tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post7423730276492679998..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Atomic Kitten's guide to downloadingSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-92053058487503045742008-01-30T19:36:00.000+00:002008-01-30T19:36:00.000+00:00Point taken. You could still have bought either fr...Point taken. You could still have bought either from the same link, but I suppose they started out drawing attention to the more profitable version. Only when desperation kicked in did they point out that you could save 20p, although understandably most people seem to be saving all 99p.<BR/><BR/>And somebody doesn't know how to spell Lightning Seeds, do they?Chris Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062680121301021165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-68331929136253738082008-01-30T09:33:00.000+00:002008-01-30T09:33:00.000+00:00@Chris- at the time I posted, the official site wa...@Chris<BR/>- at the time I posted, the official site was only taking preorders for the 99p version and didn't mention that it was DRM-ed free. But, yes, it certainly is the case that you <I>can</I> buy for 79p.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-9108289872940227332008-01-29T22:26:00.000+00:002008-01-29T22:26:00.000+00:00To be slightly fair, the 99p price is only for the...To be slightly fair, the 99p price is only for the non-DRM MP3 version. So if you're more interested in the Number One than actually listening to it you can save yourself the 20p.<BR/>That said, it's not a great sign that EMI gave up on the idea of a CD single, and so far it hasn't reached the Top 200.Chris Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062680121301021165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-50752282612119810642008-01-27T21:01:00.000+00:002008-01-27T21:01:00.000+00:00@RobinOf course, both the more recent and 2002 num...@Robin<BR/>Of course, both the more recent and 2002 number ones owed their success to older heads than the acts fronting them - Waterman and McCluskey; it's arguable Liverpool's decline kicked in much earlier...Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-16501796235782168732008-01-27T15:13:00.000+00:002008-01-27T15:13:00.000+00:00Interesting that Liverpool has gone so long withou...Interesting that Liverpool has gone so long without a number one - a sign, I think, of the cultural WCML*isation of the rest of Britain, which has led pop acts to come from a much wider range of places ... once, there were enough distinctive pre-Americanisation cultures in Britain to ensure that only WCMLers could do pop properly. Not any more, I'm afraid.<BR/><BR/>*West Coast Main LineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-91804267439703591852008-01-27T13:41:00.000+00:002008-01-27T13:41:00.000+00:00They should look at what happened with the Sex Pis...They should look at what happened with the Sex Pistols and Malcolm Middleton and their "campaigns" to get to number 1. It'll be lucky if it breaks the top 30 I bet.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087425113165750888noreply@blogger.com