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Post by blondeambassador on Nov 11, 2010 18:03:15 GMT
I'm guessing most of us have the album but just in case; PRR have put Armistice up for free download on the Superball website today, in celebration of the British Armistice day memorials that take place on the 11th November.
It's only available today so grab it quick if you don't have it!
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Post by the dark fourth on Nov 11, 2010 18:21:57 GMT
I like to think that they thought of this idea because of what I tweeted at Jon...basically saying my armistice remembrance would be 6:16 mins instead of the usual 2. Couple of hours later, Jon tweets that he's releasing Armistice as a special download for Armistice day. Coincidence? Or do I just have incredible power over the actions of the band...
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Post by blondeambassador on Nov 11, 2010 19:05:34 GMT
I like to think that they thought of this idea because of what I tweeted at Jon...basically saying my armistice remembrance would be 6:16 mins instead of the usual 2. Couple of hours later, Jon tweets that he's releasing Armistice as a special download for Armistice day. Coincidence? Or do I just have incredible power over the actions of the band... I'd hate to burst your bubble but Paul tweeted there'd be something special over the next couple of days recently...pretty sure it was planned! |
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Post by the dark fourth on Nov 11, 2010 20:00:48 GMT
That's what they want you to think! It was all me!! *Laughs maniacally*
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Post by gilthar on Nov 12, 2010 8:22:35 GMT
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Post by sticky on Nov 12, 2010 17:03:12 GMT
is this not available anymore?
saw a little spat between Jamie and his brother on twitter over whether it was disrespectful or not!
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Post by ryan on Nov 12, 2010 18:15:52 GMT
I kind of agree with Nikos tbh. It made me feel a little uncomfortable.
I'm sure the intentions were good, it does feel like using the event for the wrong reasons though.
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Post by Lawrie on Nov 12, 2010 19:35:02 GMT
is this not available anymore? It was available for 24 hours on 11th November. Not sure exactly when they put it up, but it was before 5pm I think so it will have come down at some point before 5pm today. |
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Post by mrguy on Nov 12, 2010 21:28:51 GMT
I kind of agree with Nikos tbh. It made me feel a little uncomfortable. I'm sure the intentions were good, it does feel like using the event for the wrong reasons though. Yep. As someone from outside the UK, I don't really know much about the day. But I imagine if they'd done a song about ANZAC's and made it free on ANZAC day, my family, especially my Mother (who's father died in the Vietnam war), wouldn't be happy... |
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Post by ryan on Nov 12, 2010 22:54:23 GMT
It's not that it was free, but the whole tweet to get it thing... I dunno. If there'd been a donation for it that would have been cool.
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Post by mrguy on Nov 13, 2010 2:25:57 GMT
I wouldn't be offended by the fact it was free, just the fact they were capitalising on something like this...
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Post by butler on Nov 13, 2010 11:41:02 GMT
I can't say I felt as though they were exploiting the day. I do prefer ryan's suggestion of 'free for a donation' but as it was, it felt more like a gesture to the day, rather than an exploitation of it.
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Post by the dark fourth on Nov 13, 2010 14:20:03 GMT
A agree with both points. I think it could have been done a bit better, but it wasn't that bad as it was, and if you're a band with a song called Armistice, it would be senseless to waste the opportunity!
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Post by sticky on Nov 15, 2010 14:08:27 GMT
A agree with both points. I think it could have been done a bit better, but it wasn't that bad as it was, and if you're a band with a song called Armistice, it would be senseless to waste the opportunity! that's the word that was probably most upsetting. 'opportunity'. it's a day reserved to remember those who gave their lives for the country, not a marketing opportunity. surely with that reasoning, I could write a song called 'planes crashing into buildings' and release it on September 11th? obviously, I'm being facetious there, but it just smelled like a bit of a promo ploy to me, but I suppose it wasn't really hurting anyone! Suppose it's tantamount to chocolate companies using a religious occasion as a way to shift overpriced eggs! |
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Post by the dark fourth on Nov 15, 2010 16:59:40 GMT
No, it's totally different. The chocolate eggs only exist because of Easter, as would the plane song, were you to write it, only exist because of 9/11. Hammer and Anvil, on the other hand, is an album that was released not for any external purpose, but simply because of the creative energy of its makers. It happened to have a song called Armistice, because that's a good name for the closing song of an album about war. The fact that there's also a day called Armistice day had nothing to do with the titling of that song. But since the song IS so titled, an opportunity AROSE, quite by chance, to use this. The opportunity was not CREATED by the band saying, oh look, let's write a song to fit with a certain occasion for marketing purposes, unlike the eggs which were only made because they were aimed to exploit a certain opportunity.
There are two different kinds of opportunity. Big difference.
The day is intended to remember those who gave their lives. Releasing a song does not prevent this happening, indeed in my opinion in some ways it could help people think about war, especially a song as beautiful and well-composed as Armistice. I think it's a really nice gesture, which honours the spirit of the occasion.
Having said this, I agree that the way it was done was too corporate to be really tasteful, hence the ambivalence of my previous post. What I strongly disagree with, however, is the insinuation that this was a pre-calculated ploy purely designed to increase sales.
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