"when sunny day
real estate were on sub pop their albums were amazing, and their shows
were only $10-15 dollars."
Im sorry, but this is funny shit, what, just oh god what is this world
coming to?
10-15 dollars a show and not even on a major label! christ.
mark
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I'm falling on my sword."
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On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Junior Citizen wrote:
> i rember a time long ago, the old man said to his son. when sunny day
> real estate were on sub pop their albums were amazing, and their shows
> were only $10-15 dollars. that was before they hitched a ride to major
> label land. now all thier albums ,yet still very good, are as jeremy
> puts it "overseen by the suits, while eating elvis candy bars."
> dont get me wrong son sunny day are still the beatles of the our time,
> and i respected the decision to jump to cg records [corporate giant
> records] all the bs that came along w/that move was just unfair.
> last night on mtv [marketing tv not music] a sunny day concert was on
> mtv, [hop-hop had finally died out a couple of years ago and now emo is
> all the rage, sunny day and the promise ring now have their own gap
> commercials.......eeeekkk!]and son you wont believe this but the after
> show party....the c.g.r. president was holding a gun to jeremy's head
> and forcing him to autograph a 15 year-old girls boob! he did the same
> to dan and joe and will. daddy , the little boy said, yes son? the old
> man replied. we should've gone to that show, i wanted to go the father
> said but we couldnt afford the $253.96 tickets, and that was the
> cheapest show so far this tour. the band of course is not getting any
> where near their fair share of course, jeremy and his wife audra, have
> had their house re-possessed, because album sales are under the 5
> million mark they now live on dan's farm along w/will and joe. you see
> son sunny day has been made slaves of the man. when they signed to
> c.g.r. they gave up their houses, cars, and their lives and every thing
> else they hold dear to their lives. that is very sick, the little boy
> said, yes son i know, the father said, with a tear rolling down his
> cheek, the old man went up-stairs to his room to listen to how it feels
> .......and think of when days were golden, when he got to meet his
> favourite band when they were allowed to talk to their fans, ah yes the
> good ole days...............come mamma now momma tell me the story only
> laughing about our guilded waste land....said the voice comming out of
> the stereo. the old man looked at a picture on his night stand ,taken
> when he was only 20, of himself w/ 4 other human beings who make
> beautiful music.......sunny day real estate.
>
> ok, ok, i have nothing aginst sdre going off to major lable land, i wish
> them the best of luck! just as long as they dont forget about [and they
> probably wont] the fans the peolpe who love them most, of which us
> sdre-l people are, and they dont compromise the music!
> *hugs*
> steve
>
>
> >From: "WALLACE, JARED" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "WALLACE, JARED" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "'dane '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'sdre-l '"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: [sdre-l]: SDRE unofficial signing
> >Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 12:55:49 -0600
> >
> >
> >There could be good and bad results of SDRE signing with Virgin. The
> good?
> >Their albums would become more popular, their music would get played
> more in
> >the mainstream market, and they could have thousands of screaming
> teenage
> >fans at their shows.
> >
> >The bad? Their music could be manipulated by the suits to become more
> pop
> >oriented, their music could become available to more people who would
> not
> >appreciate it and would rather bash it, and they could have thousands
> of
> >screaming teenage fans at their shows.
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >> hey everyone
> >> i heard from a fairly reliable source that SDRE is most likely going
> >to sign
> >> with Virgin Records once the paper work is done and they are off
> >Sub-Pop. Like
> >> i said, the source is fairly reliable, and this information
> supposedly
> >came
> >> from Joe Skyward/Bass. However, nothing has been confirmed yet, so
> >dont hold
> >> me to this. Just thought you might like to know
> >> Brad
> >
> > noooooooooooooo!!!
> >
> >--
> >"Try to smile as they devour our youth."
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> >
> >
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