^yes it's good for retaining an audience, and I'm not sure Howe their earnings are generated in these p2p & "streaming days.
I think selling a bunch of shit is a little tacky is all. Losing touch is regarding what "real" fans want. But bear in mind... we're not real fans anymore....we're "lesser audiences" and hard core aficionados
Dougie 4 · Member since
dysan · Member since
I'm genuinely trying to remember the last Queen thing I bought. I THINK it was Deep Cuts 3 in 2011. That's 8 years ago. I don't listen to them less than at any point in 35 years - it's just for me there is nothing to buy. Nothing has had the 'Dah DAH!!' value. Christ, I even found Deep Cuts 3 interesting enough to buy.
More new fans means that the same old stuff will sell. Great business model, but I kind of resent that it's become a vehicle for people who are, essentially, dicks.
Sweetandtenderhooligan · Member since
I saw one grown woman comment on Roger's wife's instagram that she hoped she had enough of her paycheck leftover to buy one of the rings.
I told her to save her money and not line a millionaire's pockets and she simply couldn't understand why anyone would say that. The thought of someone who barely scrapes by paycheck to paycheck blowing their money on a stupid ring from a rich rock star makes me sick. It's tarnished their image for sure.
I don't think Freddie would have approved of this.
AlbaNo1 · Member since
What’d the problem, nobody has it buy it.
What is far worse is making music archive material unobtainable or too expensive. The NOTW alternative takes should be available as a simple double album , not a box set. That’s mercenary. Forcing the genuine music fans to buy other stuff they don’t need in order to get something rare.
The merchandise is not music. “Real “ fans don’t need to buy it.
dysan · Member since
That was kind of my point - I am forced to locate the recordings I wish to hear by side stepping the traditional route purely on ethical grounds (and I don't want these boxes stinking up my house) despite still having the passion for the band and now having a huge accumulated wealth. Compare that to me 30 years ago where I'd not buy school dinners so I could save up to by a Queen recording.
I'll say that of course some of the product has been lovely to look at, but they're 'look at once' deals aren't they in reality? Perhaps I'm just a little jaded but it's not me making me jaded. It's the Queen machine. The Machqueen.
AlbaNo1 · Member since
It’s not even commercially successful . On that NOTW release they could probably have recharted with an affordable format and sold a bucket load. Most of the rip off releases don’t do that well.
As you say some of it looks good and maybe I’d like that at tmes but it’s about choice
dysan · Member since
Yeah agreed - would've been interesting to see how a 2 disc version of the NOTW set would've fared. Album plus bonus on disc 1, raw and extras on disc 2. Of course, with a big sticker saying THE TIMELESS CLASSIC from 1977 contains the HITS WWRY and WATC. Would I have bought it? You know what - maybe.
john bodega · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Wasp. wrote:[/b]
And Adam Lambert riding around the stage in a tricycle like a little freak baby how fucking embarrassing is that for us Queen fans,
the man is a first class tit.
May & Taylor should be shot for letting this weirdo take over Queen.[/QUOTE]
