What happens when ticket prices fall?
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2012/08/14/the-new-rocknroll-ticket-price-discounts/
Jim Carroll on ticket prices for the Van Morrison gig. When the country is in such desperate financial straits should the authorities charge less for the use of their property? That way promoters would not have to take such big financial risks when putting on gigs?
The promoter is the person who sets the ticket price. The artist’s booking agent gets as much money for their client as possible.
More about the Olympic Closing Ceremony.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/aug/14/olympics-closing-ceremony-90s
Priya Elan writes that: The closing ceremony proves that we’re still stuck in the 90s. I thought it would be interesting to analyse the music selected to represent Britain. My idea was to see when the original songs had been released.
So I went to the very handy, and so far very accurate, site http://www.everyhit.com/
You can enter any artist, song or album and find out when it appeared on the Top Forty pop chart.
Emeli Sandé – “Read All About It 2011
The Beatles – “Because” 1969
Madness– “Our House” 1982
Blur – “Parklife” 1994
Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girl”s 1985
One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful” 2011
The Beatles – “A Day in the Life” 1967
Ray Davies – “Waterloo Sunset” 1967
Elbow “Open Arms” 2011,
Elbow “One Day Like This” 2008
One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful” 2011
Kate Bush – “Running Up that Hill” 1985
George Harrison – “Here Comes the Sun” 1969
Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody” 1975
John Lennon – “Imagine” 1975
George Michael – “Freedom” 90 1990
George Michael “White Light” 2012
The Who “Pinball Wizard” 1969
David Bowie”Fashion” 1980
Annie Lennox – “Little Bird” 1993
Pink Floyd – “Wish You Were Here” 1975
Beatles “I Am the Walrus” (The Beatles cover) 1967
Fatboy Slim – “Right Here, Right Now”, 1999″
Fatboy Slim The Rockafeller Skank” 1998
Jessie J – “Price Tag” 2011
Tinie Tempah featuring. Jessie J – “Written in the Stars” 2010
Taio Cruz – “Dynamite” 2010
The Bee Gees – “You Should Be Dancing” 1976
Spice Girls – “Wannabe”, 1996
Spice Girls “Spice Up Your Life” 1997
Oasis – “Wonderwall” 1995
Monty Python – “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” 1979
Muse – “Survival” 2012
Queen – “Brighton Rock” 1974
Queen – “We will Rock You” 1977
Take That – “Rule the World” 2007
The Who “My Generation” 1965
Then I looked at the release dates to see what decades were represented. In other words what songs and what eras did the organisers decide should be included to represent the music of the country?
Queen, the Bee Gees, John Lennon and Pink Floyd are the only representatives of the 1970s.
Madness, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Bush and David Bowie are the four from the 1980s.
The really interesting thing is that there is only ONE song from the decade 1999 to 2009. What had happened to the industry here? Or do we only remember songs from the distant past and the very recent past?
Of course my thoughts then strayed to what would be included if someone tried to celebrate the pop music of Ireland in 36 songs!
the wildhearted outsider
