The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Snarf Zagyg]

We shouldn't be able to name the handful of seminal soundtracks aimed at us -- Reality Bites, Less than Zero, Singles, Romy & Michelle's Wedding and Gross Pointe Blank -- on the fingers of one hand, but we can.

Well, this one is for you.


you're welcome.....

 

[billd91]

About 10 or so years ago The Police were on tour. They came through the Twin Cities on a Sunday, which happened to also be the 3rd of July. They had like 2500 people in attendance.

Are you talking about the 2007-2008 tour? The tour that was, at the time, the 3rd highest grossing tour of all time (now the 16th)? The tour that reports 17,000 people in attendance on July 3, 2007 in St. Paul? That Police tour?

... Never heard of it.

 

[payn]

Are you talking about the 2007-2008 tour? The tour that was, at the time, the 3rd highest grossing tour of all time (now the 16th)? The tour that reports 17,000 people in attendance on July 3, 2007 in St. Paul? That Police tour?

... Never heard of it.

I'm thinking of another tour that happened right before xmas by a different band that came in at 2500. I do recall people complaining about low attendance at that Police tour date though. I mean, really, 3rd of July?

 

[Ryujin]

Yeah, New Wave doesn't have much of a home on the radio dial, unless you live in SoCal and can listen to KROQ.

And everyone now largely listens to hyper-specific curated streaming feeds, so unless you somehow convince an 18 year old that New Wave belongs in their 2022 pop or EDM feeds, no one's going to hear about it.

It also doesn't help that New Wave is largely the music of Gen X, not Baby Boomers, and so once the Baby Boomers stopped being catered to by Madison Avenue, advertising and film soundtracks have skipped ahead to the mid to late 1990s and the 21st century. There really are too few Gen Xers, even at our height, to be worth marketing to extensively.

We shouldn't be able to name the handful of seminal soundtracks aimed at us -- Reality Bites, Less than Zero, Singles, Romy & Michelle's Wedding and Gross Pointe Blank -- on the fingers of one hand, but we can.

I'm actually quite surprised at the number of recent teen movies and TV shows that used recognizable '80s / early '90s music in their school dance scenes; either the originals, or covers. The "Wednesday Addams" school dance is just the latest.

 

[Cadence]

But SiriusXM also skews very old. It's a service mostly used by truckers, not high school students.

It comes standard with a bunch of care now (I imagine especially if the parents are paying) and have all kinds of genres hiding on their. Including a couple aimed at children.

 

[Gradine]

Weird .... all I remember is people demanding money in exchange for tote bags.

Basically every commercial in the 00's had one of three songs:
*"Just What I Needed" by the Cars
*"Brave" by Sara Bareillies
*"Five-Dollar Footlongs"

 

[billd91]

I'm thinking of another tour that happened right before xmas by a different band that came in at 2500. I do recall people complaining about low attendance at that Police tour date though. I mean, really, 3rd of July?

17,185 seats in a venue that holds, theoretical max, 17,954.
I'm not sure why people would be complaining about low attendance. They sold all of the tickets they had up for sale.

 

[Cadence]

I'm actually quite surprised at the number of recent teen movies and TV shows that used recognizable '80s / early '90s music in their school dance scenes; either the originals, or covers. The "Wednesday Addams" school dance is just the latest.

80s to early 90s stuff seems to be in constant play at a lot of restaurants and stores these days, so they might be picking it up by osmosis. Also might have put up with their parents driving them to school for years with it on.

 

[payn]

17,185 seats in a venue that holds, theoretical max, 17,954.
I'm not sure why people would be complaining about low attendance. They sold all of the tickets they had up for sale.

I'll try and dig up the article. I think even though it sold that many tickets, they didnt get that head count at all.

Excel Energy Center can seat nearly 21K.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It comes standard with a bunch of care now (I imagine especially if the parents are paying) and have all kinds of genres hiding on their. Including a couple aimed at children.

Well, sure. That's what the truckers put on when the grandkids are staying over.