
― three handclaps, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:19 (sixteen years ago) link
So why isn't it out today? What's the ten day hold up? Are they drunk?
― caek, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, whoever said they might give free concert tickets or something to the people who bought the $80 package thing is probably OTM here. Otherwise, I don't really see why they're bundling all that stuff up and making it impossible for anyone to order just the CD as of now . . . unless it's just because *that's what they want to do*, and that's what this whole thing is about anyway - a band creating and distributing its music the way it wants to as much as that can be done these days.
― three handclaps, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:22 (sixteen years ago) link
oops, sorry, xpost
I just heard it was a hoax. Have asked how he knows, but no reply.
Ah, no there was a hoax one last week. This is real. False alarm.
It would be a very easy way to steal a lot of money, though, especially with the 10-day delay. Mind you, you'd only be stealing as much as people volunteered to pay.
― Jamie T Smith, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Disc 2: Bangers and Mash!
Bangers and Mash: as performed by Thom Yorke and PJ Harvey:
Him: I met her down in Napoli and didn't she look great? And so I brought her back to Blighty just to show me mates, And though we're married happily I'll tell you furthermore I haven't had a decent meal since 1944.
Her: Eat your minestrone, Joe. Him: That's all you ever say. Her: Eat your macaroni, Joe. Him: Ever blinking day. Her: No wonder you're so bony, Joe, and skinny as a rake. Him: Well then, give us a bash at the bangers and mash me mother used to make.
Him: Bangers and mash, Her: Minestrone, Him: Bangers and mash, Her: Macaroni, Him: Give us a bash at the bangers and mash me mother used to make.
Her: Eat your tagliatelle, Joe. Him: That's all I've heard for years. Her: Eat your vermicelli, Joe. Him: It's coming out me ears! Her: You've got to fill your belly, Joe, Joe for heaven's sake! Him: Well then, give us a bash at the bangers and mash me mother used to make.
Her: Well alright! Him: Bangers and mash, Her: Tagliatelle, Him: Bangers and mash, Her: Vermicelli, Him: Give us a bash at the bangers and mash me mother used to make.
Reporter: (Spoken) 1943. Allied forces land in Italy. Him: There's a smashing-looking bird over there, Bert. I think she's showing out there. Bert: (Camp) Well why don't you chat her up, then? Him: Right. Bon-gorno, sig-noreena there. Here, are you married? Her: Drop-a dead-a. Him: There you are, you can't have a fairer answer than that, can you?
Her: I met him back in Italy, so dashing and good-looking, He wined me and he dined me every night. He said I smiled so prettily and how he loved my cooking, But since he's married me it seems he's lost his appetite.
Him: Eat-a your tagliatelle, Soph. Her: That's all you ever say. Him: Eat-a your vermicelli, Soph. Her: Ooh! Every blooming day. Him: You've-a got to fill your belly, Soph, Soph for heaven's sake! Her: Well then, give us a bash at the bangers and mash your mother used to make.
Him: Bangers and-a mash, Her: Minestrone, Him: Bangers and-a mash, Her: Macaroni, Him: Give me a bash with (she laughs uncontrollably) the banger and the mash like the same one that your mother was — what are you laughing at now? Now, this is miserable, please!
Her: Joe? Him: Yes? Her: Why don't you belt up, or I'll give you a punch up the throat! Him: Now she's-a tells me. Ha! Mamma mia!
― Mark G, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
What could the rationale possibly be for paying for the download, though? Once they offer it for free, then any money you decide to give is just like giving to charity. Only I'm not too sure Thom Yorke needs my charity.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Which band/label is it that does a pay as much as you like thing for downloads, and publishes the average as a guide?
― caek, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Can you get one though?
I can't.
― Mark G, Monday, 1 October 2007 13:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Bought one. Rather excited.
― kv_nol, Monday, 1 October 2007 14:05 (sixteen years ago) link
ha ha "industry types" weighing in. These people--whose livelihood depends on the status quo--are the primary reason that the industry has tanked. They are the reason Radiohead is doing what they are doing. And if you've read Coolfer long enough, it's obvious that Glenn is dubious of technology and is empathetic to the old guard.
This is a great move by a great band.
― Dandy Don Weiner, Monday, 1 October 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I really hope we get to see the stats on how many discboxes were ordered within the first 24 hours of that announcement.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 October 2007 14:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Props to them for trying something different, but I'm not so sure that it is prefiguring the future of music delivery. It's a move that could only be made by a band that was already phenomenally successful, and its business model seems to be: "The music's free, but we'll soak the geek-fan who fetishises the object." Not sure that's really going to work for 99 percent of people who make music.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 1 October 2007 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Is it soaking if it's a package full of art and goodies?
― Eazy, Monday, 1 October 2007 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link