Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music

Capt'n Midnight

This is the saddest thing you'll read all day.


1. Creed has sold more records in the US than Jimi Hendrix

















2. Led Zeppelin, REM, and Depeche Mode have never had a number one single, Rihanna has 10

















3. Ke$ha's “Tik-Tok” sold more copies than ANY Beatles single

















4. Flo Rida's “Low” has sold 8 million copies – the same as The Beatles' “Hey Jude”

















5. The Black Eyed Peas' “I Gotta Feeling” is more popular than any Elvis or Simon & Garfunkel song

















6. Celine Dion's “Falling Into You” sold more copies than any Queen, Nirvana, or Bruce Springsteen record

















7. Same with Shania Twain's “Come On Over”

















8. Katy Perry holds the same record as Michael Jackson for most number one singles from an album


















9. Barbra Streisand has sold more records (140 million) than Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, and Tom Petty combined


















10. People actually bought Billy Ray Cyrus' album “Some Gave All…” 20 million people. More than any Bob Marley album


















11. The cast of “Glee” has had more songs chart than the Beatles


















12. Justin Bieber exists.


That is all.

chin_grin

Are they extremely disappointing if you don't like any of the artists that are being compared? Ah well.

admiralofthefleet

barbara streisand is good

AnamGlas

Major cringe at #10

kincsem

Stupid people have money.

earpiece

Fúckin' proof that kid's have too much cash.

Arawn

People who produce accoustic guitars at house parties are universally known as twats.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Positive fact about popular music, it's ****.

seriously, you want depressing? How many namds that are as good as Petty, Cash, REM, Hendrix et el will probably never be heard by us because of all this Cowellesque ****?

Hey. It's Friday. Weekend. Positive vibes, peeps, positive vibes.

Dotrel

I'm extremely disappointed! Next you'll tell me those Transformers movies made a shítload of money. :mad:

chin_grin

Arawn wrote: »

People who produce accoustic guitars at house parties are universally known as twats.

I can't "+1" this enough.

deathrider

Why weren't Nirvana thrown into the sh1te side of that comparison?

robbie_998

I don't like R.E.M



am i alone on this ?

laoch na mona

unit sales doesn't reflect anything except peoples whims
music that is still enjoyed by new generations years later eg johnny cash and nirvana
that is proof of what people really like

My name is URL

Pop music has always been relatively unpopular.

Dermighty

Ah **** it, most music is ****e anyway. Just enjoy what you enjoy and forget everything else.

I work in a nightclub and I can honestly say that whatever they play in there is just complete rubbish. When you're sober it is painful, but I know from experience that when I'm drunk I never care, so its tolerable for most people

drdeadlift

Well your comparing two different eras.Todays media is much closer to many more millions of young customers.Would population size today compared to then inflate sales figure too.Either way the best music will never be forgotten sales figures are rarely remembered

chin_grin

robbie_998 wrote: »

I don't like R.E.M



am i alone on this ?

Bit of lavender on the pillow and you should be ok. :pac:

im invisible

Disappointing fact about popular music: its popular

RichieC

Stairway would have been number 1 had it of been released as a single. I don't think Zepplin released any singles at all. (corrected, they did, but never released stairway)

MungBean

Led Zeppelin's first album was almost entirely plagiarised. Jimmy Page was a talentless thief who liked to take advantage of kids, Bonham was an alcoholic woman beater and all of em were sexual devients who regularly gang banged groupies, once in a bathtub full of beans and once incorporating a live fish.

All scummers with the exception of John Paul Jones who just went home to his wife and avoided the debauchery that went on.

chin_grin

RichieC wrote: »

Stairway would have been number 1 had it of been released as a single. I don't think Zepplin released any singles at all.

Hmm?

Shattered Dreamer

All this list tells us is that popular music is more popular than rock music. Oh shock bloody horror. Add this to the "sh*t we already know" list lol

Dotrel

RichieC wrote: »

Stairway would have been number 1 had it of been released as a single. I don't think Zepplin released any singles at all.

It would have needed the X-factor treatment first like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKmcUeXB0wY

Be sure to put an actual stairway on the stage to make it as literal as possible.

RichieC

MungBean wrote: »

Led Zeppelin's first album was almost entirely plagiarised. Jimmy Page was a talentless thief who liked to take advantage of kids, Bonham was an alcoholic woman beater and all of em were sexual devients who regularly gang banged groupies, once in a bathtub full of beans and once incorporating a live fish.

All scummers with the exception of John Paul Jones who just went home to his wife and avoided the debauchery that went on.

Rock stars acted like this? my god.. an entire world re-evaluation is on the cards for me

Mint Sauce

I blame Simon Cowell.

kjl

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

This is the saddest thing you'll read all day.


1. Creed has sold more records in the US than Jimi Hendrix

2. Led Zeppelin, REM, and Depeche Mode have never had a number one single, Rihanna has 10
3. Ke$ha's “Tik-Tok” sold more copies than ANY Beatles single
4. Flo Rida's “Low” has sold 8 million copies – the same as The Beatles' “Hey Jude”
5. The Black Eyed Peas' “I Gotta Feeling” is more popular than any Elvis or Simon & Garfunkel song
6. Celine Dion's “Falling Into You” sold more copies than any Queen, Nirvana, or Bruce Springsteen record
7. Same with Shania Twain's “Come On Over”

8. Katy Perry holds the same record as Michael Jackson for most number one singles from an album

9. Barbra Streisand has sold more records (140 million) than Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, and Tom Petty combined

10. People actually bought Billy Ray Cyrus' album “Some Gave All…” 20 million people. More than any Bob Marley album

11. The cast of “Glee” has had more songs chart than the Beatl

12. Justin Bieber exists.


That is all.

And they say piracy is ruining the music industry.

RichieC

chin_grin wrote: »

Hmm?

I admit defeat at the hands of your superior googling.

abouttobebanned

It's all relative.

There's music and then there's business.

soyawhatsup

deathrider wrote: »

Why weren't Nirvana thrown into the sh1te side of that comparison?

Because Nirvana aren't "sh1te" they're qu1te unbel1evable

mike65

You can't actually turn the amps up to 11.

earpiece

I say we revolt and mutilate Justin Bieberlake some more.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

This is the saddest thing you'll read all day.

No, the saddest thing I've read all day was that a guy who was beaten to death by the police in the States a few months ago begged for his life and desperately yelled out for his dad before he was killed. You're just whinging about why some millionaires should be more popular than other millionaires. Who cares.

MungBean

RichieC wrote: »

Rock stars acted like this? my god.. an entire world re-evaluation is on the cards for me

Pretty sure some of them were not thieving paedos though.

earpiece

mike65 wrote: »

You can't actually turn the amps up to 11.

Lick my love pump.

Littlehorny

Are these figures achieved because of itunes? Because in the old days us oul fellas used to have to go out and buy the record. Is the bigger salea figures achieved these days cause its cheaper and easier for the "youth" of today?

phasers

Mediocre things with broad commercial appeal make more money than quality niche products?

alert the media!

Deus Ex Machina

Why is this disappointing? I don't want the music I like to be liked by the public, haven't you seen the people out there?

Kidchameleon

Let me guess OP, you listen to radio nova and actually think that radio station is good?

starbelgrade

Starbelgrade's dissapointing facts about popular music:

1. Snow Patrol

2. The Script

3. The Coronas

robbie_998

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Let me guess OP, you listen to radio nova and actually think that radio station is good?

repeats after repeats on there !


2fm and today fm are usually good when their not talking ****e !

Red21

These facts aren't disappointing Record/Album sales are no indication of talent and never were, the list of songs that prove this is endless.

K-9

Surprised REM never had a No.1. In fairness them and Depeche Mode tended to hit the Album chart No. 1's.

phasers

starbelgrade wrote: »

Starbelgrade's dissapointing facts about popular music:

1. Snow Patrol

2. The Script

3. The Coronas

Those aren't facts, they're band names.

Also The Coronas aren't popular.

starbelgrade

phasers wrote: »

Those aren't facts, they're band names.

Also The Coronas aren't popular.

They make me want to pierce my eardrums with a sharp object.

phasers

starbelgrade wrote: »

They make me want to pierce my eardrums with a sharp object.

Now that's a fact.

starbelgrade

phasers wrote: »

Now that's a fact.

*high five*

Oranage2

I wonder in the 60s and 70s were people saying the Beatles were crap and that they were too commercial and that Elvis was much better?

Dotrel

Oranage2 wrote: »

I wonder in the 60s and 70s were people saying the Beatles were crap and that they were too commercial and that Elvis was much better?

Probably did, but it's much of a muchness. They both still have their fans today.

I doubt anyone however will still be talking about fatboy or the ginger autotune from X-factor 50 years from now.

Gee Bag

MungBean wrote: »

Led Zeppelin's first album was almost entirely plagiarised. Jimmy Page was a talentless thief who liked to take advantage of kids, Bonham was an alcoholic woman beater and all of em were sexual devients who regularly gang banged groupies, once in a bathtub full of beans and once incorporating a live fish.

All scummers with the exception of John Paul Jones who just went home to his wife and avoided the debauchery that went on.

Led Zeppelin, a great bunch of lads!

phasers

Who's fatboy and the ginger autotune? Are they worth downloading?

Capt'n Midnight

mike65 wrote: »

You can't actually turn the amps up to 11.

http://xkcd.com/670/