B&N/Amazon clips will kill this CD

tbaker3 · #1 04-29-2011, 06:43 PM

The stream went down, so to get my fix (this album is like crack to me) I went to Barnesandnoble.com to listen to the little 30 second clips. They seem to only seem to play the slowest moving part of a song. How is a random verse where the build up hasn't even started supposed to entice people into this disc? I am displeased.

mikephxaz · #2 04-29-2011, 06:51 PM

actually its strange...the rollingstone stream is up and going sometimes but other times its's down..i'm listening to it now so its back up!

Annabell Lee · #3 04-29-2011, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

The stream went down, so to get my fix (this album is like crack to me) I went to Barnesandnoble.com to listen to the little 30 second clips. They seem to only seem to play the slowest moving part of a song. How is a random verse where the build up hasn't even started supposed to entice people into this disc? I am displeased.

CRACK that's it !! That's IS the perfect way to describe it ! Thank you

tabruns · #4 04-29-2011, 08:20 PM

Maybe it keeps going down because its being hit a lot. I know that I've been playing the album non-stop via the Rolling Stone page.

Morgana · #5 04-29-2011, 09:20 PM

[QUOTE=tbaker3;974348]The stream went down, so to get my fix (this album is like crack to me) I went to Barnesandnoble.com to listen to the little 30 second clips. They seem to only seem to play the slowest moving part of a song. How is a random verse where the build up hasn't even started supposed to entice people into this disc? I am displeased.[/QUOTE

If you don't clean out your history daily go to history, find the RS link and click......it worked for me!

LittleSpacey · #6 04-29-2011, 11:54 PM

Since the Rolling Stone preview has been up, I have left the little flash player open in the background and its always there for me when I want it!

Can't stop listening to this cd!

tbaker3 · #7 04-30-2011, 12:21 AM

All is well. I found the stream. BUT the more important issue... The horrible samples! I mean obviously they're not horrible, but definately NOT the parts of a song to play if you want a casual listener to buy the disc.

Sahara · #8 04-30-2011, 06:14 PM

The link isn't on the article page anymore, but you can still access the music if you go to the direct link:
http://www1.rollingstone.com/hearitn...evienicks.html
It'll tide me over until my CD arrives!

carrie721 · #9 04-30-2011, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

The stream went down, so to get my fix (this album is like crack to me) I went to Barnesandnoble.com to listen to the little 30 second clips. They seem to only seem to play the slowest moving part of a song. How is a random verse where the build up hasn't even started supposed to entice people into this disc? I am displeased.

i don't understand why people are so worried about crappy snippets and youtube uploads. in a perfect world (without illegal downloading, leaks, or disappointing 30-second clips), what kind of sales would you expect for this record? i'm honestly curious. saying the snippets will "kill" the record just seems laughably dire.

DeeGeMe · #10 04-30-2011, 09:57 PM

I don't know about the 30-second clips on B/N & Amazon killing sales but I can tell you I brought 2 albums after hearing them in full on the RS website. I'm now dying to get my hands on the "real thing" after hearing the RS preview of IYD.

saintvox · #11 04-30-2011, 10:07 PM

This is just ridiculous.

Are we really that scared that it'll fail that we have to think of a dozen crazy things to blame in case?

Artemis · #12 04-30-2011, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by saintvox

This is just ridiculous.

Are we really that scared that it'll fail that we have to think of a dozen crazy things to blame in case?

I gotta agree. I actually thought that the B/N clips were really good at what they do; particularly Ghosts Are Gone, Annabel Lee and Moonlight.

tabruns · #13 04-30-2011, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

All is well. I found the stream. BUT the more important issue... The horrible samples! I mean obviously they're not horrible, but definately NOT the parts of a song to play if you want a casual listener to buy the disc.

Hrm.....can't really agree with you here. I think the snippets of "Moonlight" and "Italian Summer" really sell those songs well. I wasn't that into the other two, but I've seen many others on this board rave about the "Wide Sargasso Sea" snippet. I will say that the "Annabel Lee" clip didn't really communicate the song's epic sound but then I'm not sure a clip could.