October 11, 2007
~~~ NOTE FROM CHRIS: ~~~
Radiohead opened Pandora's box yesterday by releasing
its upcoming album online and asking fans to set their
own price for it. Now Nine Inch Nails said it will do
the same and Oasis and Jamiroquai are considering it.
This is certainly going to shake up the music industry
in a big way, but leave it to TopFive to ask the tough
question Billboard and Rolling Stone are afraid to tackle:
Exactly what kind of songs would you get on such an album?
The Top 25 Songs on a Pay-What-You-Want Album
- Gimme Three Cents
- Should I Pay or Should I No
- It Ain't Free Babe
- Freeloadingbird
- Tumblin' Price
- I Heard it Through the Bittorrent
- Fumbling Toward Bankruptcy
- I Want Your Cents
- House of the Rising Cost of Not Revamping an Archaic and Nearly Extinct Form of Music Distribution
- Ain't Too Proud to Steal
- Everybody Wants to Screw the Band
- Pauper Got Some Rolling Stones
- Don't Fear the Cheaper
- Music for Nothing
- Oops!...I Stole It Again
- It's the End of the Business Model as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
- Cum On Steal the Noize
- Stores They Are A-Chargin'
- Thank You (Falletinme Pain Oh Thing)
- Give a Little, Bitch
- Haven't Got Time for the Payin'
- F-U-C-K-in' the RIAA
- I Still Haven't Bought What I'm Listening To
- Take *This*, Jobs, and Shove It!
and the Number 1 Song on a Pay-What-You-Want Album...
- Radiohead Killed the Record Exec Star
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Selected from 100 submissions from 37 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Andy Krakowski, Alexandria, VA -- 1, 3 (15th #1)
- Mark D. Sabien, What Cheer, IA -- 2, 6 Website / Hall of Famer
- Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH -- 4, 7 Website / Hall of Famer
- Larry Hollister, Concord, CA -- 5, 14 Hall of Famer
- Brandon Eldridge, St. Louis, MO -- 8
- Pam Wylder, Bloomington, IL -- 9, 19, 24 (Hat trick!)
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA -- 10, 21 Hall of Famer
- Brian Daywalt, Wabash, IN -- 11
- Jennifer Ford, Chicago, IL -- 12 Website
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA -- 12 Hall of Famer
- Jeff Rabinowitz, Wilkes-Barre, PA -- 13
- Caryn Kennealy, Glendale, CA -- 15, 22
- Michael Cunningham, Woodridge, IL -- 16
- Allen Lindsey, Cincinnati, OH -- 17, 20 Hall of Famer
- Tom Stoudt, Fort Washington, PA -- 18 Hall of Famer
- David Kass, Queens, NY -- 23 Hall of Famer
- Doug Finney, Houston, TX -- 24
- Lori Petterson, Fairfax, VA -- 24
- Curtis Stoddard, Cedar Hills, UT -- 24
- John Mozena, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI -- 25
- Tristan Fabriani, Passaic, NJ -- Banner Tag
- Chris White, Los Angeles, CA -- List owner/editor Hall of Famer
- Tony! Toni! Tone'!, Oakland, CA -- Ambience (explanation)
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