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The New Album is Up On MySpace
believe it.
the entire thing is streaming on myspace right now. and not on one of those myspace pages that's buried deep in the bowels of their crazy music pages, but on the only myspace page worth visiting: http://myspace.com/okgo
bam!
the entire thing is streaming on myspace right now. and not on one of those myspace pages that's buried deep in the bowels of their crazy music pages, but on the only myspace page worth visiting: http://myspace.com/okgo
bam!
Comments
At least in the case of "I Want You..." it's been available for weeks on the 90210 soundtrack, so there's nothing new to hear. "Last Leaf" well, I don't know.
Whats everybody elses reactions?
Even me, myself and I haven't listened to it yet! This all, plus I made this deal with my girlfriend.. *ouch*
Yeah, a LOT of Prince influence. White Knuckles, End Love....during their intros I could almost imagine that I am listening to the 1999, Controversy or even Purple Rain albums.
I LOVE it. I love Prince, I love OK GO. Yeah, this is good.
Love 2 the 9's! O)+>
That is all.
Even me, myself and I haven't listened to it yet! This all, plus I made this deal with my girlfriend.. *ouch*
The thing is that this is official. This isn't some leak; EMI/Capitol has been pushing it, J0rge came on here to make sure we knew it was up. The band wants us to go to their myspace and listen, because (among other reasons) the number of plays they get in these few days is indicative of how much anticipation has built up for this release. That's important from a marketing standpoint. Think about it - who uses Myspace anymore? Yet OK Go has more than 53,000 plays since the new songs went up. So go to myspace and listen to the CD without any reservations about whether or not you're being a "real" fan, because any buzz you can generate about the album is a good thing.
EDIT: I'm not sure about you USA guys, but I can listen to 30 second previews on the dutch iTunes and I only listened to 'Louisiana Land' there, which sounds album worthy. Fucking awesome I tell you!
EDIT#2: I'm going to buy it right now off iTunes. Its available. We really live in a weird country! 'White Knuckles' remix is superduper cool too!
EDIT#3: The record store don't have it yet! I guess I have to wait untill next tuesday too then..
Seriously, what does waiting 'til before or after the official release date have to do with being a "real" fan? What is your opposition to it? As long as people actually go out and purchase the record, whether a physical copy (which I much prefer, but that's certainly not everybody today) or digital, then what difference is it going to make? There are always going to be people who DON'T purchase, merely because it's so easy to access a free download on the Internet, and I'm not saying that's a good thing, but the point is to generate enough buzz that a good portion of those people DO make a purchase. Not that the band actually gets much from CD / digital album sales, anyway. Seriously. Pennies to the dollar.
Maybe you missed the part where I made the point that official release dates are incredibly fluid these days. They range from being "the day the physical version is available" to "a date we just kind of came up with to make it official." Albums leak, albums get pre-released in other countries or to those who pre-order and subsequently get leaked all over the Internet, bands give away free copies on the Internet (ie, via MySpace or their websites or whatever) to generate buzz, band sell their own albums at shows in advance of their own official release dates. I used to work for an indie label where we would regularly send out pre-ordered material several weeks in advance of an official release. There's nothing wrong with listening to a pre-release posted by the band itself.
Also, posting the album on MySpace is not a leak. A leak is when it's done by an outside party.
I mean, I don't want to start shit, but really, get off your high horse and join us back down here. If you were clearly doing it for the fun of it - "I want to see how long I can last!" - that would be one thing, but you're constantly making pejorative statements about those who choose to access advance material. I write a blog and listen to preview material provided to me by bands, labels, and promo companies on a somewhat regular basis (ie, when I decide to write...). Does that make me an inherently bad person?
That being said, no, I haven't listened to this yet, mainly because I want a CD rip, not a MySpace rip. But yes, this is actually a smart idea on the part of the band or whomever decided that this should be done.
I guess I'm wrong. Sorry about the 'real fans' issue, didn't mean it like the way you think
I guess I'm wrong. Sorry about the 'real fans' issue, didn't mean it like the way you think
The issue doesn't seem to be the quality; I had the impression that you were scandalised that anybody would even think about listening to something before it was officially released.