MLT Club Member David Herrick
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A few more days of data for Sugar Man: for May 6th, V = 1388 and C = 3.70. For May 7th, V = 988 and C = 2.63. For May 8th, V = 568 and C = 1.51. For May 9th, V = 528 and C = 1.41. And for May 10th, V = 468 and C = 1.25.
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I had assumed that they had created the form themselves, as a fun project that would later serve as an inspiration for lyrics for the song. It might be a good question for the next Q&A video: is the form real?
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Sorry, JP, but I promised David Seville I would never tell. And whatever you do, don’t watch this video:
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Ah, yes, now we can see several upticks correlated with new releases. Thanks, Tomás!
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Tim, I used to do a “tour” of my favorite records at all four speeds. Along the way I discovered the secret of Alvin and the Chipmunks by playing them at 16 RPM.
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This is terrific, Tomás! It shows that the delayed growth spurt that we saw with the Tell Me Why video is mirrored by the growth in the overall number of views. Any Other Day seems to be the only other one with a similar pattern.
Do you tend to see sudden upward jumps from day negative one (i.e., the day before a video is released) to day zero? Since most videos get the most views on day zero, that would be an interesting comparison.
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I’ve never seen a shaped record, Juergen, but what a cool idea!
As a kid I did collect a few of those cereal box records that the video mentions. They were very cheaply made, but it was quite a thrill (at that age) to get music from your breakfast container!
One thing I enjoyed doing with 45’s when I was young was to place them on the turntable with the hole way off center, and listen to the variations in the sound as the speed of the record oscillated.
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I love picture disks, Juergen, and I don’t understand why they weren’t the industry standard. I mean, why would anyone prefer a featureless black disk to a rotating piece of art?
This might not qualify as art, but I think it’s the only picture disk I’ve ever owned:
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I’ve been wondering that myself for a long time, Jung. The YouTube comments tend to focus on the high energy of the performance (especially the drumming) and the transition between the songs. Perhaps the video gets a lot of clicks from people who are simply curious how you could combine those two particular songs.
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That would be great, Jung. Currently Please Mr. Postman / Wipe Out is on pace to be the first to reach 100M views… in 75 years!
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Thanks, guys. I’ll check those groups out.
Actually I found and watched Reina del Cid’s cover of I’ve Just Seen a Face a few weeks ago, but wasn’t terribly impressed with it. However, I now see that they also covered Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, which earns them another look. I might not have initially delved deeper into MLT if not for that song; I figure any group that covers it must be cool!
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Tim, it would be interesting to track down any other groups on YouTube who write original music but are best known for their Beatles (or other 60’s) covers, and see how the two sets of songs compare with regard to the number of views.
I’m curious as to where MLT ranks with regard to the relative popularity of their original stuff. I’ve seen good covers of old songs by various groups that have inspired me to check out their originals, but with the exception of MLT I’ve found their originals to be generally lacking in quality.
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Thanks, David! I hope you keep taking these data for a long time, so that we can evaluate long-term trends and shorter-term fluctuations in the overall viewing rates and new subscriptions.
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David, that’s a great idea to keep track of the total number of views of all the videos! I didn’t realize that number was available, but I just found it under the “about” tab.
I think a lot of us stats nerds would love to see a graph (or at least a table) of the number of views per month and the number of new subscriptions per month as functions of time.
It looks like we’re just months away from a total of 100,000,000 views!
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I may have mentioned this before, but Give a Little Bit is the song playing on Lois Lane’s car radio in the first Superman movie just before the earthquake hits. That was the first time I ever heard the song, and I still can’t listen to the refrain without picturing Margot Kidder honking the horn at the gas station in the desert.
