What are you listening to? What would you recommend?
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@art_of_shred said:
So you want to put album sales and concert ticket sales head to head between Coldplay and Journey? Good luck with that one
Sure. Why not? Coldplay worldwide album sales 56.5 million. Journey 39.6 million. Or take someone like Usher, (who I've never even heard of!!!) and yet has still sold 40 million albums. And this in an era where for every album sale there are problem two pirated downloads.
I don't know how to compare concert ticket sales, but Coldplay sold $181 million worth of tickets on their last tour alone. I find it hard to believe that Journey were bigger or more popular than Coldplay.
I can't stand either of them, for what it's worth. I don't think Journey were ever that big in the UK anyway.
@art_of_shred said:
I think maybe you're too young to remember what music used to be like and the cultural impact it had
How old do you think I am?
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@art_of_shred said:
So you want to put album sales and concert ticket sales head to head between Coldplay and Journey? Good luck with that one
Sure. Why not? Coldplay worldwide album sales 56.5 million. Journey 39.6 million. Or take someone like Usher, (who I've never even heard of!!!) and yet has still sold 40 million albums. And this in an era where for every album sale there are problem two pirated downloads.
I don't know how to compare concert ticket sales, but Coldplay sold $181 million worth of tickets on their last tour alone. I find it hard to believe that Journey were bigger or more popular than Coldplay.
I can't stand either of them, for what it's worth. I don't think Journey were ever that big in the UK anyway.
@art_of_shred said:
I think maybe you're too young to remember what music used to be like and the cultural impact it had
How old do you think I am?
Yes, but Coldplay will never be viewed as a "classic" band like Journey. Also, are those numbers adjusted for inflation?
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@thanksaj said:
Yes, but Coldplay will never be viewed as a "classic" band like Journey. Also, are those numbers adjusted for inflation?
Firstly, why not? Who gets to say whether a band is classic or not? I bet in the sixties people assumed the Rolling Stones were just a fad that would be quickly forgotten. No-one would have predicted that they'd be selling millions of dollars of concert tickets when they're in their seventies.
Secondly, the figures are unit sales not dollar sales.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@thanksaj said:
Yes, but Coldplay will never be viewed as a "classic" band like Journey. Also, are those numbers adjusted for inflation?
Firstly, why not? Who gets to say whether a band is classic or not? I bet in the sixties people assumed the Rolling Stones were just a fad that would be quickly forgotten. No-one would have predicted that they'd be selling millions of dollars of concert tickets when they're in their seventies.
Secondly, the figures are unit sales not dollar sales.
Journey is still popular but their peak popularity was during an age where the world was not so connected yet. For a car to have a cassette player installed in it when Journey was at their peak was a big deal! That being said, I get where you're coming from, but I don't think you can quite compare it as apples to apples.
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@thanksaj said:
Yes, but Coldplay will never be viewed as a "classic" band like Journey. Also, are those numbers adjusted for inflation?
What does inflation mean in regards to albums? I'm not sure what you are picturing.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
Yes, but Coldplay will never be viewed as a "classic" band like Journey. Also, are those numbers adjusted for inflation?
What does inflation mean in regards to albums? I'm not sure what you are picturing.
I misread the millions in sales in terms of units as dollar sales. My mistake.
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@thanksaj Oh those would be small numbers then. At their peak, Abba was the largest exporter in Sweden, and Sweden is not a small economy.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj Oh those would be small numbers then. At their peak, Abba was the largest exporter in Sweden, and Sweden is not a small economy.
LOVE ABBA! Great band!
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Have you see Mamma Mia?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Have you see Mamma Mia?
I just remember listening through the ABBA Gold album at least a dozen times growing up! I had a short, but significant ABBA phase. Besides, Mamma Mia was their music, but I can't hold them accountable for the acting, etc.
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That movie is awesome.
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@thanksaj said:
I haven't seen it.
How can you love Abba and skip the Abba musical?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
I haven't seen it.
How can you love Abba and skip the Abba musical?
It's been more than a decade since I went through my ABBA phase.
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@thanksaj said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
I haven't seen it.
How can you love Abba and skip the Abba musical?
It's been more than a decade since I went through my ABBA phase.
That sounds like a Muriel's Wedding problem.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
I haven't seen it.
How can you love Abba and skip the Abba musical?
It's been more than a decade since I went through my ABBA phase.
That sounds like a Muriel's Wedding problem.
Like a what?
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@thanksaj said:
Like a what?
You need to watch more classic cinema. One of the most important Australian movies ever.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
Like a what?
You need to watch more classic cinema. One of the most important Australian movies ever.
I think I can be forgiven for missing an Australian movie...
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@thanksaj said:
I think I can be forgiven for missing an Australian movie...
Not really. It's a standard of classic 90s cinema. As mainstream in US cinema going as in Australia. Spawned a pretty major Hollywood actress. Published by Miramax (Disney.)
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