Manic Street Preachers: Radiohead ‘Demeaned Music’ by Letting Fans Pay What They Want

The chick at the back looks like a bitch.

"Sales are doing well everywhere else. Cinema is doing well video games are doing well but music isn’t." Last time I checked the movie industry was going through the exact same problems that the music industry was. Isn't that why the RIAA and MPAA have been holding hands through all of this? Furthermore of course games are doing well. Game developers are smart nerds who find niches and loopholes to get people to buy their stuff. Those same nerds are the people who are finding niches and loopholes to pirate movies and music. It makes a lot of sense when you think about it. -SZ

"Music used to be a market now it’s all gone digital. It’s worrying and it seems to be the way of the world at the moment." Yeah because after all something is definately not worth anything if it isn't being eaten by the market.

Ditch the Eye Shodow Nerd and maybe someone would listen to your Music or Download it !

I blame The Police (who was one of the first bands to put their music out on CD) for the demise of the audio cassette. Imagine all those people in the plastic industry that they put out of business! How dare they! And then there's that guy who invented the electric light bulb. The cad! Those poor candle makers!

This line probably bothers me the most about these hacks though: "Music used to be a market now it’s all gone digital. It’s worrying and it seems to be the way of the world at the moment." Music is an art not a market not a widget to put beside other widgets in a supermarket display and to hear artists talking like this even 3rd string hacks like these guys makes me fear for the music of the world far more than any action Radiohead did. I guess they subscribe to the Eminem style of music making you don't have to be talented to be rich in yesterday's music market and today's market scares them.

Great....can't wait to hear her pearls of wisdom.

Meyou in the ridiculousness of it all I'm expecting it to be Celine Dion next. Why? Because how rediculous it would be considering she may 300 million from her Las Vegas show.

Great first metallica then Gene Simmons and now these clowns......who next?

Theyre a Welsh band that was mildly popular 10 years ago (in the UK).

10 mil for radiohead? thats the first i heard that. thats fucking sweet for them. oh and i second the "who the fuck are these douchebags" comment. my store is the best place to buy CDs for about 10 miles. when we dont have something no one wants to go elsewhere because its too far for them. so when *I* dont know about them they arent popular enough to give a rats ass about.

They're just pissed that they've locked themsevles into a contract with the recording industry and can't do something like what Radiohead did.

Who the fakk are these guys? Never even bloody heard of them now I don't aspire to know the music industry but I've heard of Radiohead and Kiss but these no-namers I've never had affront my ears and that says allot considering I'm a metal fan :P Either you know what you're doing or you don't but don't blame Radiohead's ingenious delivery of music for your own failures take it on the chin and build from it it builds character and you don't look like a presumptuous git!

Well good for you radiohead! It only takes 2-3 to start a revolution. You and 50cent may be the first stones in this rock slide!

The Manics would have to pay me before I'd take possession of any of their Eurotrash poptastic shit.

Its pretty sad I thought untalented cry babies were limited to American Idol for their 15 minutes of fame. If your good you can still make a killing in the music industry. Now however the fans can decide if your good not some corporate big wigs.

Wire putting his mouth in it again. Don't agree with him, but the lot of you are hopelessly ignorant to call the Manic's "hacks", "grasping 15 minutes of fame" or "mildly popular 10 years ago." The Manics were, and continue to be massively popular all over the world. They never took off in America, but alas, America is not the world folks. They've been millionaires for over a decade - Wire has nothing to profit by alienating himself and touring the States (as they did recently) knowing full well he'd lose money doing it. Their albums 'The Holy Bible', 'Everything Must Go' and 'Journal for Plague Lovers' received widespread critical acclaim, with 'The Holy Bible' frequently ranked in polls as one of the greatest ever made. Rolling Stone and Spin Magazine are far too lazy and corporate to look at anything outside the US until it's on the shelves of Best Buy. Given their diverse history, chances are there's something in their canon that you'd respect. The music is heavily informed by literature, history, political theory (particularly socialist) and art movements. While I disagree with Wire's comments, it's patently obvious that he's aware of the difference between art and commerce, and (shock) understands that these aren't always incongruous. Beethhoven wrote very good music for money. Wire has a history of making inflammatory statements, sometimes as a joke, sometimes for publicity and sometimes because he's not afraid to express his (often unpopular) opinions. As the author of the article says, it's clear he's doing so with civility in this case. If you're going to attack the Manic Street Preachers for their comments, fine. But do a little research before you label them as 'mildly popular' or 'hacks'.

The chick at the back looks like a bitch.

"Sales are doing well everywhere else. Cinema is doing well video games are doing well but music isn’t." Last time I checked the movie industry was going through the exact same problems that the music industry was. Isn't that why the RIAA and MPAA have been holding hands through all of this? Furthermore of course games are doing well. Game developers are smart nerds who find niches and loopholes to get people to buy their stuff. Those same nerds are the people who are finding niches and loopholes to pirate movies and music. It makes a lot of sense when you think about it. -SZ

"Music used to be a market now it’s all gone digital. It’s worrying and it seems to be the way of the world at the moment." Yeah because after all something is definately not worth anything if it isn't being eaten by the market.

Ditch the Eye Shodow Nerd and maybe someone would listen to your Music or Download it !

I blame The Police (who was one of the first bands to put their music out on CD) for the demise of the audio cassette. Imagine all those people in the plastic industry that they put out of business! How dare they! And then there's that guy who invented the electric light bulb. The cad! Those poor candle makers!

This line probably bothers me the most about these hacks though: "Music used to be a market now it’s all gone digital. It’s worrying and it seems to be the way of the world at the moment." Music is an art not a market not a widget to put beside other widgets in a supermarket display and to hear artists talking like this even 3rd string hacks like these guys makes me fear for the music of the world far more than any action Radiohead did. I guess they subscribe to the Eminem style of music making you don't have to be talented to be rich in yesterday's music market and today's market scares them.

Great....can't wait to hear her pearls of wisdom.

Meyou in the ridiculousness of it all I'm expecting it to be Celine Dion next. Why? Because how rediculous it would be considering she may 300 million from her Las Vegas show.

Great first metallica then Gene Simmons and now these clowns......who next?

Theyre a Welsh band that was mildly popular 10 years ago (in the UK).

10 mil for radiohead? thats the first i heard that. thats fucking sweet for them. oh and i second the "who the fuck are these douchebags" comment. my store is the best place to buy CDs for about 10 miles. when we dont have something no one wants to go elsewhere because its too far for them. so when *I* dont know about them they arent popular enough to give a rats ass about.

They're just pissed that they've locked themsevles into a contract with the recording industry and can't do something like what Radiohead did.

Who the fakk are these guys? Never even bloody heard of them now I don't aspire to know the music industry but I've heard of Radiohead and Kiss but these no-namers I've never had affront my ears and that says allot considering I'm a metal fan :P Either you know what you're doing or you don't but don't blame Radiohead's ingenious delivery of music for your own failures take it on the chin and build from it it builds character and you don't look like a presumptuous git!

Well good for you radiohead! It only takes 2-3 to start a revolution. You and 50cent may be the first stones in this rock slide!

The Manics would have to pay me before I'd take possession of any of their Eurotrash poptastic shit.

Its pretty sad I thought untalented cry babies were limited to American Idol for their 15 minutes of fame. If your good you can still make a killing in the music industry. Now however the fans can decide if your good not some corporate big wigs.