From: owner-oztori-digest@smoe.org (oztori-digest) To: oztori-digest@smoe.org Subject: oztori-digest V4 #43 Reply-To: oztori@smoe.org Sender: owner-oztori-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oztori-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oztori-digest Wednesday, May 12 2004 Volume 04 : Number 043 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [oztori] William Hung outsells Tori [Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: [oztori] William Hung outsells Tori On 10 May 2004, at 23:30, Nathanael-Quentin . wrote: [snip] > The whole 'point' was that it's a strange era we live > in where an 'artist' such as William can out-perform > Tori. It depends on how you define 'out-perform'. This guy doesn't even count as a one-hit wonder. So he sold a bunch of albums in one week. Are you really going to try to tell me that artistic merit is defined in terms of chart placement in a single week? > As for being a 'novelty' - William's album doens't > come with free stickers and a trinket, I presume. Some folks got all excited about the trinkets. You didn't, and we're all well aware of it because you tell us your opinion on the matter as often as humanly possible. So what? /nm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 17:26:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Nathanael-Quentin "®" Subject: Re: [oztori] William Hung outsells Tori Nadyne Mielke wrote: > It depends on how you define 'out-perform'. This > guy doesn't even > count as a one-hit wonder. So he sold a bunch of > albums in one week. ...which is astonishingly similar to Tori's usual sale pattern for albums - ie, sell big one week, then drop like a lead balloon. As for being a 'one-hit wonder' - - can anyone outside of Toriland name one of her songs bar Cornflake Girl? (and no, Professional Widow 'remix' doesn't really 'count' as one of 'hers'). > Are you really going to try to tell me that artistic > merit is defined > in terms of chart placement in a single week? No. But who cares about 'artistic merit' - if William's album makes some people happy, then good luck to him. I could imagine him actually doing a rendition of 1000 Oceans lol... 'Dese tear I cwy I cwy a tousan ooocean' > > As for being a 'novelty' - William's album doens't > > come with free stickers and a trinket, I presume. > > Some folks got all excited about the trinkets. You > didn't, and we're > all well aware of it because you tell us your > opinion on the matter as > often as humanly possible. So what? And we are all well aware of how sick you are of me giving my opinion on this matter because you tell us your opinion on it as often as humanly possible. So what? n-q. ===== "Mother dear, was I such a wicked child That sleep should never come to limbs that ran so wild? And like a hammer in my head Like the ghost I keep inside It is the thing I've come to dread It gives me no respite. Can you hear the footstep on the stair? Searched a thousand times but no-one's ever there. And the fear said 'I haven't finished with you yet.'" - - 'Attic Song', Siobhan Fahey. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ------------------------------ End of oztori-digest V4 #43 ***************************