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Red Hot Chili Peppers ink $300M deal with Warner Music to sell catalog
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#102Janis Joplin in a car commercial was the funniest thing ever and it oddly made sense. Most people are just not cool enough to die from alcohol or drugs and they become the boomers.
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#103Give it away, give it away, give it away now Give it away, give it away, give it away now Give it away, give it away, give it away now I can't tell, if I'm a king pin or a pauper
Under the Bridge is still my favorite... Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner Sometimes I feel like my only friend Is the city I live in, The City of Angels Lonely as I am, together we cry
Behind the Sun.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
All subjective and all that. But I feel like 300M vs. 1.27B is exactly where I would have personally pinned their ratio difference. To roughly frame it: if we made another golden record, I wouldn’t be surprised if it had 4 Queen songs and 1 RHCP song.
Same, or worse. Having lived in Europe and Korea I can tell you numerous Queen songs have instant recognizability the world over, but I would say RHCP are a household name mostly in the US, except maybe some older people recognizing Californication as a distinctly 90s happening.
Everyone in my country can karaoke bohemian rhapsody- even 11 year old girls.
Not a lot of artists can truly transcend their era like that. Most remain stuck in nostalgia.
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#105Wow, I just a saw a YouTube video of Flea's house for sale in the LA suburb of La Crescenta for sale. Super nice house. Strangely I also saw Steve Vai's house for sale in LA at the same time. Also super nice house.
Well Flea just released a jazz record where he plays trumpet. I admire him for it, but might need some financing now.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
All subjective and all that. But I feel like 300M vs. 1.27B is exactly where I would have personally pinned their ratio difference. To roughly frame it: if we made another golden record, I wouldn’t be surprised if it had 4 Queen songs and 1 RHCP song.
Same, or worse. Having lived in Europe and Korea I can tell you numerous Queen songs have instant recognizability the world over, but I would say RHCP are a household name mostly in the US, except maybe some older people recognizing Californication as a distinctly 90s happening.
Some off the Queen songs are quite catchy and instantly appeal to a large public. They're more of an iconic band. The name of the band is also quite good for their identity.
Californication is a radio tune. There's more to RHCP than that. I won't pretend it's sophisticated like John Coltrane, Nils Petter Molvær or some cult band like The Doors or The Velvet Underground, but it's still something to dive into and listen to carefully if you have the time and inclination. It's also less niche than INXS for instance.
People (outside of Korea too) listen to Black Pink and BTS. Which is totally fine, but the last ones are more proficient on the dance and show side of things. Also, having mentioned Korean girl and boy bands, I find Psy's Gangnam Style song quite satyrical and also very catchy.
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#107Wow, I just a saw a YouTube video of Flea's house for sale in the LA suburb of La Crescenta for sale. Super nice house. Strangely I also saw Steve Vai's house for sale in LA at the same time. Also super nice house.
Well Flea just released a jazz record where he plays trumpet. I admire him for it, but might need some financing now. https://youtu.be/1r0k2AW153g?si=-J6qNeyc3dHQJ6Gk
He also played in a Star Wars series as a bad guy kidnapping Pricess Leia. I like him a lot.
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most of the Red Hot Chili Peppers hit songs are pushing 30 years old. Their songs have already hit their peak popularity and will only be declining from now on. This along with AI generated music flooding the market. An AI generated song has already been #1 on the iTunes Charts. AI generated music is only going to get better and more popular. Future TV shows/movies/etc. will likely just be generating their own music,…
> Most of the Red Hot Chili Peppers hit songs are pushing 30 years old. And? That hasn't been a problem for other artist catalogues >An AI generated song has already been #1 on the iTunes Charts. Yeah? It's a real big hit, huh? If you believe all of this, then I can see how it would make sense. It doesn't really pass the sniff test. >Future TV shows/movies/etc. will likely just be generating their own music, rather t…
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would licensing revenue for hit songs collapse?
Most of the Red Hot Chili Peppers hit songs are pushing 30 years old. Their songs have already hit their peak popularity and will only be declining from now on. This along with AI generated music flooding the market. An AI generated song has already been #1 on the iTunes Charts. AI generated music is only going to get better and more popular. Future TV shows/movies/etc. will likely just be generating their own music,…
> Most of the Red Hot Chili Peppers hit songs are pushing 30 years old. Their songs have already hit their peak popularity and will only be declining from now on.
Bach is still hot some 300 years later.
> An AI generated song has already been #1 on the iTunes Charts.
That's a good resaon enough to cancel your subscription.
I do get your point. They're taking the retirement package. The world officially sucks one bit more now. RHCP selling off, AI music.
Hey, at least the Rolling Stones are on tour again. Jagger is 82 and still dope.
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>In Europe it's cheating. Queen is from Europe. Queen is from one country in Europe, there are many countries in Europe. Anyway following your argument - who do you think is more recognized in Mexico: Queen or RHCP?
Lol, not sure if you went through my comment history and already know that I currently live in Mexico, if not, that's a funny coincidence! It's a lot less clear cut here than in Europe (I'm from Sweden originally), but I do think Queen wins out. I stand by my statement that it's cheating on Europe, but Queen is bigger and better than rhcp no matter how you look at it. How are they in the states? In the US rhcp has th…
funny coincidence.
As I have not been in the U.S for a lot of years and don't currently plan on returning I go from what I remember and it was Queen by quite a bit.
Going by one hint as to popularity, Queen is more frequently sampled, I bet most people can think of three or four tracks from Queen that get parts reused all over hip hop, RHCP has basically Give It Away.