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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:42 pm
by uwvark
You can get unlimited refills for just a quarter more. Oops wrong song.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:07 pm
by AlejandraDD
Over here, the fast food places just give you a handful of napkins with the tray and that's it. Of course you can ask for more, but, you know, you have to go all the way back to the attendants and ask. Same with the straws and the condiments.
And I don't think asking for a banner at the iTunes store is overreacting. I only found out there's an exclusive Ben Folds EP on iTunes from a banner at the very store. So they're definitely trying to get people to buy those.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:23 pm
by Wizzerkat
Comedy will never get the respect of "regular" music so the fact that Al generally does well is pretty good. For an online exclusive(and comedy at that), WYL has done pretty well.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:25 pm
by ludovica64
Much lolz @ napkin topic
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:29 pm
by The Doctor
Wizzerkat @ October 16, 2008 11:23 am wrote:
For an online exclusive(and comedy at that), WYL has done pretty well.
Thank you.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:59 pm
by wayword
Orthography Enthusiast @ October 16, 2008 11:31 am wrote:
Well, this is kind of disappointing. WYL debuts at #104. Just missed the chart. Now if iTunes had put up an ad or something on their site...
Aw, I'm disappointed, too. I think the iTunes screw-up might have made the difference between getting top 100 or not.
Well, we'll just have to get Al's reaction after he weighs all the benefits and potential drawbacks of this posting method. He's the one with the most to lose.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:36 pm
by Teh Dingo
I don't think it's overreacting to blame iTunes for the quick rise and fall of the song. It's definitely on them.
But I will say this has been far from a failure, and since the song will be on the album, there'll at least be a second life (Though hopefully, there'll be more lives for it before then)
I think there's too many high expectations due to W&N. It's success spoiled us as a fanbase.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:01 pm
by bryce87
iTunes did advertise it. It was on the main page for a week.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:11 pm
by weirdalfan1000000
Yeah, but they didn't have a banner saying, "Buy Weird Al Yankovic's new single!", they just had a little icon on the new releases box.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:11 pm
by algonacchick
They should have had a banner. They did not.
GMTA, weirdalfan1000000.