The
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THE HOT AND NOT
LIST as of February 17th 2002
Le Mec:
Hotlist
- The word on the street is that there's a
Tears For Fears reunion on the way. This is great news for me
and anyone else with an addiction for the best bands of the '80's. Tears For Fears were
always more than just ordinary pop music and have so far only released superior pop music.
- Artist websites
seem to be getting more personal and thus interesting. Instead of just offering basic news
about the artist they are increasingly run with help from the artist in the form of band
diaries, chats or like in the case of Del Amitri (www.delamitri.co.uk), answering the fans' weird questions. Other bands
like f.ex. Garbage
(www.garbage.com) and Sing-Sing (www.sing-sing.co.uk) also run highly
personal websites where, as a fan, you actually feel a connection with the band. It's
great to see artists embrace the Internet and its many advantages this way.
- Pet Shop Boys:
"Home And Dry". First single from the forthcoming album "Release", out
April 1st. Yet another brilliant mid-tempo ballad from pop music's finest. The album is
told to be a return to the more mellow sound of albums like "Behaviour"
- their best - and so this year could be very big for the British duo.
- Life as a
rock star can still make you a decent living. British magazine Heat
Magazine has gathered a list of the ten best earning British music artists for 2001. A
career change, anyone...?
1. The Beatles: 92 million dollars
2. U2: 85 million dollars
3. Elton John: 39 million dollars
4. Pink Floyd: 23 million dollars
5. Dido: 17 million dollars
6. Enya: 13 million dollars
7. Rolling Stones: 12 million dollars
8. David Bowie: 12 million dollars
9. David Gray: 11 million dollars
10. Bee Gees: 7 million dollars
Notlist
- The way the people behind the winter olympics in Salt Lake City are trying to combine
winter sports and music by having more or less well-known bands perform at different
ceremonies. Somehow, it just doesn't seem to work....I mean, I watched Foo Fighters make
complete arses of themselves in what was not a very good performance. I guess you have to
be there to enjoy it...
- The way music
is becoming a disposable good to market, sell and then forget about. I
know it's always been like that in one way or another, but today the music scene seems
flooded with a frighteningly high number of true one-hit wonders who will disappear faster
than it takes you to change radio station. The record companies are wining too since they
no longer have any sure hits lined up to ensure their profit. Look what happened with the
Mariah Carey deal - it really hurt EMI. These days very few artists can actually pull off
staying popular for a longer period of time. Exceptions are U2 and Madonna who just seem
immortal in their appeal to people. Others cannot sail the waters of success without a
pension plan. I mean, in a world where Dido is the artist selling most albums (8,5 million
in 2001), something is wrong. She's got very little star quality and is hardly one to bet
your millions on a couple of albums down the road. Once again the world is in need of true
music stars with all what that means: the glory, the dirt, the scandals etc.........
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