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Post by uraniumplayer on Apr 7, 2021 13:11:33 GMT -5
I would much rather have physical releases/box sets/ whatever, but if the band isn't willing to take the time to carefully curate something, I'd be happy getting soundboard quality downloads of concerts from the vault. They could charge and make $$$ and I would gladly pay. I would kill for a soundboard recording of Box Full O'Honey--how about offering the RCM Broadway show for download? Likewise, how about something from the Pop Trash or Up Close 2000-2001 era? Dave Matthews has the Live Trax series of shows from every tour...RHCP has downloads on their site from tours...how hard would it be for DD to do the same? It would have to generate a little revenue, and it could keep fans happy. Heck, they could add a commentary track or something (similar to Live from London) if they wanted to. Someone alluded to the Rome show earlier in the thread--more stuff like that. How hard can it be? In terms of new music...the core lineup of JT/RT/SLB/NR needs outside help to write full albums. They needed Nate Hills/Timbaland/Timberlake on RCM, Ronson on AYNIN, Hudson on PG, plus some Dom sprinkled in where NR allowed it, er, I mean, on certain songs from AYNIN and PG, plus Nile Rodgers on some songs, etc. So my expectations for new music during the pandemic were low. I just hope they haven't overproduced the sh*t out of the new album during these slow months. Only they wouldn’t make $$$ from such releases. It’s not 2003 anymore and even the official bootlegs from TheMusic at the time eventually went for $7.95 per double album a few months after the initial $25. We need physical product but as long as DD are the bussiness they are, they will not care for pocket money from physical releases, they only care about tours and merch income. They will certainly not release live shows from the Pop Trash era. Why sponsor a former bussiness associate that has not had a role in the band for 20 years, half of the current bussiness partners would veto that I’m sure. Only NR would be really in favour for such a thing. I hear you...well, they did promote TV Mania in 2013, have had retrospectives on WC-era albums on DD.com (as recently as last year’s Pop Trash w/ WC’s commentary)...they didn’t ignore Medazzaland/PT in the recent Spotify/streaming announcement (and they created a 97-11 playlist and, likewise, didn’t ignore WC era there, either)...so I don’t think releasing a 90’s era show on the site is that big a deal...
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Post by negative1 on Apr 7, 2021 14:07:05 GMT -5
i'm a huge midge ure fan, and ultravox fan. but there aren't many out there, so the logistics aren't that tricky to arrange. especially when he's done a few shows before.
its great for fans.
but he's nowhere in the league of duran duran.
later -1
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 14:39:00 GMT -5
i'm a huge midge ure fan, and ultravox fan. but there aren't many out there, so the logistics aren't that tricky to arrange. especially when he's done a few shows before. its great for fans. but he's nowhere in the league of duran duran. later -1 No, but how hard is it to set up a streaming event? It’s not as if they need staff to tear the tickets at the entrance, or employ hundreds of security, or arrange for catering. It’s minimal effort. But yes, I love Ultravox too!
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Post by carnival on Apr 7, 2021 14:41:55 GMT -5
i'm a huge midge ure fan, and ultravox fan. but there aren't many out there, so the logistics aren't that tricky to arrange. especially when he's done a few shows before. its great for fans. but he's nowhere in the league of duran duran. later -1 No, but how hard is it to set up a streaming event? It’s not as if they need staff to tear the tickets at the entrance, or employ hundreds of security, or arrange for catering. It’s minimal effort. But yes, I love Ultravox too! It’s not that hard at all......DD just doesn’t have the gumption to do it. Not a fit for their well-manicured 40th anniversary plans, you know.
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Post by lukasgardiner989 on Apr 7, 2021 16:27:00 GMT -5
No, but how hard is it to set up a streaming event? It’s not as if they need staff to tear the tickets at the entrance, or employ hundreds of security, or arrange for catering. It’s minimal effort. But yes, I love Ultravox too! It’s not that hard at all......DD just doesn’t have the gumption to do it. Not a fit for their well-manicured 40th anniversary plans, you know. They’ll probably read this board thread all wrong and come up with the idea that the band should participate in a live online manicure session for all 4 members while they discuss the making of Rio.
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Post by asteroidk on Apr 8, 2021 15:58:18 GMT -5
I think anything to consider is that once concerts get back up and running (hopefully), there is going to be so much competition for the consumers money. Same goes for the onslaught of albums that will be released to support the tours, and merchandising. I think bands like Duran could struggle if people are more inclined to support bigger acts.
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Post by carnival on Apr 8, 2021 18:07:39 GMT -5
I think anything to consider is that once concerts get back up and running (hopefully), there is going to be so much competition for the consumers money. Same goes for the onslaught of albums that will be released to support the tours, and merchandising. I think bands like Duran could struggle if people are more inclined to support bigger acts. I think that’s a good point - there is a lot of pent-up demand for live events, etc but people won’t have endless supply of money or time as they are getting back to normalcy in the rest of their life.
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Post by andre005 on Apr 8, 2021 18:14:16 GMT -5
I think anything to consider is that once concerts get back up and running (hopefully), there is going to be so much competition for the consumers money. Same goes for the onslaught of albums that will be released to support the tours, and merchandising. I think bands like Duran could struggle if people are more inclined to support bigger acts. I think that’s a good point - there is a lot of pent-up demand for live events, etc but people won’t have endless supply of money or time as they are getting back to normalcy in the rest of their life. That's why I suggested they tour New Zealand first and Australia--Covid free--no masks and they are packing in stadiums and arena's--would have been a good business decision to tour their first IMO! Get a Culture Club or OMD to open up for them! Boom!!!!
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Post by lukasgardiner989 on Apr 8, 2021 20:10:20 GMT -5
Based on latest Duran email blast I’ve come to the conclusion that NOTHING will happen this year. The spiels are all boring crap like “playlist this”, “playlist that”, blah blah blah. Not ONE mention of anything interesting or exciting.
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Post by andre005 on Apr 8, 2021 22:51:05 GMT -5
Based on latest Duran email blast I’ve come to the conclusion that NOTHING will happen this year. The spiels are all boring crap like “playlist this”, “playlist that”, blah blah blah. Not ONE mention of anything interesting or exciting. Rumor new single soon?
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