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Re: have the leaks killed the hype?
Only for us maybe. The general public doesn't know or give two shits about the leaks so that won't have an impact at all on them. I honestly think whe they release Better things will pick up alot. Axl voice will be recognizeable and people will like that song better. It's much more radio friendly at least. Radio listeners will respond much more to a familar voice
Re: have the leaks killed the hype?
Did you guys see this. AC/DC set to sell 800,000 in 1 week. Wal-Mart exclusive.
http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=6611
GNR should be able to sell at least that much. Way more hype and promo behind GNR.
A LOT more people make their way to Wal-Mart than BB. Anyway, the real test will be week 2 sales, not the week 1 sales when every internet fanboy has purchased 5 copies for himself. I bet it takes years for BB to get rid of their initial purchase if the numbers reported are accurate.
Re: have the leaks killed the hype?
the leaks haven't killed it for me...as a collector and a fan, i'm glad i have more than 1 version of the song....i like comparing, gives you insight into the process the band went through...
the general public don't really know much yet, we have to wait a bit more for the real PR to kick in...a few radio stations won't make too much of a dent in the music world...these guys need to get onto MTV and VH1 and start pimping it there if they are to get some real hype going...
and i agree with buzz on that the 2nd week sales will be a more accurate description of how the album is doing in the real world...but regardless, we also count...so if my 5 copies of the disc contribute to the overall tally...good for me....and them....
Re: have the leaks killed the hype?
buzzsaw wrote:bigbri wrote:Did you guys see this. AC/DC set to sell 800,000 in 1 week. Wal-Mart exclusive.
http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=6611
GNR should be able to sell at least that much. Way more hype and promo behind GNR.
A LOT more people make their way to Wal-Mart than BB. Anyway, the real test will be week 2 sales, not the week 1 sales when every internet fanboy has purchased 5 copies for himself. I bet it takes years for BB to get rid of their initial purchase if the numbers reported are accurate.
Week 1 sales do alot to help week 2 and thereafter. If it does huge numbers in week 1 then it helps create buzz for week 2 when people who didn't buy it look into it to see what they missed out on.
Yeah, very true. And buzz you're always looking to downplay any success GNR may have. At first it was, Chinese Democracy (the song) did well the first day but let's see how it does the second day. From my perspective the hype didn't die at all, maybe we had to wait for the 3rd day? Now it's, well it'll sell well the FIRST week, but just wait till it flops the second week. I see where you're coming from, I mean you could be totally right. It just seems you seek out the negative and fail to ever recognize the positive.
Re: have the leaks killed the hype?
Some people actually like ac/dc. I know some people that love them. I think they are ok, but I haven't bought one of their albums since The Razor's Edge. I've walked by the wal-mart display - they do a pretty good job with it, I hope the BB display is more impressive and I have a feeling it will be if they tie the re-releases to it. The release of CD is going to end up being profitable for Slash and Duff if BB markets it the way I think they will. If somehow they can get the young generation to buy CD, all those kids are going to buy the back catalog eventually as well.
I will go purchase CD at some point - probably not day one, but even if the album as a whole isn't good, I will still support Axl and purchase it. If it's very good, I'll be doing the same crazy shit others are doing like buying LPs to frame, etc.
