No Rock And Roll Fun

WHITE STRIPES, STROKES SPLIT: A split single, that is, in what the nme are calling "the most-wanted single of all time." Well, it'd be a nice thing to have, but most wanted? Surely, if X is the number of White Stripes fans and Y is the number of Strokes fans, logic dictates the number of people who like both bands has to be less than the total who likes either, Mathematically, then, there is the potential - indeed, the likelihood - for the record to be desired less than either a pure White Stripes or pure Strokes record. More seriously, wouldn't, say, a new four-piece Manics record be more desirable? And, sadly, the next Will Young single probably has more people getting excited by the prospect of a new release than the Strokes/Stripes thing.
Still, its a nice gimmick.