The day the music died.

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Lead singer of the Cranberries died today at age 46.

Dolores O'Riordan

How sad, found her in a hotel. I watched some video of a concert from maybe a couple of years back, and she seemed like something was not normal about her...maybe just my imagination.

They said she suffered from depression.

 

[goeduck]

Lead singer of the Cranberries died today at age 46.

So young. Very sad.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I love the Moody Blues too. Well deserved HOF entry.

Looking back, it is amazing how high record sales went from the 60's to the 80's. Then they plummeted, and now a large percentage sold is rap. I'm guessing that high end audio sales are low too.

My first album I bought with the $5 Christmas money I got from my Grandmother, ZZ Top Tres Hombres...what a classic.

 

[robbyr]

I love the Moody Blues too. Well deserved HOF entry.

Looking back, it is amazing how high record sales went from the 60's to the 80's. Then they plummeted, and now a large percentage sold is rap. I'm guessing that high end audio sales are low too.

My first album I bought with the $5 Christmas money I got from my Grandmother, ZZ Top Tres Hombres...what a classic.

Mine was Kiss Alive and Alive 2.

 

[dragoneggs]

Mine was Three Dog Night-Naturally (1970) the album had a foldout cardboard poster! Still got it!

 

[MossRoad]

 

[smstonypoint]

Looking back, it is amazing how high record sales went from the 60's to the 80's. Then they plummeted, and now a large percentage sold is rap. I'm guessing that high end audio sales are low too.

From the excellent Mark Perry: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable.

Steve

 

[3930dave]

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Great music notwithstanding, I miss the album art.

Rgds, D.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

From the excellent Mark Perry: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable.

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Steve

I guess I'm wrong. Are the dollars adjusted for the time periods? It says 2016 dollars.

Might be a huge difference.

 

[dmccarty]

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Steve

Yep, streaming has really taken over. I don't like it because I am cheap but my kids spent $100ish a year to stream music where as I would rather spend money to buy the CD and be done with it. Course, on average over the last decade I bet I have only bought one CD a year. :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: The reality is that most of the CD's I have bought have been in the last 3-4 years and from two groups and maybe spent $50-60.

Flip side is that I don't listen to music when driving. In the morning I listen to a radio show that is pretty funny and in the afternoon I talk to the wifey when driving home. I suspect if I did have time to listen in the afternoon, I would be likely to be listening to a podcast and not music which is another reason radio is struggling.

Later,
Dan