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Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-24-2008, 01:05 AM

Then why use a name vocalist at all if the vocals are so unimportant?

To get crossover appeal , to get people who wouldn't normally listen to this kind of thing to listen to it. So now you have people buying the record because they either like the band and are into edm , and you have a new audience who are curious to see what the singer is up to working with this group. You think I ever really bothered with Mouse On Mars until they worked with Mark E Smith?
It worked 10/15 years ago with The Chemical Brothers & UNKLE . they had huge crossover appeal due to using people like Noel Gallagher , Thom Yorke , Ian Brown & Tim Burgess , so to suggest people ONLY listen to it for the beats is a bit short sighted.

03-24-2008, 01:05 AM	#43 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Then why use a name vocalist at all if the vocals are so unimportant? To get crossover appeal , to get people who wouldn't normally listen to this kind of thing to listen to it. So now you have people buying the record because they either like the band and are into edm , and you have a new audience who are curious to see what the singer is up to working with this group. You think I ever really bothered with Mouse On Mars until they worked with Mark E Smith? It worked 10/15 years ago with The Chemical Brothers & UNKLE . they had huge crossover appeal due to using people like Noel Gallagher , Thom Yorke , Ian Brown & Tim Burgess , so to suggest people ONLY listen to it for the beats is a bit short sighted. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.