Dapper-Dawg,

I feelya man I feelya. From a market standpoint it doesn't make sense to charge folks for music they aren't gonna listen to, but heck, that's what these folks are doin' all the time when they buy CD's etc.

The fact is, is that these people don't care that they're purchasing music they aren't gonna listen to when they buy a CD for the one hit single. And that fact allows record companies to charge as much as they do, and it makes them wig out when folks can just download that one pop single.

But here's where I'm going with this. Who the heck cares if record companies can't charge as much 'cause folks only want one or two songs? Heck, those bands often times really, really suck. And most of the time, they're just looking ot make one or two "hits" and just fill the rest of the album with bland crap (which you and I would consider the "hit" songs to be also).

Basically, I'm saying I don't think this is a threat to any of the quality bands out there that are interested in producing albums. Heck, there's always a song or three on an album I like more than any other, heck, that's a necessary fact on albums like Kid A and Amnesiac. But it doesnt mean that I'm not going to purchase the entire album by a quality band.

But since were on this, I found an article over at Pitchfork Media (no link, sorry) on how Radiohead is claiming that they're done with making albums, and are only interested in making EP's from this point forward. Thom Yorke's argument was that the "form" of creating a coherent 80 minute album was keeping the band back from pursuing some creative avenues that would have made for a shoddy album, but a creat musical experience otherwise. It was interesting, and mildly related to this discussion I guess.