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A couple of weeks ago we did a thread on what's exciting you about music at the moment.

Here's its inverse: what's annoying you about music at the moment, and why? I'm tempted to ban discussion of Kate Nash upfront - anyway I'm not really after specific acts, more the trends and ideas that make those acts' popularities a bad thing.

And - what do you think could be done about it (if anything)?

(Orgafun update: the missing Pop Open player has been located and a track is hopefully on its way)

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awesomewells.livejournal.com

Well no, the thing available for free is the album, the extra disc is, in effect, the B-Sides. Which will also be available for free via the magic of the internet in no time and Radiohead know this full well.

It's quite a workable formula - overcharge the mental product fetishists and let everyone else pay what they want. Also a brilliant piece of marketing in that this is the first time an album release day has felt like an event in years.

From:

awesomewells.livejournal.com

And don't lie to me, you didn't care about Radiohead ever.

(Apart from at university when you were arguing about what was the best track on Kid A)

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katstevens.livejournal.com

Take the fifth, Lex!

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alexmacpherson.livejournal.com

It hasn't felt like an event at all!

Oh god have you bought it?!

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freakytigger.livejournal.com

"Bought"!

It has felt like an event, though I've not seen ANYONE going "OMG Radiohead have a new record out what amazing sounds will they emerge with now" just "OMG Radiohead have killed the record industry". Mind you good for them, after the last record they had set the controls for gentle decline into institutionhood.