Re: For all you concern about Alanis vs U2 and record sells? Let's do the math!!

Robbie Robinson ([email protected])
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:00 -0800

[email protected] wrote:
>
> Hi
> :o)
> Personally I really don't care about the record sales but it seems to be an
> important topic for some of you.
> First of all I decided I am responsible for atleast 100,000 plus for album
> sales for Alanis. I figure 100,000 plus is the number of girls who are bitter
> that they can't have me, Modsavage. So it would go to figure they would feel
> Alanis pain and would buy her album!!!!
> But besides all that
> lets do the math shall we?
> Alanis sold
> 469,000 in the first week of sales, as you know now, I am responsible for
> 100,000
> I feel bad about that
> :o(
> U2 sold
> 237,000 in the first week of sales. I take full responsibility for four of
> those albums
> But here is the thing most aren't factoring in.
> Alanis is just one album
> U2 is two albums and costs more.
> So you have to factor in all the preteens who can't afford the twenty bucks
> plus for U2 double album. So they bought Alanis the first week. They wont be
> able to afford to buy U2 until they baby sit a few times more or collect and
> hope for tips from their paper route. Then there is the fact that VH1 and MTV
> sucks and shoves Alanis down our throats, don't get me wrong I like Alanis but
> No U2 vids??
> They suck!
> So lets do the math shall we
> Alanis x 1 = 469,000
> U2 x 2 =474,000
> YAY
> U2 wins!!

Good math MODSAVAGE!
But you know what really makes me feel good?
I've read 3 reviews of Alanis's new album and all of them
were faintly damning. One reviewer even said "well, it's not
as bad as Hootie and the Blowfish's sophmore album" :D
I'll be interested to see how it fares in the charts
after the first week. No way is it going to get anywhere
near the success of the first album.
Of course, the constant radio play will keep it from doing
too badly. It dawned on me as I heard her the 5th time today,
that she sings all of her songs the same way. If you don't pay
attention to the lyrics, most of them sound alike :p

Robbie

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