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Article about French radio stations being required to play French music
I just became aware of this, but obviously it's not new. I don't see a problem for the radio stations, there are at least 50 Alizée songs they could use!
http://www.thelocal.fr/20150930/fren...that-must-stay Quote:
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Face the music - French radio quotas must stay.
Thanks Ray for posting it. Interesting article. Although I'm an American, I'm sympathetic with the effort to preserve the French music industry. This business of corporations shifting work to the countries with the cheapest labor or focusing only on the most profitable artist is destroying too many locale jobs and harming millions of people to benefit the few. This international trend also narrows the artistic field and by doing that limits artistic variety. I strongly believe that countries should protect their working class from being driven into poverty by having to compete with slave labor in third world nations, and nations should also protect their native artist from being blown away by a few narrow monopolistic International corporations that select only those artists who can bring in tens of millions of dollars. Take Alizee for instance, she will probably never have another shot at being a world block buster, but she still has millions of fans who want to hear from her. She may not be able to cut a gold or platinum record, but she should be able to sell enough records that she can live comfortably financially and her fans can continue to enjoy her music for years to come. Last edited by Shepherd; 10-01-2015 at 04:54 AM.. |
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Beautifully said Shepherd!
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Canada protects its music industry - Canada produces Justin Bieber - France wants to protect its music industry from Justin Bieber. Kind of funny.
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I would like to see the millions of her fans.
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Why, because she's cute? Her millions of fans had the chance to buy her latest album and chose not to. I doubt any amount of airplay would've changed that.[/QUOTE]
Ok, "millions" is a ridiculous number. I think you could find millions who would say they know who Alizee is and that they like her, but if you asked, Do you follow her career and would you buy one of her albums? the millions would fall precipitously. As for Alizee being cute: perhaps at one time, but now by its nature a middle-age mother with an eleven-year-old daughter puts Alizee beyond the realms of "cute." |
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Don't even say that in jest.
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There might be millions of people who once knew of her, but have long forgotten about her. Obviously in France they know her, but don't care about her music.
I still think she's cute. Middle-aged mother, pfft.. |
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Cute
I doubt that Alizee would take it as a compliment to be called "cute." She has struggled to get out from under the sexy childish image of Lolita. "Cute" puts her back there. Over the last year there have been times I thought she was "adorable." I doubt she would want to be thought of as "adorable" either. I'm not sure you could draw a distinction between "cute" and "adorable." In the end, it is what it is. |
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She is a "CUTE" little woman.
Or as I like to say, she's "ADORABLE"
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french music, quotas, radio |
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