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>> "They can blame piracy or the internet all they want but really it's their product that sucks" I think more and more they're having to make product/music th
by k-mcgrady 14y ago
>> "They can blame piracy or the internet all they want but really it's their product that sucks"
I think more and more they're having to make product/music that has mass market appeal and the internet's making that worse. You can make the world's worst song and pair it with a stupid viral video and get a number 1. Making good music doesn't guarantee success. Making something that can go viral does.
- logn 14y agoI see where you're going with this but it's not the reality today. First, it's not true that viral videos dictate music hits. See 2012 hits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_2012_%28U.S.%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hot_100_number-one_sing... . There's only one song (LMFAO) which is popular at least in part due to a creative video. Gotye/Kimbra might make two--but the song itself is absolutely incredible. It's basically the same story for 2011 as well. 2013 has seen two hit songs with viral videos, but the year is young and there's only been 3 hits total. Also, I think all of the viral video hits (Gangnam Style, Thrift Shop, Harlem Shake) are arguably solid pop songs in their own right.