We’ve all made the occasional balls-up. In some instances, it can be quite comical. You know, like that time when you accidentally gave you peanut allergy-suffering uncle a Reese's cup? How all the family laughed down in A&E as he had his stomach pumped so he could live a few more months!
However, sometimes a mistake can be quite costly and leave multiple people in the shit. Look at Katie & Peter Unleashed. The commissioner must literally want to encase himself in cement as he has to witness two human pieces of plastic talking shit for an hour week after week. So we must spare a thought for the not-so working class Lily Allen who tried to come over all clever and intelligent when she tried to have a pop at Radiohead. She must be trying to practise slagging off other people for her new rubbish chat show.
Lily Allen and Radiohead couldn’t be more apart. One of them is multi-million selling band that's been around for over a decade, and one is an oddly-nippled chav who wants to come over as a commoner but fails badly due to her privileged posh background.
In October, Radiohead put the shits up the music industry when they offered their fans the chance to pay whatever they wanted for their new album. Millions supposedly flocked to do this and ten days later, In Rainbows was available to download, ranging in price from user to user. By doing this, they were the first band to ever sell their album with no fixed costs, potentially scaring record companies and CD shops out of jobs.
While fans and independent record labels praised Radiohead for sticking two fingers up at the industry, some people weren’t happy. Of course, it had to be cockney loudmouth Lily Allen. She said of In Rainbows that:
"It's arrogant for them to give their music away for free – they've got millions of pounds. It sends a weird message to younger bands who haven't done as well."
Yes, because instead of record labels taking a slice of cash your work, the money will go straight to the people who deserve it the most. The actual band. Obviously, having millions of pounds is probably why Radiohead aren't fussed about making anything of this new record. It was an experiment to see how much people would pay for an album, nothing more. Forget the set cost that HMV charges, it’s all down to what the user wants.
Reportedly a lot of people didn’t pay anything for this album. But with a hardcopy due for release on New Year’s Day, could many people just be using this as a taster? Exactly what many do on P2P networks anyway before buying it? We don’t know, but if they get to number one, we guess Thom Yorke and co will be sniggering away like schoolgirls who’ve just won first place in a cake-baking contest.
And for some more Lily Allen comedy gold, she added this strange comparison:
"You don't choose how to pay for eggs. Why should it be different for music?"
Erm, we believe it’s because most farmers don’t tour the world raking in millions of pounds from gigs demonstrations about how good their eggs are. And because most bands aren't being killed because they've got bird flu. Although if anyone from DEFRA is reading, we did see Razorlight looking a bit peaky next to a turkey shed the other day…
David says
Speaking of rubbish chat shows, what’s new with Charlotte Church?