Hi
List
Just
so you know - my appreciation of Yello and music in general
comes
from
the visceral reaction it produces in me, rather than any
real
understanding of the music biz. I downloaded the Special Edition of
Motion
Picture from the FTP server yesterday and my reaction was
WOW!
I'd
only heard Squeeze Please and Houdini before, and didn't know
what
album
they are from - remember I'm living in the musical gulag city -
soon
to be
a Winter Sports Mecca, however - Vancouver.
So
after more than 20 years of listening to Yello, I'm still blown away
by
the
quality and imagination of their music - and the beat.
Anyhow, I wish to make the point of my ignorance of the music biz so
that I
can ask the question - why do all the remixes get produced?
And
are
they always done by the band, or are they the work of someone
who
takes
the theme and produces variations on it? If so, then they
would
have
to have the blessing of the original artists or there would be
major
lawsuits, I think.
The
title of the remixes gives away their purpose - in some cases.
For
instance you often see "Dance Version" or equivalent in the name.
Other
times
you see something that may mean something to some people,
like
De
Phazz Radio Mix - but NOT to me. Who the ??W&^# is De Phazz
:-)?
Obviously the short answer to my question is twofold:
The
band can sell the same product more than once and make more
money.
And the band's budding imagination may make it impossible
for
them
to stop trying variations on the theme which we all benefit from.
But
these
are just my musings on the subject. Anyone out there have an
opinion
or
some facts?
Rory
"I
know you think I'm crazy, but I ask you all the same..."