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| From | Bill Silvers <wsilvers@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Too soon to be covering songs (was RE: Seven Nation Army) |
| Date | Sun, 27 Apr 2003 21:27:13 -0500 |
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Stewart Mason replied:
> >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.
>
>Yeah, but as Jason said, the Brendan Benson song is not going to be a hit.
>LAPALCO came out in February 2002, a good 15 months ago, which is something
>of an eternity when it comes to marketing and promoting albums; great album
>though it is, LAPALCO is pretty much dead commercially at this point.
>While sometimes songs do become hits belatedly, the chance of it happening
>is miniscule.
I guess we could tell that to Nick Drake on "Pink Moon," if only.
teasing and otherwise in pretty much complete agreement with Stewart on
this non-issue,
b.s.
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