When you buy the soundtrack, the T shirt, the programme, the mug, etc, are you bombarded with adverts for "proper" Queen product, in the same way that those of us buying "proper" product get the musical rammed down our throats..
"If you have enjoyed this Live At Wembley DVD, why not pay a king's ransom to hear the same songs mucked about with and linked by jokes of equal vintage?"
I had this thought today looking at the tasteful WWRY advert plastered on every Queen DVD...
ANother thought then occurred - if the musical is so good, surely word of mouth is sufficient and there is no need for what appears to be a desperate half price offer lasting over a year now? Or is anyone stupid enough to book during the week and NOT say "DVD offer" being justly fleeced for twice what they think they could legitimately charge?
OK, that last bit is just rude, but what about the first question. Shouldn't these people be buying GH1 every time they turn up?
Flashman · Member since
Musical?
Sir Archie 'Tiffany' Leach · Member since
Indeed after buying the programme, T-shirt (never got round to wearing it), mug and WWRY dental floss I got thousands of leaflets saying 'buy Queen's Video Hits on DVD' and 'don't be a lemon get Video Hits 2 for half price'. I thought you must be mad to buy 'unofficial' musical merchandise not 'proper' musical product.
I bloody well went out and bought those DVDs for £8 each. How I laughed at those who paid over a tenner for this 'tagged on to the musical' Queen merchandise.
Dicky Hart · Member since
The half price offer is for matinee tickets only, and as anybody who goes to musicals, matiness are usually crap, cos the understudies get a chance and everyone is hungover from the night before. IMHO
Im probably wrong, but thats just my experience of them.
Spiderleg Synthia · Member since
If there's a niche for capitalisation, it will be exploited. You can't blame Queen for making money out of their own property, even if their tactics do seem crass.
YourValentine · Member since
There are no adverts for the musical on my DVDs. Maybe it's only on British products?
ogre t raylot · Member since
"There are no adverts for the musical on my DVDs. Maybe it's only on British products? "
Not even the 'subliminal' one on the Live @ Wembley DvD?
Guy · Member since
I bought my DVDs in the US, nothing on them either.
Penetration_Guru · Member since
It probably is just UK editions which push the Uk musical at us.
But it's not matinees - Mon-Thu evening performances (there aren't any matinees at all are there?).
YourValentine · Member since
Which 'subliminal' one? I have't seen the WWRY logo anywhere on the DVD but perhaps I missed something?
ogre t raylot · Member since
"Which 'subliminal' one? I have't seen the WWRY logo anywhere on the DVD but perhaps I missed something? "
Brian being interviewed whilst sat at the piano.
wstüssyb · Member since
Which 'subliminal' one? I have't seen the WWRY logo anywhere on the DVD but perhaps I missed something?
same here...I only see the queenonline logo.
All Star · Member since
The musical is quite good actually, why do people slag it off when they havn't even seen it.
It's success speaks for itself...
Adam Baboolal · Member since
I think he means the songbook sitting at the piano. hehehe
There's nothing wrong with their ads. Big deal, it's marketing and basic business. If you don't like it, fair enough. But others do.
Peace,
Adam.
YourValentine · Member since
Yes I missed that, obviously :-) I admit I did not pay much attention the interviews.
