Do you remember that Flea played the bass part on "You Oughta Know"?<\/p>\n
Actually, I’m not the biggest Chili Peppers fan.\u00c2\u00a0 I find Anthony rarely sings
on key and their rock\/funk sound…well, it’s not exactly my thing.\u00c2\u00a0 But I’ve
seen them a couple of times, and when Flea stands there in his diaper,
pulling the notes from his bass, you get the feeling that they’re one, that the
instrument and he have MERGED!\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, he’s got his own unique style, where he’s kind of dancing around the melody, with his own peculiar rhythm.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s
unmistakable.\u00c2\u00a0 And you hear it in "You Oughta Know", it adds an element of DANGER!<\/p>\n
I want you to know, that I’m happy for you What’s great about these introductory lines is Alanis doesn’t feel this way I was hiking deep in the mountains last night listening on my iPod to a smart For sixteen weeks straight, movie grosses have been substandard, off from That’s the story.\u00c2\u00a0 The MPAA isn’t saying that downloading is killing their But now everybody knows what’s behind the curtain.\u00c2\u00a0 Kids in theatres text Of course, people can spread the word on GOOD STUFF, it’s just that there’s You see, "Bewitched", which has actually gotten some good reviews, is a The same philosophy has been employed in the music business.\u00c2\u00a0 By playing to Yes, the major labels are PUNISHING the audience for not liking what they’re This week Starbucks sold in excess of 61,000 acoustic remakes of "Jagged Because they remember "Jagged Little Pill" as the last hurrah, the last time Think about it.\u00c2\u00a0 What have we gotten since "Jagged Little Pill"?<\/p>\n The boy bands.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t want to give them too much shit.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of those songs The Backstreet Boys were the Four Seasons.\u00c2\u00a0 But, after "Big Girls Don’t Cry" But it’s the MUSIC that’s irrelevant.<\/p>\n And I’m here to remind you The music business is an old girlfriend who not only dumped us, but we don’t Furthermore, she’s not coming BACK!<\/p>\n The major labels have abandoned those of us who truly kept them alive.\u00c2\u00a0 The The major labels have ruined THEIR OWN business.<\/p>\n Oh, they’ll never admit this.<\/p>\n But it’s too late.\u00c2\u00a0 They’ve alienated their core, there’s no trust left.\u00c2\u00a0 In But you don’t have to be George Steinbrenner to have a record company today.\u00c2\u00a0 The ship is unmoored.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s never coming back to the dock.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s left for <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you remember that Flea played the bass part on "You Oughta Know"? Actually, I’m not the biggest Chili Peppers fan.\u00c2\u00a0 I find Anthony rarely sings on key and their rock\/funk sound…well, it’s not exactly my thing.\u00c2\u00a0 But I’ve seen them a couple of times, and when Flea stands there in his diaper, pulling the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p96vPs-10","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I wish nothing but the best for you both<\/em><\/p>\n
AT ALL!!\u00c2\u00a0 In an era wherein closure became the cultural norm, wherein you were
supposed to be FRIENDS with your ex, Alanis went on to VENT!\u00c2\u00a0 All the anger
she felt about not only being dumped, but REPLACED!<\/p>\n
playlist of my 200 most played songs in my iTunes library when I heard the
orchestral version of "You Oughta Know" from the Grammys.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d just descended
from the peak, the entire Los Angeles basin was laid out beneath me, and it was
as if I was getting a phone call from a friend.\u00c2\u00a0 One thing I hate about adults
is they obfuscate, they’re worried about their image.\u00c2\u00a0 But when "Jagged
Little Pill" was released, Alanis was only 21, the world was still new to her, she
sang what she felt.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s better than any book, you don’t have to imagine
anything, rather it’s about hearing the story and THEN being in a mood.\u00c2\u00a0 I was
stunned.\u00c2\u00a0 I had to play it AGAIN!<\/p>\n
last year.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, now they’re saying it’s unfair, last year "The Last Temptation Of
Christ" skewed the numbers!\u00c2\u00a0 The film business is looking for an EXPLANATION!
\u00c2\u00a0One that will paper over the truth.\u00c2\u00a0 Which is the movies suck and the people
know it.<\/p>\n
grosses, but make no mistake, the Web, NEW TECHNOLOGY, is hurting their
business.\u00c2\u00a0 From the days of P.T. Barnum, the key to show business was WHAT’S BEHIND THE CURTAIN!\u00c2\u00a0 Pay your money TO SEE WHAT’S BEHIND THE CURTAIN.<\/p>\n
friends to state a movie sucks.\u00c2\u00a0 Websites say films suck before they even HIT the
theatre.\u00c2\u00a0 Used to be you had to wait til MONDAY to know if you had a hit.\u00c2\u00a0
Now you know FRIDAY NIGHT!\u00c2\u00a0 And it’s not only the BUSINESS that knows, it’s the
public too.<\/p>\n
none of it.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean does your dick get hard for "Bewitched"?\u00c2\u00a0 Elizabeth
Montgomery radiated this suburban sexuality Nicole Kidman can only DREAM of.\u00c2\u00a0 But
we’re not going to see this film, those of us who remember the original series,
it would be SACRILEGIOUS!\u00c2\u00a0 And, we’ve lived through trash remakes of "The
Flintstones" and "The Beverly Hillbillies", we KNOW the film can’t be any good.\u00c2\u00a0 As
for kids…they don’t remember the original and unless word spreads it’s
FANTASTIC, they’ll stay away.<\/p>\n
marketing exercise.\u00c2\u00a0 It starts with the title\/concept.\u00c2\u00a0 Then you insure it with
star power.\u00c2\u00a0 And, it’s a worldwide business, so you believe these recognition
factors will play overseas, and you’ll make money.\u00c2\u00a0 Only this paradigm no longer
works, the public is burned out, movies don’t even REPRESENT what they used
to.\u00c2\u00a0 They’re lame thrill rides at best, they’ve got no SOUL!\u00c2\u00a0 But studios don’t
want to make soulful pictures, because inherently the audience will be
LIMITED!\u00c2\u00a0 They won’t play overseas.\u00c2\u00a0 They’ll appeal to kids not adults, or vice
versa.\u00c2\u00a0 Why LIMIT YOURSELF!<\/p>\n
the grandstand, the cheap seats, the people down front, paying attention, are
now disgusted, they’ve left the building, and no number of LAWSUITS is going to
bring them BACK!<\/p>\n
selling.\u00c2\u00a0 Not only are they suing them, but copy-protecting discs, as if the
problem is that people want to pirate the music as opposed to NOT WANTING THE
MUSIC AT ALL!\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, MAYBE for free, but the tracks aren’t even worth a buck…as
for the entire album, are you KIDDING!<\/p>\n
Little Pill".\u00c2\u00a0 Think about that, it’s RIDICULOUS!\u00c2\u00a0 This material has been recut
MORE than once.\u00c2\u00a0 There are acoustic versions of all these songs available.\u00c2\u00a0 The
album is not even for sale in traditional retail outlets.\u00c2\u00a0 Why are people
BUYING IT?<\/p>\n
they heard something different, INFECTIOUS, on the radio, so HOT that they had
to rush out and buy the album, which they found out was every bit as good as
the single.\u00c2\u00a0 They studied the credits, back when they used to follow the
careers of musicians, they were INTO IT!<\/p>\n
were FANTASTIC!\u00c2\u00a0 I’d rather listen to "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"
and "I Want It That Way" than ANY System Of A Down or Fifty Cent track.\u00c2\u00a0 They
just SOUNDED good, they were EAR-PLEASING, but ultimately meaningless.<\/p>\n
came "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Satisfaction".\u00c2\u00a0 We GREW UP!\u00c2\u00a0 There’s been
no growth in the music business, rather it’s become a lowest common
denominator enterprise where Ashlee Simpson is flogged and the fact that people
lip-sync in concert and don’t play an instrument is met with a shrug, as de rigueur,
as irrelevant.<\/p>\n
Of the mess you left when you went away
It’s not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know<\/em><\/p>\n
even recognize anymore.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s like Mia Farrow in "Crimes and Misdemeanors".\u00c2\u00a0
After revealing her truth to Woody Allen, after the two bond, reveling in their
skewed view of the world, she leaves him for the dashing but vapid Alan Alda.
\u00c2\u00a0Woody’s disgusted.\u00c2\u00a0 How could she do this to him?\u00c2\u00a0 He can never forgive her.<\/p>\n
fans.\u00c2\u00a0 Who bought not one or two albums a year, but at least that number PER
WEEK, who went to all the shows, who spread the word.\u00c2\u00a0 We’re on strike.\u00c2\u00a0 We’re
buying almost nothing.\u00c2\u00a0 And the younger generation, since they’ve only KNOWN
this lowest common denominator industry, is searching for music elsewhere, on
MySpace, trading files of bands you’ve never HEARD OF!<\/p>\n
an era where information is freely available, their games have been revealed.\u00c2\u00a0
That they’re not interested in art, in soul-fulfillment, but only MONEY!\u00c2\u00a0
They’re constantly swinging for the fences, but without a spray hitter, a
baseball team can’t WIN!<\/p>\n
Everybody’s got the means of production, a computer, and the means of
distribution, the Web.<\/p>\n
greener pastures.\u00c2\u00a0 Where those are, we’re just not exactly sure yet. <\/p>\n