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[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Limited Edition Paris CD 'hard to find'

I wasn't aware Banksy did remixes but my curiosity is now piqued.

What are your thoughts on this matter- is this actually art of some variety or just someone being a twat? (Banksy's deeds, I'm referring to, not Paris')

[If this is wrong, delete it and all that but I thought it was poptimism-relevant]

Comments

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

I think it's a nasty thing to do, because Paris is quite harmless really. The Lex will be very angry.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I thought it was unpleasant mostly because whatever problem he might have with Paris, it's ultimately going to be people who buy her album he gets at, not her. she gets the royalty from the sales of the album still, they don't get the CD they just paid for.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/wedge/2005/10/its-his-subversion-thats-interesting/

dubdobdee on Banksy.

I wish he'd picked a less obvious target here, but I'm not sure how much I wish this because I think it's quite a good album.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I very much concur with what he says there about people wanking on and on about how 'subversive' Banksy is. I suspect it is because they wish they'd done it themselves and therefore imagine that pretending he is part of some subcultural phenomenon they too can claim to be part of, they can appear to be cooler.

I think it's an alright album and certainly I see no reason to target people who might buy it. If he'd done it to an album by those white supremacist twins, that would actually be fucking cool but I can't help but feel this is one of those times when someone takes the joke too far and ends up just acting like an utter cunt. On the other hand, I would very much like to hear these remixes of his.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

If these are remixes of the actual Paris tracks I would be interested to hear them! I suspect they are not, though. I wonder what they sound like. I am not in the least bit annoyed, Banksy targeting Paris is merely further evidence of her importance, she is clearly the only popstar culturally significant enough to merit this treatment. I prefer to think of it as a 'collaboration' and Banksy should be clever enough to realise that Paris is vital and necessary for it to work on whatever level it works on, ie she is both artist and um canvas or something.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I agree about the collaboration thing- publicity for both of them, even if it's a non-consensual collaboration on Paris' part.

[thomppw.livejournal.com]

surely i) virgin are going to honour anyone who comes in to replace one of these and ii) the banksyed versions will be resellable for more than they cost anyway?

i don't see that it is hurting people with enough disposable income to buy the paris hilton album that much.

(n.b. is paris actually a bona fide pop hit person now? or is she just being discussed bcz she's p. hilton and hasn't really sold that many records?)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I originally thought it could be discussed because it's something happening to a pop record and may have implications for the wider views of/on the pop world. :)

Yeah, the whole thing just seems a bit rubbish, though, in comparison to some of the other stuff Banksy's done. Lazy, really- she's such an easy target and it's not like he's said anything amazingly revolutionary.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

The stunt seems lazy and as a statement it is, but I'm kind of impressed about the sheer amount of work that must have gone into actually getting a fake CD into the cases for a very prominent major label release.

I'm now trying to think of the funniest record anyone could have done this to and I've come to the conclusion it's probably Kid A.