A Sad Day
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The music biz is in the crapper, but at least it's still alive and somewhat kickin. Record stores, on the other hand, are dead.
People (including us) just don't go to record stores anymore. They mainly get their music online. That's why Tower Records folded earlier this year and other chains are likely to follow.
We used to love going to record stores. Oh well, times change and so do we.
Reflective of a different climate, the Spice Girls have announced that their new Greatest Hits album won't be sold in traditional retail outlets. Instead, the record will only be available at Victoria's Secrets stores and at online retailers, like iTunes.
Them ladies must be getting mad money from Victoria's Secret!
The girls are also performing at the lingerie company's fashion show.
We'll buy our copy on iTunes. We don't have any need for a bra and panties - and neither do half the girls in Hollywood!
P.S. Just cuz we love the song so much, click here to watch Melanie C. perform This Time on This Morning this morning.
[Photo via Getty Images.]
Best Of Albums are for wankers
Spice Girls need to give it up already. Rename the tour "Botox on Ice".
PR stunt.
sad, i bet a lot of fans might iss out..not everyone has internet
bitches
i love spice girls
who gives a fuck
A true artist wants their product available to the masses. Only the untalented hacks will limit the availability because of the almighty dollar! What whores!!!!! Vicky still looks like a miserable bitch!
These girls dont need tampons either - they have gone through the change
Maybe if there was better music out there to choose from, we would buy the damn records! Case in point, those damn Spice Hags! NOT good music Perez dear!
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO STILL FREQUENTS RECORD STORES?
This really upsets me. I hate the digital music revolution. Yes, it's good that music is more portable than ever. But technology is faulty, and what if you burn so much music and "never get around" to backing it up on CDs? You're fucked, that's what.
This is the shits. I hate losing my albums and CDs.
Don't worry, Perez. You couldn't fit anything in Victoria's Secret anyway.
I haven't paid for music in years.
Those of you who use I-tunes are morons.
I BURN ALL MY SHIT FROM LIMEWIRE FOR FREE AND CALL IT A DAY BUT OCCASIONALLY WILL BUY A CD IF I REALLY LIKE THE ARTIST
sexy!
Loved it!
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they're pretty kool for old
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Don't be silly Perez of course you need a bra
This SUCKS! Music stores are awesome. I was so sad when my Tower store closed here in Austin a three years ago. Long live Virgin Megastore.
Ohhhh, maybe THATS why Kelly's album didn't sell so many… not because it's a bad album!
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Perez, you may want to get your copy at Victoria Secret.
Take a look at yourself in the mirror. You are definitely sporting a set of "B" Cup Man Titties…
End of the second sentence should be "are dead" not "our dead." Get it together.
Oh Christ Victorias Secret????? Give me a frikkin break. Thats the dumbest thing i've ever heard!!!!! They gotta put out a Greatest Hits c.d. cuz they need the money.
Maybe if there was actually real music to buy instead of garbage like this and all the nigged up hip hop out there, people would start going to music stores again.
Victoria Beckham….go away PLEASE!!!!!!!!! you are so annoying to the masses…. she tries way too hard to be hot and is totally NOT
The music biz is in the crapper, but at least it’s still alive and somewhat kickin. Record stores, on the other hand, our dead.
Perez, it's called proofread. 'our dead'…no one said you were smart.
YOU ARE WRONG PEREZ, YOU DO NEED A BRA!!!!
I loved Tower Sunset. I was sad when it went out of business last year. But on the other hand, no one wants to pay $20.00 for a 10 song CD when they can get it for half the price online or at Best Buy.
It's just further proof that record labels need to take a look at themselves. Maybe take a lesson from Radiohead.
Re: grammar queen –
GRAMMAR QUEEN??? WOW IT TOOK A GENIUS TO CATCH THAT SO I MUST BE A GENIUS.
WE KNOW FATASS YOU GET YOUR BRAS AND PANTIED FROM LANE BRYANT!
OR FROM THE OLD EAST GERMANY!
Re: Dutch Oven – Not paying for music makes YOU the moron, dear.
WE KNOW FATASS YOU GET YOUR BRAS AND PANTIES FROM LANE BRYANT!
OR FROM THE OLD EAST GERMANY!
I can't believe you wrote, "Record stores our dead." OUR Dead….OUR Dead. This isn't even the ubiquitous typo this site is famous for….this is just second grade level stupidity. Please hire a writer that at least has a GED. Or here is another crazy idea….EDIT this shit!!!!!!
2 words for you morons……spell check……..now learn to use it before posting this shit!
Melanie C's 'This Time' performance was fantastic! Thanks!
Record stores, on the other hand, our dead.
ARE DEAD
um, I think you could use a bra tub o' lard… but I'm pretty sure granny panties are featured on the shelves of Vickie's Secret. DOUCHE!
toshe proeski is dead. he was the best singer.i`m sad.
I love record stores!!! I think the good ones will always have a following
oh well, times change and so do we??? how about you get off your fat fucking
ass and head over to Amoeba to support local independent retailers!! you only live
a short drive from there… just sayin', chubby…
Can you PLEASE get a fucking copy editor. Or at least spell check. Please.
WTF?? I STILL BUY ALL OF MY MUSIC, ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT I HAVE TO GO INTO A VICTORIAS SECRET STORE??? I HOPE HERE IN QUEBEC IT'LL BE DIFFRENT!!
Whatever… I will get my copy on amazon… I love the spices
OUR dead?
wow.
you sure are dumb
oh sorry,
*OUR dumb
Great song!
Thats what they get for being greedy and charging us like $20 for a CD!
Re: WOOHOO –
Lane Bryant LOL
hey Perez, if you are some sort of "journalist" that you claim to be, you should learn how to correctly use grammar. "Record stores, on the other hand our dead"??? Are you serious?
The correct sentence would be "record stores on the other hand ARE dead"
actually perez, with your man boobs, you need a bra!
The music industry is not in the crapper. It is thriving more than ever due to digital sales and the growing digital world. Get your facts right please before you start going on about an industry dying. You wouldn't have a job without the Music Industry.
I used to go to record stores when music was music and not most of the garbage that is being put out today. And before the convenience of the internet when you could just buy and download the one song worth listening to out of the other 11 pieces of crap on a record.
Now about the SG's "Greatest Hits"….is this going to be 12 different mixes of that same obnoxious "I tell you what I want, what I really really want" song???
And Perezita, do read what you write before you publish.
Perez, record store chains have been struggling for well over a decade and Tower had been on the verge of bankruptcy for about that long. Stick to reporting gossip and leave business commentary to credible news outlets.
And those of you dipshits downloading music for free: you are stealing from struggling artists and putting millions of people out of jobs.
So boring. Why even report on this?
So boring. Why even report on this?
"Record stores, on the other hand, our dead."
What the fuck does that mean? Not even the editors at perezhilton.com are immnune to not using grammar and spell check.
sucks for the workers at victoria's secret–they're going to be playing that album non-stop.
and yeah amoeba rocks. they're not going under any time soon.
Popular music is dying because it's moving too far away from the principles of music. Melody is long gone and has been replaced by short little note sequences that repeat over and over, either that or there is a long sort of recitation, just sort of speaking the words on different pitches. Harmony has been stripped down to some basic tired-out chord sequences, while the whole world of harmonic progression and variation is ignored and forgotten. Even rhythm is failing, because when it gets too eccentric, it's no longer rhythm. Most of this anemic music of today comes out of the drug haze in the recording studios and the personal substance-abuse nightmares of many of the recording stars. So what's the use? Music needs a new start.
Look at that picture. Geri is soo beutiful. And she's on top of it all, brighter than the rest of them together. Just look at how beutiful and classy she dresses. God, please grant a simple man a single request and let me meet her somehow…
OUR dead?
it's a total pr move and it's working for many. it's the way to go these days. however i still enjoy hitting up the music stores.
this song is wretched….. u can't be serious?
Re: DUMB ASS –
No, you're not a genius or else you would know how to properly punctuate your sentences.
"The music biz is in the crapper, but at least it’s still alive and somewhat kickin. Record stores, on the other hand, our dead.
People (including us) just don’t go to record stores anymore. They mainly get their music online. That’s why Tower Records folded earlier this year and other chains are likely to follow.
We used to love going to record stores. Oh well, times change and so do we."
The self-professed champion of new music talking utter nonsense again. Tower folded because they didn't adapt. They made horrible business decisions, and while they might have tried to save face by blaming the state of the industry, it's their own damn fault.
Virgin Megastores is still going strong, as are indie stalwarts like Amoeba and Newbury Comics. To survive as a brick and mortar operation, you have to roll with the punches. Those that don't, fail. Those that do - like those I mentioned above - will be just fine.
Shame Perez can't ever offer an educated opinion. But that would require pulling himself away from the mirror and concentrating on something other than his untalented self.
haha "This Time on This Morning this morning"
great journalism.
haha "This Time on This Morning this morning"
great journalism.
lol thats gonna lower the album sales, not increase them
I love the Spice girls but I don't like this idea to sell the album only at Victoria's secret stores or the idea of the itunes.
YAY!!
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Quit referring to yourself as WE, you dumb douchebag.
These ho's had maybe one or two ONE HIT WONDERS…why do you post about them? They were such a joke at the time and still are….I can't imagine their fan base is that great that anyone gives a shit.
Well, popular music is mostly bullshit and has been getting worse and worse since the 1980s. Who would want to pay for it? Maybe people will tire of being spoon-fed and actually "ask" for real "culture" for a change. Or, maybe not…
It's rather telling, of course, that the face on this blog is fully willing to admit his participation in the death of music stores, much less his utter lack of taste.
FOR THE ONES WHO DOWNLOADS ONLINE….IT'S STEALING EITHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT AND I HOPE SOMETIMES SOMEONE COMES IN YOUR JOB AND DO THE SAME….THEN U WILL TELL ME HOW DOES IT FEELS BEING RIPPED OFF!!!!YOU BUNCH OF THIEVES!!!ON A LIGHTER TUNE I GUESS I WILL NEED TO EMBARASS MYSELF AND GO TO VICTORIA SECRETTO BUY THE CD
Emma is the only Spice Girl I still love. Her solo album, Free Me, was seriously good 60s pop, and definitely a more mature. Also, she doesn't look as plastic as the others, which is nice!
Here in the UK, Virgin megastores will be re named as they have been sold to someone else, one we lost earlier in the year was Fopp…total bummer that was though cause Fopp was good, I used to frequent it cause it was worth it, the others are not, you can just buy all that stuff online and save £££ half the time too .
The music industry failed to see the writing on the wall early on, and refused to jump on the mp3 bandwagon while they still could. Cat's out of the bag, and they're paying the price. The future waits for no one.
Posh is such a poseur. Why is she the only one fakely posing in this pic here?
I'd like her if she'd grow up and just be herself, instead of lamely continuing to try to superficially market herself. That is so old.
Shouldn't they be called the Spice Old Ladies (with a lot of plastic surgery)? They weren't good when they tried to play this game the first time! Who wants to hear all of their beat old songs again?
Dear Perez, You are soooo wrong. You definitely do need a bra — I mean a bro; or a manzier.
From the L to R:
This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy had roast beef, this little piggy had none, and this little piggy went "murphy-murphy-murphy" all the way home…
Is it just me or do all the Spice Women look wholesome except "Posh"? She looks she just came out of Mattel plastic mold for a Star Wars toy or something equally fake. What's with all the dumb posing all the time? Not pretty or even remotely attractive, Victoria. Someone needs to tell ya.
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I don't get it. It's a greatest hits album. Aren't all those songs on iTunes already? Also, the fact that you just admitted that you do not have any of their music proves that you are just a shill. How much are you getting paid, fat boy?
Re: No Spice please! –
They might of only had "one or two one hit wonders", as you put it, in the US, but in the UK they've had 9 number one singles. These "ho's" have sold over 53 million records worldwide (so far)…..how many have you sold? They've won 14 different awards (BRIT awards x4, American Music Awards x3, MTV Europe Awards x3, MTV Video Music Award x1 and World Music Awards x3)…….how many have you won? I could go on about the film they released, the records they've broken etc etc, but I won't bother cos I think I've proved my point. You may not like them or their music but that's hardly a reason to slate them.
That does not make sense. They must be getting paid a lot of money from Victoria Secrets because artists do not care where there albums are sold and Perez was right about the decline in record stores but look at Wallmart who has been receiving huge increases in sales partly from Wallmart exclusive releases and people that just buy everything there.
RIP OLD SPICE..There is a God. lol
im glad there back I liked them when i was younger who knows maybe ill start likin them again????
At least UB40 still alive and doing better than that.
well, don't think they are selling that many tickets in Spain…. someone tells me that they've just sold 4000 tickets in madrid… uhhhh uhhhmmmm
What the ???? I'm canadian and there are no Victoria Secrets here! I wanted to buy it (some of us still like to hold the product in their hands) and I never buy music at itunes… So where do I get my hands on it??? What about other countries that DON'T have any VS stores around??? They are no Starbucks or McDonalds!
that is so true
i have no place to but cds anymore :[
Theye were worthless and fake at the start and they're even moreso now.
Wanna know the real reason Victoria Beckham got rid of those skanky hair extensions? It was because her hair was falling out from all the head lice chemicals she was using. She got them from her kids and was a walking nit city. Honest. It's true. Ring her and ask her about it. My cousins sister's mothers hairdresser told me,…….
Wanna know the real reason Eddie Murphy left Mel B? She has a real bad personal hygiene problem and Eddie was sick to death of coming home from work and saying: Great, have we got tuna for tea? And being told it was spaghetti bolognaise instead.
I highly, seriously doubt any of them need the money, considered the millions they made during the old Spice Girl days…they're set forever….the reunion isn't about money if you idiots knew anything
YOU KNOW LIKE HOW GWEN BROUGHT ON STAGE THE HARAJUKU GIRLS, DO YOU THINK SNOUT SPICE WILL BRING OUT LITTLE SQUEELING PIGLETS DRESSED IN D+G ??????? OH, SORRY I FORGET SHE ALREADY DOES DOESN'T SHE, IT'S JUST THAT YOU DONT OFTEN SEE HER WITH HER KIDS - HA, I AM SOOOOOO FUCKING FUNNY - NEXT
that brown haired chick with the bangs looks like cat power
Basic English is Totally HOT!
Re: Basic English –
It actually is available in stores.
omg I had a dream about the spice girls last night…they will rule the world like they did and it will be fabulous and colourful !!! i cant wait to bow down