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Originally Posted by zboy2854  Really? Then how do you explain 20 million sold for each of the 2 Spice Girls albums? 20 million for each of 2 Britney Spears albums (whereas none of her recent albums are anywhere near that)? 23 million for Ace of Base? 20 million for Billy Ray Cyrus? Isn't that stuff the examples of the 'worthless cookie-cutter garbage' you're referring to? So why did that worthless cookie-cutter garbage sell 20 million apiece in the '90s, but today's worthless cookie-cutter garbage doesn't? |
Probably because compared to the rest of the worthless garbage that was being promoted at the time, this stuff was 1,000,000 times better -- which aint saying much!
But really, why do you think people spend exhorbitant amounts of money on designer clothes with a nametag ? Because they are of a better quality than something that costs 1/10 of the price ? Or is it simply because that's "what everybody else wants, because it's so popular" ?
And how does said designer clothing become so "popular" ? Is it not because of slick, sleek, larger-than-life, shove-it-down-the-masses throat advertising ? Ya know, the big bucks behind it -- the HYPE machine.
Does anyone for a second doubt that there are 50,000 other girls who could easily be a "britney" if they were just shoved down the throats of the masses with enough advertising ?
I think it would be a pretty funny joke if someone would acquire a pile of Paris Hilton's defecation, place it in a zip lock bag, and start an auction on Ebay. I'd bet my left nut that you'd see that ziplocked pile of shit selling in the thousands of dollars range. Why ? "Well, hey man that's PARIS HILTON's shit you're talking about !! I've just GOT to have that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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