My Prediction From 1/30/01

[sodamntired]

so i was all of 17/18 years old, i used to post a lot on the IGN message board, back when it was free. In the music section I had a thread called, "Matthew Good Band. The Best Band On Earth"

 

so Matt was about to release Beautiful Midnight stateside and I posted the following:

 

I really want to see Matt Good Band get, if not huge, then at least better known in the U.S. I want this because there's gotta be people down south who are sick of all the Limp Bizkit/Korn/Kid Rock hysteria (I just realized those last two aren't around anymore.) and want to hear some straight rock, none of this rap-metal crap.

 

What I think is cool about the prospect of Matt Good getting big in the U.S. is the fact that he's a great anti-star. He hates the spotlight and award shows. You know he's not going to be on TRL and he's not going to take it up the a** for Carson Daly or Kurt Loder.

 

What sucks is this is what you have to do today to get any airtime. This means a lot of people who might like they music they make are never going to hear anything by them. The only national broadcasting they might get is going on a late night talk show (Conan, Letterman, or Kilborn. No Leno. He's as big as a whore as Daly is.) or maybe VH1, just because Rebecca Rankin used to host RapidFax on MuchMusic and I'm sure her and Matt would get along pretty well. She knows what kind of interviews they're into and she wouldn't cross the boundaries.

 

As for Advertising down south, the only thing that needs to be done, in my opinion, is a lot of airtime, both television and radio. They have made some of the best videos ever to air. Play The Future is X-Rated, Load Me Up, and Apparitions. Those videos/songs are enough to get people hooked on their sound. BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, if you play these videos, don't interrupt them for a "shout-out to your girl in Connecticut" and don't make the video shorter so you can interview the star of last week's top grossing movie.

 

Any other thoughts? I really like this band and like talking about them and their (possible) success in the U.S. So post any questions or comments on this board.

 

I can smell my innocence and hear my youth just by reading that post.

 

thank you Wayback Machine and ARchive.org...otherwise i would not have found this. ;)

[mrs jesus]

don't you think that you are probably the only person that cares about this thread?

[Hyphnip]

I found it somewhat interesting. if things had gone the way Chris suggested, MG would probably be a more well known name in the states.

[saturnine]

i want a million dollars.

[sodamntired]

at least one of my predictions came true

 

 

the "Limp Bizkit/Korn/Kid Rock hysteria" has truly died off. ;)

[mrs jesus]

only because neither of them have released anything new lately.

 

i still see hysterical korn fans, so i'm excluding them.

Edited February 21, 2007 by mrs jesus

[saturnine]

at least one of my predictions came true

 

 

the "Limp Bizkit/Korn/Kid Rock hysteria" has truly died off. ;)

did you also predict that water was wet?

[Hyphnip]

I predict that Mrs. J will come into any thread that sodamntired makes just to give him a hard time

[bishopx]

I still have much love for Korn...Bizkit and Kid Rock, never had it, never will.

 

But damn Chris, you were a really smart little dude back then.

[sodamntired]

I still have much love for Korn...Bizkit and Kid Rock, never had it, never will.

 

But damn Chris, you were a really smart little dude back then.

for real?

 

 

thanks. i think i am a pretty smart little dude today...

[mrs jesus]

I predict that Mrs. J will come into any thread that sodamntired makes just to give him a hard time

i predict that YOU will jump on whichever bandwagon is in the lead.

[Moonlight_Graham]

friggin' IGN. Love their site, but who the hell CHARGES MONEY to post on a message board??!?

 

Free speech only $5.99 a month!!

[Crusader]

something awful only charges 10$ for forever

[Muran]

And Something Awful is some fantastic.

 

Did you get an account, Anton?

Edited February 22, 2007 by Muran

[Crusader]

i did. i've been posting lots of bad drawings.

[Muran]

I must find what threads you are in. I tend to stay read Comedy Goldmine stuff. I never post XD

[Crusader]

check games, byob and the other places

[Shiri]

I can't really imagine what it would be like if people actually knew who Matthew Good is.

[Hyphnip]

random girl: "OMG! I've totally been in love with Matt Good since his first CD!!!"

me: "You Mean Last Of The Ghetto Astronauts?"

random girl: "um... no, Beautiful Midnight. what is Last Of The Ghetto Astronauts?"

me: "...nevermind"

Probably something like that.

[bishopx]

There will always be Wannabe's Tim. And Shiri, if that were ever to be the case, I have a feeling Matt would be the Canadian Bono...people would take the things he says seriously at a much higher level

[WhatamNot]

I don't think the world could handle a Canadian Bono

[Shiri]

One Bono is hard enough to handle.

[Gomo]

I dislike Bono.

[WhatamNot]

I don't like his music but hes done alot a good for the world

[Monochrome Rainbow]

U2 have had some awesome releases in the past but Bono has done much less to actually benefit the world than he has been given credit for.