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Metallica Concerts, 1982-2012 [Infographics]

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Re: Metallica Concerts, 1982-2012 [Infographics]

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Post by Bo102010 »

danteembermage wrote: post #8

Cool idea, but I'm going to quibble a bit on the Audience vs. Band Chart. Suppose for simplicity that a band has four songs A, B, C, and D that respectively 40% 20% 20% and 20% of people would prefer to hear at a concert. Now suppose the band can only play one song. Which song should they play? I don't think the answer to that question is a random mix of the songs with 40% song A, I think the answer is 100% song A. I…

The graphic brought up these same kind of questions for me. If you're a band with a new album out, how much from that album should you play? Would you rather boost demand for it, or keep long-time fans happy so they come back to the show next year?

The answer may vary by band. My favorite band, Reel Big Fish, recently did a tour with lots of "deep cuts" and few A-side hits. I loved it, and I think lots of long-time fans did too. But was it economically optimal?

Re: Metallica Concerts, 1982-2012 [Infographics]

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Post by marknutter »

I gave up on Metallica years ago after they went on their tirade against Napster. Band that becomes famous because of people sharing garage-band tapes with each other bitches about people for sharing their music after they become famous; it's the ultimate hypocrisy.

Re: Metallica Concerts, 1982-2012 [Infographics]

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Post by nigelsampson »

marcinw wrote: post #9
tibbon wrote: post #5

This is pretty cool. A few interesting observations: 1. Metallica seems to have realized themselves that St Anger wasn't something they wanted to play after that tour. The Load album seems to have been similarly dropped pretty hard. 2. It appears they never even tried playing the majority of Reload live. This is interesting to me as a musician, because I'd have thought that Metallica would be the type of band to try…

Am I only the person ever to like Load? I know it's not their best, but I still enjoyed it.

I enjoyed Load and Reload, gave up after buying St Anger.

Favourite album is S&M.

Re: Metallica Concerts, 1982-2012 [Infographics]

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Post by Codhisattva »

vosper wrote: post #7

This is great, but the low contrast between the text and the background makes it very hard to read. With no evidence I feel that this is something of a trend at the moment; I've recently battled our designers when they have sacrificed readability. I'm 29 and have excellent vision, I can't imagine how hard this could be to read for people who don't.

My eyes are still bugging out from the 55 seconds I spent on jwz's site. Arg!

Re: Metallica Concerts, 1982-2012 [Infographics]

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Post by tptacek »

tnuc wrote: post #16
andrewfelix wrote: post #4

Pretty well reflects the quality of the Albums. Thank god for Death Magnetic.

Yes a good reflection. Looks like Lulu has never been played.

They'd need to drag Lou Reed out for that, right?

http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2011/11/29/makes-sense-2/

Re: Metallica Concerts, 1982-2012 [Infographics]

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Post by daemin »

tibbon wrote: post #5

This is pretty cool. A few interesting observations: 1. Metallica seems to have realized themselves that St Anger wasn't something they wanted to play after that tour. The Load album seems to have been similarly dropped pretty hard. 2. It appears they never even tried playing the majority of Reload live. This is interesting to me as a musician, because I'd have thought that Metallica would be the type of band to try…

I would imagine they don't play The Unforgiven trilogy live much because they seem to be more mainstream than what their fans (at the concerts) would like.
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