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QUOTE (snowdog2112 @ Apr 25 2012, 03:00 PM) I'm really curious what Roadrunner expects CA to sell considering we've heard about a "massive" promotion campaign getting underway as the album gets closer. I just don't think a lot of people realize how dismal album sales are overall and especially for rock. I remember Neil commenting a couple years ago that S&A basically just broke even and record sales have dropped considerably just since then. If S&A sold maybe 400,000 or so and didn't make any money why the hell spend any money promoting anything anymore? As of a few weeks ago the new Van Halen album was the second best selling new album of the year behind only a compilation and it's still sitting at only around 330,000 sold. More people will actually get the albums but they all just either torrent them or get copies from friends. At this point it seems like if CA even hits 200,000 within the first year it'll be a huge success relatively speaking. But all the sales will come from hardcore Rush fans who will decide to buy it or not regardless of any record company promotion so I'm not sure what the point is. There simply is no casual rock market anymore, especially for older bands. I was just thinking about all this because of a thread on a VH forum where they were talking about the same thing. Look at this list, it's the top selling rock albums for all of 2011. For those that don't want to go page by page through it I'll summarize it below: #1 - Coldplay- Mylo Xyloto (908,000 copies) #2 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (492,000 copies) #3 - Florence & The Machine- Ceremonials (384,000 copies) #4 - Foo Fighters- Wasting Light (380,000 copies) #5 - Mumford & Sons- Sigh No More (373,000 copies) #6 - Elbow- Build A Rocket Boys (327,000 copies) #7 - Kasabian- Velociraptor (279,000 copies) #8 - Snow Patrol- Fallen Empires (269,000 copies) #9 - Noah & The Whale- Last Night On Earth (261,000 copies) #10 - Arctic Monkeys- Suck It and See (223,000 copies) http://www.gigwise.com/photos/70084/1/The-...-Albums-Of-2011 Ok, I'm old, but I swear to you I've only heard of three of those. When I grew up rock music was bands like Van Halen and Def Leppard that were selling 10 million-plus. Now we've got Elbow and Mumford and Sons and 4 of the top 10 sellers are in the freaking 200,000s. Not a single platinum rock album and only 1 that sold over half a million. Rock is truly dead. QUOTE #5 - Mumford & Sons- Sigh No More (373,000 copies) that came out in 2009

QUOTE (ridertoo98 @ Apr 25 2012, 04:43 PM) How do I get it from my kids Ipod , to my computor to burn to cd?? I aint no apple guy assuming your computer is a pc: 1 Connect the iPod to your PC. If iTunes starts syncing (ie erasing) your music automatically, hit the X in the upper right hand corner of iTunes display, to the left of the search box, to stop it. 2 In Control Panel, Portable Media Devices, double-click your iPod. 3 In the Tools menu -> Options, in the View Tab, check "Show hidden files and folders." 4 Navigate to the Music folder. for example Portable Media Devices\ IPOD (F:)\iPod_Control\Music 5 Select all the music folders, and drag and drop them into a folder on your hard drive, or directly into iTunes.

i doubt it. Rush hasn't had an opening act since the counterparts tour.

I've never downloaded a Rush Album and i never will. The on;y Rush i've gotten off the internet was Caravan/BU2B.

QUOTE (SchemingDemon @ Apr 24 2012, 06:48 PM) I just got it, the sound quality is definitely wonderful! This doesn't help my anticipation of CA..... how do you mean?

I'm just going to get the Cd when it comes out. Hopefully, my local sells the CD a week early.

BU2B

is the single version different from the album version?

Jones Beach, Long Island?

Wow, Rolling Stone Magazine relevant once again!

http://www.fuse.tv/2012/04/kurt-cobain-was...-album-at-death i wonder how long before this is released. I'm guessing with the 20 anniversary of his death. Any takers?

my local independent record store usually releases the stuff a week or so before the date. basically as soon as it comes in.

i'm not a fan of caravan

I love it. way better than Caravan.

QUOTE (Drummerrobin @ Apr 8 2012, 01:17 PM) As far as I know, they've been used most tours since Grace Under Pressure - the TM tour being first for a while where they haven't been used. I loved what they did with them in YYZ on the S@A tour. Pretty intense stuff! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P7x7e19j-8 Hopefully, they'll bring them back for the Clockwork Angels tour! i think he means in like a planetarium rather than a rush tour

Jesus Christ has risen from the dead, but Carl is not in the f***ing house.

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ok, one more: http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1xkknHIUq1rt4fujo1_500.gif

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QUOTE (Queslington @ Mar 31 2012, 01:42 PM) Anyone else think 'BU2B' is kinda lame? Not me. I hope they keep it as is.

QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Apr 1 2012, 04:47 PM) S&A easily ranks as one of the worst. Yuck. No, HYF is just so boring. S&A kind of grew on me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/scandata/clockwork-Angels.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/081/8/a/rush_clockwork_angels_by_altalamatox-d3c7z0a.jpg