Oasis is not popular

[progmom]

My day job gives me access to national sales numbers for CDs at one of those mammoth chains that sells a ton of music. This whole Oasis thing got me curious, so I looked up the numbers.


Only one Oasis record is selling enough to qualify to continue to be stocked in all of the stores.

Every original Beatles album sells very well and is stocked in every store.

The best-selling Beatles album sells 6.3X better than the best-selling Oasis album.




That is all.

[progmom]

1. darn it all, when i post flame bait

...i want responses!! :P

[kick-ass-bob]

2. flame bait?????

67360 DUers agree with you!

[progmom]

5. Oh.

Right.I need to learn how to do this better.

[kick-ass-bob]

12. Actually, you know what?

I am bookmarking this thread.

:D


:loveya:

[CO Liberal]

10. You Dumbfounded the Oasis Fans With Facts and Logic

All four of them....

[Huckebein the Raven]

3. Okay. Oasis is not my cup of tea anyway

:shrug: :)

[mark414]

4. score one for the Beatles

we'll call it cognitive dissonance on the part of certain DUers :evilgrin:

edit: how did you get that job anyways? i want that job...what sort of experience/expertise does one need?

[progmom]

15. I buy jazz and world music

I think I got lucky, living in the town where this chain is based. But I did have 6 years of music retail experience and 5 years of radio experience when I got hired.

Most of the people I know in the music industry spent at least some time working in a record store.

I started off my career in this chain buying hip hop and gospel, btw.

[JimmyJazz]

6. And there you have it!

:toast:

You RAWK!

[LoZoccolo]

7. You don't fool me.

This is an April Fools Day joke.

[JimmyJazz]

8. no - she's not fooling.

I know what she does and I know for a fact that she has access to those figures.

[LoZoccolo]

9. I wouldn't expect them to stock Oasis albums at truck stops.

It's almost all country music, and some comedians like Jeff Foxworthy.

[JimmyJazz]

11. She isn't talking about truck stops - she's talking about

stores that sell music. Get it? They are only popular in your head.

[LoZoccolo]

13. They sell music, CBs, t-shirts with wolves on them...

...basically everything a trucker would want on the road. And I doubt many of them would pick up an Oasis album, so I'm actually surprised they stock one.

[kick-ass-bob]

14. How do you know?

She didn't say where she works, chief.

[JimmyJazz]

17. Read the original post again, please.

She's talking about the major CHAINS that sell music. Since when is Billy Bob's Taxidermy, T-Shirt and Music Store considered a major chain?

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

23. I wouldn't be bragging about WalMart

WalMart's statistics are as skewed to rednecks and freepers as truck stops'are. I wouldn't expect you WalMart groupies to like Oasis. Someone told you that the Beatles were good and you hurried down to WalMart to buy their CD.

[progmom]

24. WalMart

That's funny.

You found me out. I am the jazz and world music buyer for Walmart. :rofl:

And I am a WalMart groupie. How did you know? :sarcasm:

on edit - my only regret is that Mr. Sam died before I could sleep with him.

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

33. For some reason I like the idea of you sleeping with Mr. Sam

Maybe you can hook up with one of his sons. Good way to move up that WalMart ladder.

[progmom]

43. I am thrilled to be able to provide you with the imagery you desire

:P

[JimmyJazz]

25. Whoa! Where in the world do you get the idea that I shop at

Walmart and that that is the major chain we are discussing? You are wrong on both counts. And no one told me the Beatles were good - I don't even own a Beatles CD, let alone one that came from Walmart.

I resent being called a Walmart groupie, btw. It's insulting.

[progmom]

31. He's just lashing out

Faced with irrefutable evidence, his world crumbles around him :P

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

34. You are the one that brought it up

But you are off the hook for not owning any Beatles music. Very refreshing. I don't either.

[progmom]

16. Truck stops.

That's funny.

You found me out. I am the jazz and world music buyer for a chain of truck stops. :rofl:

[JimmyJazz]

18. hahahaha

you are dead to me.

[progmom]

19. again?

:eyes:

[RevolutionaryActs]

20. Yeah, well who is popular?

Please say a band I like and not some bubble gum pop shit that rots out your brain.

[sasquatch]

21. U2, Metallica, and in my heart, Motorhead

:headbang:

[progmom]

22. A little of both

Johnson Jack
50 Cent
Charles Ray
Killers
Green Day
Moby
Queens Of Stoneage
Bublé Michael
Soundtrack
Tynan Ronan
Maroon 5
Amos Tori
Crosby Stills & Nash
Stefani Gwen
U2
Clarkson Kelly
Mars Volta

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. I can live with that list.

Mmm Green Day, The Killers and The Mars Voltra. :loveya:

[progmom]

29. I'm glad you approve!

:D


I cut and pasted that from our top 20 - sorry the first and last names are reversed.

[RevolutionaryActs]

30. Neat!

:bounce:

[miss_kitty]

35. WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!

No MC Solaar? What kind of a fucking list is that?

[progmom]

39. um. a list of artists who continue to perform...

but nice obscure French hip hop reference!

:loveya:

[miss_kitty]

46. heh-yeah

if he made the top 20, I'd have to stop liking him!

:silly:

[Spider Jerusalem]

26. Popular doesn't mean GOOD...

often quite the opposite (lowest common denominator and all that).

[progmom]

28. You're absolutely right.

Luckily, the chain I buy for has a clientele whose music taste runs a little more toward the sophisticated side. We're certainly skewing more pop than we did when I first started here 9 years ago, but it's still refreshing that 8% of our sales come from jazz records (as opposed to the national average of around 2%).

[Spider Jerusalem]

32. Yeah...

personally, I consider myself lucky to live in an area with several good independent record stores, and decent non-commercial radio...otherwise I'd never listen to the radi and probably do all my music shopping online.

[progmom]

40. I spent 6 years working at an awesome independent store

I'm with you. Nothing compares to that. I wish more were able to survive...

[RandomKoolzip]

36. They're popular with the uncool kids.

I (and you, progmom) are not among their numbers.

Oasis=shitty Charlatans UK ripoffs, who themselves were shitty Happy Mondays ripoffs. Plus all their songs are too slow and have the same beat.

[progmom]

41. Hey RKZ

:loveya:

[elperromagico]

37. File this under D for "Duh."

[kick-ass-bob]

38. Ha! Apparently I was wrong

about it not being flame bait!!
:bounce: :bounce:

[progmom]

42. Yikes...no kidding!

:scared:

[supernova]

44. I like Champagne Supernova

for obvious reasons. ;-)

[progmom]

45. I certainly wasn't making any quality judgments with my post

Just pointing out that they aren't popular.

[progmom]

47. .

kicking just because i can.

[JohnKleeb]

48. pretty funny thread