How do ya feel about an artist selling their catolog?

[Jorge]

private equity is generally oriented towards extractive capitalism, so the existential danger I see is more AI-assisted production. For example, one day we'll probably get a bunch of make believe Nirvana tunes that sound real.

They can easily train those generative models without owning the masters though. They're already doing it

[tree_]

I think my favourite music wouldn't be good in a car and cheeseburgerz commercial, and that quality in of itself makes it my favoruite music

[tragabigzanda]

[tree_]

They can easily train those generative models without owning the masters though. They're already doing it

yes, but with PE at the helm they'll eventually start to aggressively market and distribute. I don't care if it's some guy's experiment on YouTube; I'll even check it out. But I rue the day we see a 2LP 180g pressing of the followup to In Utero.

doesn't sound like a problem to me. the soul isn't there, it is a different thing, a fun novelty

[BurtReynolds]

That one Black Rebel Motorcycle Club song is ruined for me.

[BurtReynolds]

They can easily train those generative models without owning the masters though. They're already doing it

yes, but with PE at the helm they'll eventually start to aggressively market and distribute. I don't care if it's some guy's experiment on YouTube; I'll even check it out. But I rue the day we see a 2LP 180g pressing of the followup to In Utero.

doesn't sound like a problem to me. the soul isn't there, it is a different thing, a fun novelty

I'd prefer they make fake versions.

[tommy]

That one Black Rebel Motorcycle Club song is ruined for me.

Which one?

[BurtReynolds]

I think Spread The Love has been used in several commercials, but I can't remember which ones.

[stip]

private equity is generally oriented towards extractive capitalism, so the existential danger I see is more AI-assisted production. For example, one day we'll probably get a bunch of make believe Nirvana tunes that sound real.

I'm with you. The buying/buyer bothers me a bit more than the seller, though I couldn't confidently tell you a music label wouldn't do the same thing.

Given the way streaming and the decline of physical media has changed how musicians make money, I feel like we would need to identify other viable ways to make a living off your music. It was easier to be precious about this in an era of million plus album sales being easy to come by

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[BurtReynolds]

I'm any case, the cost of licensing music is probably about to crater.

[Kalevi]

I don't like it

[daft twat]

Remember the Busch beer commercial with “Simple Man”? There was a stallion rearing up and over it, “And be a simple…..Busch……kind of man.” That’s the only way I hear it now. And it’s better.

[oasisfan35]

The Sundays' version of the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" was used in an ad featuring the Budweiser clydesdales in the mid-'90's; I remember it aired relentlessly during NBA on NBC during the season that Michael Jordan was playing AA baseball. I had never heard the original and assumed it was a song written exclusively for the commercial, and I thought the singer was singing "the world, world of horses."

This surprised me.

[Kevin Davis]

The Sundays' version of the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" was used in an ad featuring the Budweiser clydesdales in the mid-'90's; I remember it aired relentlessly during NBA on NBC during the season that Michael Jordan was playing AA baseball. I had never heard the original and assumed it was a song written exclusively for the commercial, and I thought the singer was singing "the world, world of horses."

This surprised me.

I was only 10 or so; classic rock was still a few years away for me.

[Jorge]

The first version I heard of that song was Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams

The Stones version remains my least favorite

[doug rr]

The Sundays' version of the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" was used in an ad featuring the Budweiser clydesdales in the mid-'90's; I remember it aired relentlessly during NBA on NBC during the season that Michael Jordan was playing AA baseball. I had never heard the original and assumed it was a song written exclusively for the commercial, and I thought the singer was singing "the world, world of horses."

This surprised me.

I was only 10 or so; classic rock was still a few years away for me.

in an interview many years ago, Bob Dylan was asked if there was a song that he wished he had written and he said wild horses...

[Kevin Davis]

The first version I heard of that song was Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams

The Stones version remains my least favorite

Man, I'd never heard this -- it's excellent!

Love me some WIWC-era buzzcut/widow's peak EC