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Post by webm@ster on Jul 3, 2003 12:30:36 GMT -5
Paul Weller brands record companies 'scum'
Paul Weller has branded record companies "scum" as a poll shows listeners believe the pop single is a dying format.
The veteran musician says that if The Jam emerged today he doubted any label would stand by the band long enough for it to flourish.
His comments came after the head of EMI admitted the single is in serious decline and needs "radical surgery" to recover among teenagers.
Weller said: "Unfortunately these days if you don't get a hit single, or your first album doesn't sell one point whatever million, you don't get a chance to make your second one. I wonder whether The Jam would have got on to All Mod Cons - we would have probably been dropped by then, as the first two records didn't sell that well."
Weller was one of a number of celebrities who warned of a deepening crisis in the music industry during a music industry debate organised by BBC Radio 2, reports Media Guardian.
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