R.E.M. Debuts Song on YouTube
I was a late-blooming R.E.M. fan (attatching myself to their style not long after Yankovic parodied “Stand”). Now, I can’t imagine my life with out ‘em. I blasted Ethan Kaplan a quick IM to suggest a few things they could do with their YouTube account, and he told me that R.E.M. just debuted a song there a few days ago. How cool is that? No, I mean… the song is great, as you would come to expect - but the bigger story is that it debuted outside of traditional media boundaries. Weird Al did the same thing a few months ago (albeit, on a different video network - an “exclusive” that was quickly circumvented).
Music, movies, television, radio, etc. - EVERYTHING IS MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION, AND THERE AIN’T A DAMN THING ANYBODY CAN DO TO STOP IT. ARE YOU LISTEENING, HOLLYWOOD?! IT MAY NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, BUT IT WON’T BE LONG NOW. Sorry, my Caps Lock key got stuck there (I blame Vista).
It’s funny and sad at the same time. With all of these lawsuits and DRM schemes and levies flying around… it’s like they think “control” actually exists. My suggestion? Stop fighting the current and figure out how to ride it - and if you need help, all you have to do is ask. If you can’t figure out a business model in this new world - you won’t be here for very long. Until then, I remain white and nerdy…
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7 Comments
annette
March 16th, 2007
at 8:07pm
I saw R.E.M. in the late 80’s in college. The band was just getting started. They were awesome.
Poo
March 18th, 2007
at 12:40am
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Shaun Dewberry's Weblog
March 18th, 2007
at 9:37pm
- directly on Youtube. Trad-Media execs around the world collectively rub their freshly slapped cheeks. Woohoo, throw away your televisions, radios, magazines, newspapers! The Internets shall entertain. [Via: Chris Pirillo] [IMG Technorati] Tags: R.E.M., REM, rock, music, halloffame, band, music, darfur, #9Dream, JohnLennon, media
David Bradley
March 21st, 2007
at 10:32am
Thanks for bringing us this video…great to hear one of oldest favorite bands is still pumping out great tunes. Quite ironic that the video consists of the lyrics to the song. There was a time (when I first saw them back in the mid-80s, is it really that long ago?!?!) that half of the time Stipe was improvising and some of his words weren’t even real words just made word-sounding noises.
What’s with the Hare Krishna bridge though?
db
Leif Dalands blogg - IT & Annet
March 26th, 2007
at 8:51pm
jeg ikke kunne skrive om hva jeg vil. Det er jo min egen blogg [IMG :)] Grunnen til at jeg i det hele tatt trekker inn R.E.M, bortsett fra at jeg gjennom mange år har vært storfan av det de har prestert å produsere, er at jeg tilfeldigvis kom over en post av Chris Pirillo
Satellite TV & Radio
November 23rd, 2007
at 2:19am
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Cps22
November 30th, 2007
at 9:32pm
REM is awesome