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Is it me, or does this guy have an incredibly long index finger?

Holy Moley!!... you're right.. that looks odd... good catch...
or... he must be the guitar player ?

no players in the band . . not even a band , its a vocal group

never will come close to stones or beatles who all gigged even before they were discovered , record sales notwithstanding

Put those guns down, folks, it's only the new Monkees.

One Direction look like the usual collection of good-looking lads making competent cheerful pop - something that never goes out of fashion. The Monkees started out that way - and while nobody claimed they were the equal of the Beatles or the Stones, they did make decent music eventually, and plenty of people were sorry to see them go. As for being realistic about their place in the grand scheme of things, the Stones thought they might last two years, with luck...

>>> Put those guns down, folks

Especially because, as I earlier reported, the only confirmed part of this
story is that Ronnie was at the same awards dinner as them back in September
and goofed around with them a little. The "taking them under my wing" part
could well be April Fools! But even if it isnt, all it would mean is that
Ronnie was doing a little cheerleading for the home town team in their
battle with Bieber, which is very head-to-head at the moment.

Speaking of Bieber, a girlfriend's of mine's 11-year-old daughter Izzy has been
very good about watching Stones and Rihanna videos with me, so I had to
finally give in and watch Bieber's movie "Never Say Never" with her...

Fascinating. The same way I'm not a Metallica fan but really liked "Some Kind
of Monster", Bieber's film is like a trip to another planet. The passion of
his fans can only be described as like beatlemania, far outstripping what
has greeted One Direction or the Monkees or the Backstreet Boys or the
Stones in the beginning. I'm not saying Bieber can sustain it like the
Beatles did, but he is (or maybe was) a phenomenon at a similar level.
I had no idea. Neither did I know that he is totally a grassroots phenomenon,
not a marketing creation. He put his home videos of himself on youtube and it
grew bigger and bigger and bigger. Also didnt know that he composes a lot
of the music and plays 7 instruments.

Anyway, two Stones mentions in the Bieber movie. 1) They show short vid
clips of the Stones and U2 at MSG as Bieber approaches his show there, as
the youngest performer to ever sell out the place. 2) As Bieber starts to
lose his voice, he goes to the same voice doctor that Jagger went to in
Being Mick.



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I didn't know about this picture! Now i get to show it to Izzy!





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Sad Sigh

Just watched this debacle of an act on SNL tonight, what a (another) load of crap they are.

Correct title of this thread should be "Ronnie to help out fat old man, probably an old aquaintance whom he owes a favor too, who has manufactured another pretty boy singing group, which is marketed towards young girls, who are starting to feel that tingling feeling and they need some cute boys to squeel at and spend their parents money on".... this type of thing is now an old old tale and it has been redone over and over and over....


The worst part of this type of maufactured crap group is there is no long term for them.

This is another short term money grab by some fat old men pulling strings behind the scenes. I bet that the kids in this group signed a deal which gives them relatively little money..... BUT EVEN WORSE..... The idiots at SNL tonight passed over some quality music groups out here somewhere, in favor of this crap..... it is disgusting..... but it is our fault.

If this is where the money is to made, then this is the way they will make it.... over and and over and over and over... And another sad part is the little girls who think these guys are the next big thing will only be saddened to realize in 5 years when they are gone with the wind... like the spice girls and the backstreet boys and all of the other short term maunfactured, packaged, crap groups that came before.

How lucky are we that we that we have The Rolling Stones, who were/are the real deal, and have they stuck with us..... and are still with us today. Thanks Mick, Keith, Charlie and Ronnie for not being quitters.



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Not to mention that I did not luagh a single time watching SNL tonight, it is just not funny. I keep watching SNL sometimes, hoping for some good, but it is few and far between.... even most of the music are bad bad choices.


Where is the rock and roll man.... where is the rock and roll?

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Not to mention that I did not luagh a single time watching SNL tonight, it is just not funny. I keep watching SNL sometimes, hoping for some good, but it is few and far between.... even most of the music are bad bad choices.


Where is the rock and roll man.... where is the rock and roll?

You do realize the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?

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Not to mention that I did not luagh a single time watching SNL tonight, it is just not funny. I keep watching SNL sometimes, hoping for some good, but it is few and far between.... even most of the music are bad bad choices.


Where is the rock and roll man.... where is the rock and roll?

You do realize the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?

thats all you got ? really? come on man... you are not even trying anymore.

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Not to mention that I did not luagh a single time watching SNL tonight, it is just not funny. I keep watching SNL sometimes, hoping for some good, but it is few and far between.... even most of the music are bad bad choices.


Where is the rock and roll man.... where is the rock and roll?

You do realize the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?

thats all you got ? really? come on man... you are not even trying anymore.

Look man, you don't know me...you don't know how hard I try!

Quit bustin' my hump! I'm here, doing 18 hour shifts! Since StonesTod's gone AWOL I've been doin' back to back's for the last 6 weeks! It ain't right I tell ya!

I can't be expected to do new, innovative material every shift! It's not like I have the luxury to take off 7 or 8 years between albums....I'm NOT that guy!

I'm going out to have a smoke and grab a coffee and clear my head...maybe I just need a few minutes to get my head on straight.

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Not to mention that I did not luagh a single time watching SNL tonight, it is just not funny. I keep watching SNL sometimes, hoping for some good, but it is few and far between.... even most of the music are bad bad choices.


Where is the rock and roll man.... where is the rock and roll?

You do realize the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?

thats all you got ? really? come on man... you are not even trying anymore.

Look man, you don't know me...you don't know how hard I try!

Quit bustin' my hump! I'm here, doing 18 hour shifts! Since StonesTod's gone AWOL I've been doin' back to back's for the last 6 weeks! It ain't right I tell ya!

I can't be expected to do new, innovative material every shift! It's not like I have the luxury to take off 7 or 8 years between albums....I'm NOT that guy!

I'm going out to have a smoke and grab a coffee and clear my head...maybe I just need a few minutes to get my head on straight.

LOL
MUCH IMPROVED!!!... or it might just be the comedy "Drive Angry" I am watching


No one can fill Triumph's... errr... no can fill Tod's shoes.

I thought for sure our irony strategy would work as well as the Shepards pie thing did... but alas... it is the deep deep South... so no one knows what is really... really really.... really really really going on down there.


DRIVE ANGRY!!! funniest sht I have watched in a coon's age.



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Correct title of this thread should be "Ronnie to help out fat old man, probably an old aquaintance whom he owes a favor too, who has manufactured another pretty boy singing group, which is marketed towards young girls, who are starting to feel that tingling feeling and they need some cute boys to squeel at and spend their parents money on"

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I'm not saying Bieber can sustain it like the
Beatles did, but he is (or maybe was) a phenomenon at a similar level.
I had no idea. Neither did I know that he is totally a grassroots phenomenon,
not a marketing creation. He put his home videos of himself on youtube and it
grew bigger and bigger and bigger. Also didnt know that he composes a lot
of the music and plays 7 instruments.

So then, we have consensus to back Mick's boy in this battle royale
between 1D and Bieber. That's very nice, since its so hard for Stones
fans to reach consensus on anything. Which is, after all, after all,
the main reason the Stones are ending. Because their fans have forgotten
how to act like children...

"Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore
shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the
kingdom of heaven."

So I guess this has been my Easter sermon. And don't nobody complain about
me pushing my religion, because I'm not Christian. Amen.





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Correct title of this thread should be "Ronnie to help out fat old man, probably an old aquaintance whom he owes a favor too, who has manufactured another pretty boy singing group, which is marketed towards young girls, who are starting to feel that tingling feeling and they need some cute boys to squeel at and spend their parents money on"

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I'm not saying Bieber can sustain it like the
Beatles did, but he is (or maybe was) a phenomenon at a similar level.
I had no idea. Neither did I know that he is totally a grassroots phenomenon,
not a marketing creation. He put his home videos of himself on youtube and it
grew bigger and bigger and bigger. Also didnt know that he composes a lot
of the music and plays 7 instruments.

So then, we have consensus to back Mick's boy in this battle royale
between 1D and Bieber. That's very nice, since its so hard for Stones
fans to reach consensus on anything. Which is, after all, after all,
the main reason the Stones are ending. Because their fans have forgotten
how to act like children...

"Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore
shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the
kingdom of heaven."

So I guess this has been my Easter sermon. And don't nobody complain about
me pushing my religion, because I'm not Christian. Amen.

NO there is no consensus to back any manufactured crap bands be they a single little boy, like berber, or 5 little boys, like the other shity group... it is all crap...and the sooner thay go away, making room for the next crop.... the better.... all of these stupid little groups are packaged by some old man, somewhwere, who wants to grab his share of the money pie.... btw- in your buddy's berber case, the old man is Usher..... he owns berber lock stock and barrel. [www.google.com]



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berber will be "no where to be found" in 5 years, like some washed out puppets excatly like him, that came before him. They never last, they are all plastic manufacutred crap... they all break.... they all go away.... leaving room for the next one/trend.... and the girls who wasted their time on him, will realize it was all BS... and who knows what/where that will lead to.?... probably more shallow, fake humans...

as the music business execs will wonder why their sale continue to decline..

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So then, we have consensus to back Mick's boy in this battle royale
between 1D and Bieber. That's very nice, since its so hard for Stones
fans to reach consensus on anything. Which is, after all, after all,
the main reason the Stones are ending. Because their fans have forgotten
how to act like children...

"Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore
shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the
kingdom of heaven."

So I guess this has been my Easter sermon. And don't nobody complain about
me pushing my religion, because I'm not Christian. Amen.

NO there is no consensus to back any manufactured
crap bands be they a single little boy, like berber, or 5 little boys, like
the other shity group... it is all crap...and the sooner thay go away,
making room for the next crop.... the better.... all of these stupid little
groups are packaged by some old man, somewhwere, who wants to grab his share
of the money pie.... btw- in your buddy's berber case, the old man is
Usher..... he owns berber lock stock and barrel.

1) that's like saying oldham owned the stones. bieber rose on his own and
then got signed by usher and l.a. reid

2) let's not argue, Maxwell. It's Easter! And what could be more in the true
spirit of Easter than Rihanna arriving in australia today? I'm pretty sure
I saw Rockman on TV in the crowd outside her hotel holding up a sign,
"We Love U Rih". Now there's a guy who truly has not forgot how to love
musicians like a child loves. That's why his is the kingdom of heaven.

Bieber... One Direction, etc - it's not my kind of music, but there is room for everyone. I just don't get why some here are offended by these acts. The same goes for X Factor, etc. If you don't like, then don't @#$%&' watch it. Simple, no?

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So then, we have consensus to back Mick's boy in this battle royale
between 1D and Bieber. That's very nice, since its so hard for Stones
fans to reach consensus on anything. Which is, after all, after all,
the main reason the Stones are ending. Because their fans have forgotten
how to act like children...

"Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore
shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the
kingdom of heaven."

So I guess this has been my Easter sermon. And don't nobody complain about
me pushing my religion, because I'm not Christian. Amen.

NO there is no consensus to back any manufactured
crap bands be they a single little boy, like berber, or 5 little boys, like
the other shity group... it is all crap...and the sooner thay go away,
making room for the next crop.... the better.... all of these stupid little
groups are packaged by some old man, somewhwere, who wants to grab his share
of the money pie.... btw- in your buddy's berber case, the old man is
Usher..... he owns berber lock stock and barrel.

1) that's like saying oldham owned the stones. bieber rose on his own and
then got signed by usher and l.a. reid

2) let's not argue, Maxwell. It's Easter! And what could be more in the true
spirit of Easter than Rihanna arriving in australia today? I'm pretty sure
I saw Rockman on TV in the crowd outside her hotel holding up a sign,
"We Love U Rih". Now there's a guy who truly has not forgot how to love
musicians like a child loves. That's why his is the kingdom of heaven.

We are not arguing it is not really between you and I....
I am simply expressing my distain for this type of fake manufacturing and marketing of music.

I thought the story was..... that Usher was looking for a cute, marketable, white boy, to sing his type of croners (kind of like when Dr Dre wnet looking for a white crapper and he found (and then owned) Ememin) and Usher went looking on youtube to find someone... and he found a video which berber posted there... and from there... it was simply apply the maketing machine, they did it "by the book".... just like "the wanted" and D1 are doing now what many groups have done before them.

Have a Happy Easter Revvvvy



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A very happy and healthy easter to you too, Max

As I said, I have no idea whether Justin Bieber will be able to make the
transition from adorable bunny rabbit to young adult star, but he does
have considerable talent. And so I will re-recommend his movie "Never
Say Never" as, if nothing else, a natural history documentary about a
strange tribe of 9-16 year old girls.

And we'll soon see about how successful his attempt to grow up as an artist is.
His voice has changed, he has to use falsetto now in addition to his natural
voice, the bangs are gone, and, judging by the new single "boyfriend", he
is challenging his audience with music that is a little less familiar,
a little less pre-digested. He's still not going to be a mature enough
artist for me to get into, not yet anyway, but I wish him well in
eventually achieving his goal of musical excellence.



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Rihanna arriving in australia today? I'm pretty sure I saw
Rockman on TV in the crowd outside her hotel holding up a sign,"We Love U Rih".







ROCKMAN

LOL!!

Nominated for best Re-Use of a picture on IORR

and if only fans of boy bands have a place in the kingdom of heaven...

(As I told the story on a different thread, when I went to see the Stones
in 1965, the audience was almost entirely young girls. Same obviously for
the Beatles...

As Mick told the story at the White House, he fell in love with black music
when he was 12 years old...

Bieber fell in love with black music when he was 8, and was out singing it
on street corners by the time he was 12. so don't count the kid out yet.

anyway, here's excerpts from somebody who's very in touch with the world
as it is today, not as you or I might want it to be. It's very much like the
early 60's in terms of the power of girls and hit singles...)

Beyoncé, Rihanna, Lady Gaga help women rule pop music world

By Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic
In Print: Sunday, April 8, 2012

When Beyoncé cocked a hip last year and posed the question "Who run the
world?" she wasn't just boasting on her No. 1 dance hit. The R&B star was
speaking the XX-chromosome gospel about the pop music planet.

In the decade leading up to Beyoncé's Run the World (Girls), and especially
the whopper year that followed, women became the most dominant force in pop,
trumping the boys in almost every category. Even rapper Eminem called on a
woman — for so long his artistic foil — to help sell one of his biggest hits,
Love the Way You Lie, a duet with Barbadian bombshell Rihanna.

The numbers are staggering, with women taking the top spots for digital
downloads, money earned and albums sold, to name a few. The current crop of
female dynamos is sharing the wealth, too. Rihanna, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga,
Taylor Swift, Adele and Nicki Minaj fortify a stronghold built by Britney
Spears, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gwen Stefani, Pink and Kelly Clarkson.

The streak shows little sign of waning thanks to another vocal group: a rabid
fan base composed of women (they want to be just like the stars) and men
(they want to date them). Their froth and fervor drive which songs get played
on the radio, which artists major record labels push and which acts benefit
from the top writers and beatmakers.

Orlando Davis, morning host and program director for WLLD-FM 94.1, a leading
hip-hop station in the Tampa Bay area, says Beyoncé & Co. are dictating what
the rest of us are hearing, buying, living. "Ladies set pop culture. They
rule the roost, control everything. They've always been dominant; they just
haven't been this prevalent."

Give 'em the hook

For as stylish and incandescent as Rihanna and Perry are, for as bizarro as
Lady Gaga and her meat dress can get, none of them would be surfing the chart
tops if they didn't have what really counts: ridiculously catchy songs that
hook and don't let go.

"Rihanna and Adele and Katy: Their songs never burn," says WFLZ-FM 93.3
program director Tommy Chuck. "People never seem to get tired of them."

Legendary songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, whose credits include Celine Dion
and Andrea Bocelli's The Prayer, Melissa Manchester's Don't Cry Out Loud and
Carly Simon's Nobody Does It Better, says today's female pop stars are
crushing because their songs are so relatable.

"If you get to the core of it, it's about connection," says Sager, whose
first hit was 1965's A Groovy Kind of Love. "When I was in my heyday of
writing and performing, I'd have people come up to me and say my song got
them through a particular moment in their life. The same thing happened with
Lady Gaga's Born This Way. People felt, 'That's my story. She's telling my
story.' Taylor Swift has her own way of saying something, too. Beyoncé sang
'put a ring on it' — and he did! People relate to that."

She found love in a digital place

These are high-tech times for sure, and female performers are plugged in and
then some.

A month before Robyn Rihanna Fenty turned 24, the pop star was given an early
birthday present. Nielsen SoundScan, the music sales-tracking system,
declared her the biggest-selling digital artist of all time. From 2004 to
2012 — from bouncy debut single Pon de Replay to ubiquitous smash We Found
Love — she sold 47.5 million digital downloads.

That's a telling stat, especially since digital is the fastest-growing sales
division in music — up 17 percent to $2.62 billion in 2011. It's also where
the girls are: A recent study in the United Kingdom shows that women spend
more time listening to digital music than men do, according to media group
Emap.

Boosting all of these sales is a heavy — some might say smothering — presence
on your radio dial, where advertising has always been aimed primarily at
women. Now the music is, too.

"Pop radio is mainly targeting women," says 93.3's Chuck. "That's who we care
about. And it's certainly what the record labels are pushing, too."

"It's all about Top 40 radio," says Craig Marks, editor in chief of Popdust,
a leading online music site. "That's the dominant musical format of our
time. If this was 10, 15 years ago, when rock had more juice, this wouldn't
be as obvious."

Fans dictate what sells, while labels dictate what they think fans want more
of. And these days, a hot female pop star is nothing but dollar signs.

"It's easier for record labels to imagine marketing a female pop artist,
because you can market to both men and women," Marks adds. "Dudes will at
least be interested in a Katy Perry if she's cute enough. But when it comes
to, say, a Justin Bieber, he has an exclusively female audience."

Besides radio, music is now sold through TV shows, commercials, YouTube,
Facebook and MySpace. Magazines and tabloids also treat women as their
biggest stars. "Women want to read about women," says Marks. "The path for a
female artist is more and more well defined."

"Young females are an extremely vocal, free-spending audience," says
Popdust's Marks. "They're loud and they get involved. They're loyal."

Where the boys are

Yes, there are a few dudes on the radio as well. But what's interesting is
that many of them, a la Eminem, rely on that not-so-secret ingredient for
success. Miami rapper Pitbull is scoring hit after hit, but often with
Jennifer Lopez helping out on his hooks (On the Floor, Dance Again). Male DJs
such as David Guetta are charting, but they need Minaj (Turn Me On) to do the
singing. Flo Rida's recent hits were dominated by guest vocals from the late
Etta James (Good Feeling) and Sia (Wild Ones). Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger
was boosted by Aguilera wailing at the end. And one of the hottest songs on
the radio, Drake's Take Care, features regular duet partner Rihanna.

"It is cyclical, but it's also what really takes off. And right now, that's
the girls," says Chuck of 93.3.



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It was reported recently that Lady Gaga makes $30 million per year tweeting.

That's more than Mick made from hauling his 60 year old ass all over the
world on the Bigger Bang tour.

Plus radio is by far the biggest source of income for these new stars.
Its not radio in the USA and UK like it was in 1965. Its radio in 150 or so
different countries, and the flow of royalties is astronomical. By some
reports Rihanna is about a third as wealthy as Jagger already and has never
made much money from touring. Tours are fast becoming loss leaders, good for
publicity but not for earnings. Its not 2006 anymore, kids.

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It was reported recently that Lady Gaga makes $30 million per year tweeting.

That's more than Mick made from hauling his 60 year old ass all over the
world on the Bigger Bang tour.

Plus radio is by far the biggest source of income for these new stars.
Its not radio in the USA and UK like it was in 1965. Its radio in 150 or so
different countries, and the flow of royalties is astronomical. By some
reports Rihanna is about a third as wealthy as Jagger already and has never
made much money from touring. Tours are fast becoming loss leaders, good for
publicity but not for earnings. Its not 2006 anymore, kids.

Could you please show a source for her making 30 million tweeting?
I know she has tons of followers, but $30,000,000... just from tweets?

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Could you please show a source for her making 30 million tweeting?
I know she has tons of followers, but $30,000,000... just from tweets?

(i quoted from memory, always a danger. the figure apparently also includes
the indirect earnings from having that many followers. nonetheless, if you
read the whole article at the link below, the mathematics of twitter are
mind blowing)

There's a reason Lady Gaga became the person with the most Twitter followers
--
20.7 million and counting -- aside from her talent. "She really engages them
and re-tweets stuff they say as if she was one of them," says John Bonini,
content marketing manager of Impact Branding & Design. Gaga has made a career
in being an outsider, which many of her fans relate to, he says. She has more
followers than Justin Bieber's 18.4 million, Shakira's 14.8 million and Katy
Perry's 16 million*. Bonini says the publicity and direct access Twitter gives
Gaga to her fans is worth around one-third of the $90 million that Forbes says
she earned during the last financial year. Twitter creates a bond and loyalty
with her fans who otherwise may be tempted to download her music illegally.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that tweets from @ladygaga automatically appear on
her Facebook page, which has over 49 million "likes."

[www.smartmoney.com]

* for the record, Rih has 16.5 million, Mick has 108 thousand, the Stones
have 86 thousand, and Keith has 62 thousand.

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Could you please show a source for her making 30 million tweeting?
I know she has tons of followers, but $30,000,000... just from tweets?

(i quoted from memory, always a danger. the figure apparently also includes
the indirect earnings from having that many followers. nonetheless, if you
read the whole article at the link below, the mathematics of twitter are
mind blowing)

There's a reason Lady Gaga became the person with the most Twitter followers
--
20.7 million and counting -- aside from her talent. "She really engages them
and re-tweets stuff they say as if she was one of them," says John Bonini,
content marketing manager of Impact Branding & Design. Gaga has made a career
in being an outsider, which many of her fans relate to, he says. She has more
followers than Justin Bieber's 18.4 million, Shakira's 14.8 million and Katy
Perry's 16 million*. Bonini says the publicity and direct access Twitter gives
Gaga to her fans is worth around one-third of the $90 million that Forbes says
she earned during the last financial year. Twitter creates a bond and loyalty
with her fans who otherwise may be tempted to download her music illegally.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that tweets from @ladygaga automatically appear on
her Facebook page, which has over 49 million "likes."

[www.smartmoney.com]

* for the record, Rih has 16.5 million, Mick has 108 thousand, the Stones
have 86 thousand, and Keith has 62 thousand.

Thanks,
I must say... that is quite impressive. $30,000,000 that is a lot of cabbage.

btw- just reading a review of SNL last night, I learned that this D1 boy groupthingy is a Simon Crowell owned outfit.... so it is not a fat old man... but still it is one puppet master pulling the strings according to the same old plan.

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Could you please show a source for her making 30 million tweeting?
I know she has tons of followers, but $30,000,000... just from tweets?

(i quoted from memory, always a danger. the figure apparently also includes
the indirect earnings from having that many followers. nonetheless, if you
read the whole article at the link below, the mathematics of twitter are
mind blowing)

There's a reason Lady Gaga became the person with the most Twitter followers
--
20.7 million and counting -- aside from her talent. "She really engages them
and re-tweets stuff they say as if she was one of them," says John Bonini,
content marketing manager of Impact Branding & Design. Gaga has made a career
in being an outsider, which many of her fans relate to, he says. She has more
followers than Justin Bieber's 18.4 million, Shakira's 14.8 million and Katy
Perry's 16 million*. Bonini says the publicity and direct access Twitter gives
Gaga to her fans is worth around one-third of the $90 million that Forbes says
she earned during the last financial year. Twitter creates a bond and loyalty
with her fans who otherwise may be tempted to download her music illegally.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that tweets from @ladygaga automatically appear on
her Facebook page, which has over 49 million "likes."

[www.smartmoney.com]

* for the record, Rih has 16.5 million, Mick has 108 thousand, the Stones
have 86 thousand, and Keith has 62 thousand.

Thanks,
I must say... that is quite impressive. $30,000,000 that is a lot of cabbage.

Max-

I'm not a fan of Lady GaGa, She was on HBO recently. I have to admit she is a very talented musician. IMHO she doesn't need all the stage props and gadgets. I think she is genuine in her own efforts. In other words, she works her ass off and pays homage to those that helped her along the way as portrayed on that HBO special. Yeah -I think she is ok- Concerning the money, it's the root of all lotteries! LOL

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Could you please show a source for her making 30 million tweeting?
I know she has tons of followers, but $30,000,000... just from tweets?

(i quoted from memory, always a danger. the figure apparently also includes
the indirect earnings from having that many followers. nonetheless, if you
read the whole article at the link below, the mathematics of twitter are
mind blowing)

There's a reason Lady Gaga became the person with the most Twitter followers
--
20.7 million and counting -- aside from her talent. "She really engages them
and re-tweets stuff they say as if she was one of them," says John Bonini,
content marketing manager of Impact Branding & Design. Gaga has made a career
in being an outsider, which many of her fans relate to, he says. She has more
followers than Justin Bieber's 18.4 million, Shakira's 14.8 million and Katy
Perry's 16 million*. Bonini says the publicity and direct access Twitter gives
Gaga to her fans is worth around one-third of the $90 million that Forbes says
she earned during the last financial year. Twitter creates a bond and loyalty
with her fans who otherwise may be tempted to download her music illegally.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that tweets from @ladygaga automatically appear on
her Facebook page, which has over 49 million "likes."

[www.smartmoney.com]

* for the record, Rih has 16.5 million, Mick has 108 thousand, the Stones
have 86 thousand, and Keith has 62 thousand.

Thanks,
I must say... that is quite impressive. $30,000,000 that is a lot of cabbage.

Max-

I'm not a fan of Lady GaGa, She was on HBO recently. I have to admit she is a very talented musician. IMHO she doesn't need all the stage props and gadgets. I think she is genuine in her own efforts. In other words, she works her ass off and pays homage to those that helped her along the way as portrayed on that HBO special. Yeah -I think she is ok- Concerning the money, it's the root of all lotteries! LOL

Pretty impressive that she is able to earn 30 million just off of twitter.

I hear ya

Social media, regardless if it's Facebook, Twitter, and Linked-in are the new means of financial gains. All I ask, if these folks would take the phone or ipod out their ear or face so traffic can move on.

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All I ask, if these folks would take the phone or ipod out their ear or face so traffic can move on.

eggZachary!!!

It's not the end of the world. Saw the group perform on Saturday Night Live last night. Pretty damn good, complex vocals delivered live. Are they really that different from the early Beatles? Or Herman's Hermits? It's still show business and some of these older rockers might see how they were in their earlier pop days, before rock got serious.