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| From | DanAbnrml9@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Too soon to be covering songs (was RE: Seven Nation Army) |
| Date | Sun, 27 Apr 2003 20:12:58 EDT |
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In a message dated 4/27/03 8:02:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
oddsmusic@comcast.net writes:
> My view is that when 2 bands release the exact same song at the same
> time, they end up competing against one another, intentional or not. I
> can't believe that Brendan Benson would make more money by having a
> writing credit on a possible hit than if HIS own version of the song
> became popular.
But you see, Brendan's version is NOT going to be a hit. There's no way. I
really don't even think that's an issue. And re:money, there's a thing called
mechanical rights, and it means that Brendan is most certainly getting paid
every time someone buys a copy of that "Seven Nation Army" single. He could
feasibly make more on this than he did on his last album.
I started this thread, and I just thought it was something that everyone
thought would be nice--a band hits the big time and remembers their friends,
two songwriters who happen to be worshipped around these parts. I'd think
everyone would be pretty psyched for their good fortune. When Hootie and the
Blowfish did a cover of 54-40's fairly-obscure "I Go Blind" in 1995, lots of
people recognized the guesture for what it was--the band was trying to share
some of their newfound wealth (and exposure) with one of their influences.
And that's even a different scenario than this one because "I Go Blind" was
packaged and marketed as a SINGLE, whereas this is just stuffing the back of
a 7".
And I find this audities (it *is* a distinctly audities thing, at least right
now) backlash against the White Stripes to be frankly baffling, since they're
one of the few mainstream success stories that has a lot in common with the
audities-type stuff that we seem to worship. --Jason
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