The Soul Of Wit
Nice links, starting with a piece about being old and wearing purple.
A really catchy song. The story behind how it became popular (in England) is interesting.
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Monday, April 14, 2008
A really catchy song. The story behind how it became popular (in England) is interesting.
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Did anyone look at these links?
I did. I liked the song. I looked for the story behind it's popularity, but couldn't find it. What I did find was a quote from some dumb punk rocker about how clueless she is about punk, and if she had shown up with flowers in her hair back in the day, the real punkers would have blankety blanked her. Of course, the guy missed her point, which was to draw an analogy between the two "revolutions" - hippy and punk. Thus, a punk rocker with flowers in her hair.
21 Nights from Tooting
(From Wikipedia)
21 Nights from Tooting was a "tour" consisting of 21 performances from the basement of her Tooting flat, from 24 February to 16 March. These were recorded and then webcast by professional hosting company Streaming Tank.[3] Tickets were sold, but the venue had a capacity of "six people" ("10 including the band").
The MySpace post announcing the gigs was posted in the early hours of 22 February. Thom's website states that "the idea [...] popped into her head" after her car broke down travelling from a gig in York (on the 22nd) to one in Wales (on the 23rd).[4]
Thom's first ever video webcast was at the Edinburgh Left Bank venue, webcast in October by an independent production crew, Showstreams Productions as part of a fortnightly live video webcast night called www.leftbanklive.com. This crew was not run by Paul Boyd, her then PR manager. He worked with the Left Bank Live team to include Sandi Thom in their live webcast show, which was running from the venue previously. The same team then went on to launch the night Nexuslive (www.nexuslive.com).[5]
Prompted by a contact from Thom's manager, news services noted Thom's promotion efforts. In a story first published 5 March 2006, the Sunday Times ran a piece,[6] This was quickly reported on by other news sources.[7]. The audience for the first day was around 60 or 70 and at its peak rose to a claimed 70,000.[8] (no independent verification is available).
The March 7 Reuters story mentioned that "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker" was being rereleased the following week, with the album following in April. However, the publicity surrounding the tour led to major label interest, with music label representatives attending the gigs in question.[9]
Thom subsequently accepted an offer by Sony. This led to the single re-release being delayed until May, when it was released on Sony's RCA label. The news of this broke on 3 April 2006, the official signing itself being webcast. The single was placed on Music Week Daily's playlist that day.[10][11][12] She was the first artist signed the RCA label since its reorganisation.[13]
Controversy
Some observers have questioned how she was able to sustain production of the webcasts; critics suggest that she "could not have supported such a large audience on her webcast if she really was a starving artist". Others question the veracity of claims made about viewership. There are also questions as to the level of involvement of PR agency Quite Great.[14] Her manager, Ian Brown, in an interview with the Guardian, said the idea came from her, whilst her management and publicist claim to have conducted a large publicity campaign, including a million "virtual flyers" [unsolicited emails][15][16]
In an interview with The Sun, Thom stated that Streaming Tank were "friends of my managers", agreeing that she could not have afforded commercial rates for this.[17] Some critics accused Sony of orchestrating the campaign. Craig Logan, the managing director of RCA, denied these accusations, claiming that the label was "drawn to" Thom after hearing of the webcasting.[13]
(I found another article where a guy claims he did this type of thing for real and she stole the stoy from him).
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