this post might seem weird

[6sixtwo2]

i don't know if anyone will really care

but you can purchase (for download) the new radiohead album for free from their website. I've never been a huge fan of radiohead, but I am a huge fan of free.

Comments

[theletterkills]

nooooooooooo

you should donate money to them, to download it.

i'm donating at least $5

because i want them to continue making music!

[6sixtwo2]

they will...they're millionaires and this is a brilliant business move on their part. they're letting people download the tracks for free and selling the discbox for $81.

[hybridtheory45]

yeah, that's seriously genius

[an_albino]

eh, people have done it before, harvey danger let everyone download thier last album free, that was a year or two ago i think

[6sixtwo2]

Smashing Pumpkins have done it too...

it's one thing for a band to do it. It's another thing when you're a band that does it knowing full-well that you could make a billion dollars if you didn't do it.

I mean, how much money was Harvey Danger going to make on their last album? They probably had just as good of a chance to break even by printing fewer copies of it.

[an_albino]

im just saying that people have done it before, it might be a genious idea, but it wasnt thier genious idea, and im certianly not claiming that harvey danger did it first

kudos to the radio heads for doing thier thing though

im just not going to wet my pants over it

[an_albino]

i didnt think so ethier, well at least i hope not,,,,,, kids, if your wetting your pants over any music, even if you think its the best music in the world and or ever, its time to invest in some diapers or seek some serious medical help, im sure they have pills for that sort of thing now

[6sixtwo2]

i didn't realize anyone here was wetting their pants over it. I think the big thing that sets this apart from what other bands have done is that they're actually selling it for the option of free, as in if you want to support them you can pay $6 for the album...or you can pretend like it's iTunes and pay $10 for the album or $.99 per song, whatever you feel the music is worth.

oh...thanks for the heads up on the free Harvey Danger...free stuff is awesome.

[growingwings]

i agree that it's genius.. bands make their money off touring anyway, and this will probably sell even more concert tickets for them.