(Fox Business) Pink Floyd sells recorded music catalog for $400M (1 Viewer)

[LouC]

I think they left some money on the table, quite honestly.

A half Billion at least should have been the deal!

 

[Gimmesometruth]

Does anyone really still purchase much of the PF catalog any longer?

 

[CaughtInThe]

Damn. Who low balled em??

 

[LouC]

Does anyone really still purchase much of the PF catalog any longer?

The one and only purchase I ever made was when the Pink Floyd Pulse CD set came out. That battery on the little Pulse lamp lasted several years. I changed it at least once.

 

[Gimmesometruth]

The one and only purchase I ever made was when the Pink Floyd Pulse CD set came out. That battery on the little Pulse lamp lasted several years. I changed it at least once.

I tended to remove the battery on my radio whenever PF was playing....

Seriously, what are PF catalog sales like these days?

 

[Taylor]

Does anyone really still purchase much of the PF catalog any longer?

Is Top 40 fifty years later good enough?

Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ Returns To The Top 40

Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon returns to the top 40 on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart once again this week, becoming a bestseller once more.

www.forbes.com

 

[j brown's body]

Wasn't aware. Funny.

But she wasn't the only singularly great performance by a walk female belting-out some epochal vocals!

Merry Clayton did it on Gimme Shelter, too. Definitely upstaged Mick!

Her version is pretty good, too:

I believe she has a new album out. Meanwhile you should checkout this hottie. From the film Performance. TURN IT UP!

 

[Higgins86]

Katy Perry got 225 mill so I think they definitely should of got more than 400 mill

 

[watsup]

Who bought it ans how are they ever going to recoup their money? There are only so many “classic rock” radio stations around.

 

[j brown's body]

Rock and roll at its absolute finest.

 

[Jessie C]

Pink Floyd sells recorded music catalog for $400M

British rock band Pinky Floyd has reportedly signed over its recorded music catalog as well as its name and likeness rights to Sony Music for $400 million.

www.foxbusiness.com

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The band members of Pink Floyd not only sold their Music Rights to Sony Corp, but also their Likeness and Name!

To my thinking, they gave away a lot for $400M USD. The bandmembers did keep their songwriting credits, though.

Time moves on. I remember when Mick Jagger insisted they would never allow the commercial use of their recordings. Not only did the Stones soon renege on that, they even played the Super Bowl!
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So, did these groups grow-up?

Or, did they sell-out?

You tell me!

They got old. Pink Floyd is in the top 5 of my favorite all time bands!

 

[Chomsky]

Agree. But i personal dont hold Pink in such lofty a category.
Dylan. Yes. And he never had anywhere near the commercial success.

I dunno'. A Nobel for Literature, might seem to be success.

But actually, Dylan had phenomenal commercial success in the sixties through early seventies. Though he did (apparently) sell his catalog for half of the current Pink Floyd largess.

But I think we differ in some facets of "art".

Dylan is a writer of prose, disguised as lyrics. I don't see his greatness as an "artist", but as a writer. It's his prose that makes him great. The writing is indeed creative, but that's it. There's only one dimension - lyrics.

Along with mediocre barely average performance in vocals and musicianship. In fact, besides being a barely rudimentary guitarist, I think it's fair to say Dylan's vocals generally suck!

True story: My remarks concerning Dylan concurrent with his fame, were:

"An example of a guy that can barely play and can't sing, making it on the strength of his writing"

I said that a really, really, long time ago, as a budding teenage kid musician, and I still say it today.

Pink Floyd on the other head, are combining multiple creative elements including a unique creative concept. On top of it - with the vocals at least - the performance is spectacular!

The concept of experiencing the moment of dying through shrieking wordless vocal utterances, over a fading plaintiff unaccompanied piano piece, is pure genius. And unlike much of Dylan's work, it is very well performed.

I hate to knock Dylan, because he is well-deserved of his Nobel. Seriously. He is a genius. But a genius only in writing. There's no creativity or genius in his music, vocals, or performance or even concept. But that doesn't take away from his literary genius.

 

[Gimmesometruth]

Is Top 40 fifty years later good enough?

Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ Returns To The Top 40

Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon returns to the top 40 on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart once again this week, becoming a bestseller once more.

www.forbes.com

there is no accounting for taste.

I kinda sorta got into the Sid influenced early stuff because my little brother really liked that era, but the ALWAYS ON, NONSTOP repetition of the later cuts on FM radio in the 70's-80's became mind-numbing. Now, with Waters becoming a full-on Putin supporter, I just don't get it.

 

[j brown's body]

Here's a pretty good video of Dark Side live from 1974, a show I was fortunate enough to see a couple of times. The video doesn't quite do it justice (you hardly get to see the copies of Dark Side coming down the factory conveyor belt at the opening of Money and other great film moments), but it still gives me chills.

 

[j brown's body]

there is no accounting for taste.

I kinda sorta got into the Sid influenced early stuff because my little brother really liked that era, but the ALWAYS ON, NONSTOP repetition of the later cuts on FM radio in the 70's-80's became mind-numbing. Now, with Waters becoming a full-on Putin supporter, I just don't get it.

I loved Ummagumma through Dark Side. Before and after that, not so much. The acid probably helped.

 

[SuperDS77]

I dunno'. A Nobel for Literature, might seem to be success.

But actually, Dylan had phenomenal commercial success in the sixties through early seventies. Though he did (apparently) sell his catalog for half of the current Pink Floyd largess.

But I think we differ in some facets of "art".

Dylan is a writer of prose, disguised as lyrics. I don't see his greatness as an "artist", but as a writer. It's his prose that makes him great. The writing is indeed creative, but that's it. There's only one dimension - lyrics.

Along with mediocre barely average performance in vocals and musicianship. In fact, besides being a barely rudimentary guitarist, I think it's fair to say Dylan's vocals generally suck!

True story: My remarks concerning Dylan concurrent with his fame, were:

"An example of a guy that can barely play and can't sing, making it on the strength of his writing"

I said that a really, really, long time ago, as a budding teenage kid musician, and I still say it today.

Pink Floyd on the other head, are combining multiple creative elements including a unique creative concept. On top of it - with the vocals at least - the performance is spectacular!

The concept of experiencing the moment of dying through shrieking wordless vocal utterances, over a fading plaintiff unaccompanied piano piece, is pure genius. And unlike much of Dylan's work, it is very well performed.

I hate to knock Dylan, because he is well-deserved of his Nobel. Seriously. He is a genius. But a genius only in writing. There's no creativity or genius in his music, vocals, or performance or even concept. But that doesn't take away from his literary genius.

What are your thoughts on "The Final Cut"? I think I may be a bit younger than a few in this OP, but despite being a PF fan since the 1980s I had never listened to it until around 5 years ago.

This final LP with Watters was intensely political and part of the reason for the breakup. Despite that, I really enjoyed the writing and the music from many of the songs. "Not Now John" was probably the favorite in addition to "Two Suns in the Sunset".

Did not know there was an offical video, until just now. Similar feel to "The Wall" videos.

 

[noonereal]

actually, Dylan had phenomenal commercial success in the sixties through early seventies.

Not true at all. He had a devoted following but never sold all that many records.

As to selling his Catalogue, was that not just a few years ago? For more than Floyd?

 

[Chomsky]

A half Billion at least should have been the deal!

It seems 1/2B was the original ask.

 

[Chomsky]

Damn. Who low balled em??

Sony! Who else?

 

[Chomsky]

I believe she has a new album out. Meanwhile you should checkout this hottie. From the film Performance. TURN IT UP!

Now I feel obligated to leave this, only a minute long!

 

[Chomsky]

Who bought it ans how are they ever going to recoup their money? There are only so many “classic rock” radio stations around.

It was in my OP article: Sony, of course!

 

[Chomsky]

Here's a pretty good video of Dark Side live from 1974, a show I was fortunate enough to see a couple of times. The video doesn't quite do it justice (you hardly get to see the copies of Dark Side coming down the factory conveyor belt at the opening of Money and other great film moments), but it still gives me chills.

'74? Fantastic! That's pretty much concurrent with the album. Thank you!

 

[Chomsky]

I loved Ummagumma through Dark Side. Before and after that, not so much. The acid probably helped.

The only stuff I really like before money, is Meddle. I never had a copy of Saucerful Of Secrets, so I'm not that familiar with it. But Meddle, IMO, is a masterpiece!

I do make "early" exceptions for "See Emily Play", though! It was an interesting pop 40 A.M. Radio hit. It captures well "Swinging London" of the era.

If this thread keeps running on with pre-Dark Side stuff, I may have to start posting old Airplane!

 

[Chomsky]

What are your thoughts on "The Final Cut"?

I think I may be a bit younger than a few in this OP, but despite being a PF fan since the 1980s I had never listened to it until around 5 years ago.

This final LP with Watters was intensely political and part of the reason for the breakup. Despite that, I really enjoyed the writing and the music from many of the songs. "Not Now John" was probably the favorite in addition to "Two Suns in the Sunset".

Did not know there was an offical video, until just now. Similar feel to "The Wall" videos.

Thanks for asking. Unfortunately, I can't answer that.

I lost interest in the band after Animals - which I thought was moderate, and didn't like The Wall.

I did pick-up Delicate Sounds Of Thunder (1988 Live Album) though, and liked it.

 

[Chomsky]

Not true at all. He had a devoted following but never sold all that many records.

Perhaps it was my crowd and era, but Dylan was just as popular as the others including with his albums ending-up in our collections.

Highway 61 was huge. Blond On Blond, too! FreeWheelin' was a literal staple. Those were the big three, and pretty much as big as anything else in the 60's that I can reference.

I saw as much of those albums as anything by the Airplane or CSNY. As much as the Beatles - surely. The only ones I saw maybe giving the aforementioned bands a run, might be Led Zep. But they came along a hair later.

Was it my crowd? My city? I dunno'. But everyone had those "Big Three" Dylan albums I initially mentioned.

The difference with the earlier bands I mentioned, and starting with the Led Zep era, is the aforementioned bands & era was the Hippie era. Whereas Led Zep ushered in the Rockers. Everything changed in '68-69.

All this from memory of my scene with my crowd in my city!

As to selling his Catalogue, was that not just a few years ago? For more than Floyd?

It was just a couple years back, estimate at 200M (from memory).