The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
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The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
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Re: The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
#2That's easy?
Re: The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
#3That's easy?
It's all relative.
Re: The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
#4Another "interesting" story from these guys:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Qu...
Re: The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
#5That's easy?
Compared to practicing your instruments for 5+ years, getting along with a bunch of people, touring, etc, taking the piss for a few days in a studio is easy.
Re: The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
#6Bring Me Edelweiss, a novelty number one supposedly written according to these instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-dyzKKz6sM
And, of course, Doctorin' The Tardis, the number one which formed the basis for The Manual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTELokKfCk
Re: The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
#7Not sure if this post is a coincidence or not, but this was covered just a few days ago on the "Omnibus!" podcast (which I would recommend): https://www.omnibusproject.com/podcasts/watch-the-k-foundati...
Re: The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
#8That's easy?
Perhaps most importantly the Manual explains that you won't get fame and fortune by this route.
Indeed, you almost certainly won't get fame and fortune by any route. Hence Steve Albini's treatise on a similar subject, often called by its last line: "Some of your friends are probably already this fucked".
Re: The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
#9Not sure if this post is a coincidence or not, but this was covered just a few days ago on the "Omnibus!" podcast (which I would recommend): https://www.omnibusproject.com/podcasts/watch-the-k-foundati...
Total coincidence! Yesterday's post here, "What Makes a Hit", is what reminded me of the Manual.
Great read for anyone seeking to make the next "killer app".
Re: The Manual – How to have a number one the easy way (1988)
#10Knowing a bit more about the KLF helps with the context of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF