Arcade Fire = sellouts

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:57 am

Not really, but "Laika" is number 30 on the UK singles chart this week.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

"According to the British Phonographic Industry's figures on trade deliveries to retail stores, 80.1 million singles were sold in Britain in 1999, but by 2003 the number had fallen to 36.1 million."

OK, mmm, No.30 for one week....where's my calculator.....ah....what's that...oh no subtract there....yes...that's it....about 14 copies sold. Sell outs!

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

[shivering, huddling, crouching, glancing from side to side] Wait a minute! The top two are Elvis and Tony Christie! It's 2005 right? Please say it is because I'm very frightened right now. I think I may have inadvertently fallen into a cosmic wormhole or something while I was making my toast. [/shivering, huddling, crouching, glancing from side to side]

Mick · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:08 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

"According to the British Phonographic Industry's figures on trade deliveries to retail stores, 80.1 million singles were sold in Britain in 1999, but by 2003 the number had fallen to 36.1 million."

OK, mmm, No.30 for one week....where's my calculator.....ah....what's that...oh no subtract there....yes...that's it....about 14 copies sold. Sell outs!

holy shit does it seriously only take 14 copies to be number 30?

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:15 pm

No, number 1 usually sells about 5-6 thousand a week. Number 30 is probably a couple hundred (just guessing).

Mick · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:21 pm

ahhh....but was konstantil being sarcastic or wrong? I still can't tell...

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:24 pm

sarky

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

a mighty good leader Wrote:

ahhh....but was konstantil being sarcastic or wrong? I still can't tell...

Neither can I.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Sketch Wrote:

No, number 1 usually sells about 5-6 thousand a week. Number 30 is probably a couple hundred (just guessing).

Actually I believe the Elvis track sold 21,000 copies to get to No.1 - the lowest total ever. UK singles used to have to selll over a 100,000 copies a week to get to the top spot. Imagine that!

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:44 pm

I thought Badly Drawn Boy said 5000 when I saw him (he was trying to push "You Were Right" to get it number 1 for a week... didn't work). Maybe it was 25,000. I dunno.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:04 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

a mighty good leader Wrote:

ahhh....but was konstantil being sarcastic or wrong? I still can't tell...

Neither can I.

Mr. K is never wrong. Now recalculate your response with that in mind.

Mick · **Posted:** Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:13 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

konstantinl Wrote:

a mighty good leader Wrote:

ahhh....but was konstantil being sarcastic or wrong? I still can't tell...

Neither can I.

Mr. K is never wrong. Now recalculate your response with that in mind.

a mighty good leader Wrote:

ahhh....but was konstantil being sarcastic or merely tricking us into thinking he meant to type what he did in an attempt to fool everyone into thinking he is human after all? I still can't tell...

recalculated like a mofo

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