No Fun Mondays

[Freezing Melons]

I really wouldn't be surprised if this was done for a bit. 

Like I said, I would love sort of compilation release with all the songs (maybe throw in Dreaming, and maybe another new one?!)

If there's nothing new by next week, I think it's safe to say the project is done, if not on hold for the foreseeable future - understandably of course.

[pacejunkie punk]

I just wish he would have posted something about it like he did Memorial Day.  You can post BLM content and also communicate with your fans about your music. It was part of a campaign to pause all else last week I get that, but a proper effective movement can take months.  At least say something.  I’m still staying involved in the protest and taking action. I also miss my band.

[Beerjeezus]

It seems to me this is over and I just wish we got a proper closure with Dreaming so we wouldn’t wait every Monday for songs that won’t come.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

Honestly I don’t feel any disappointment. NFM is/was a spontaneous initiative from Billie, it came of out of nowhere, might come back out of nowhere or not. Honestly I don’t really care about an official communication that this is over or on hold. It’s not that he promised to keep going forever or for a certain amount of time, it’s not an album getting delayed or whatever. It’s Billie posting covers on YT. He mentioned in those interviews he had a couple of songs on the pipeline, even announced a title. If he doesn’t feel like sharing them at the moment he’s entitled to do that without any warning. Laziness has nothing to do with this.  I hope to hear these songs and more sooner or later, maybe in a official release, but his IG stories tell pretty clearly where his mind is right now, and where he would like to point ours. He might feel that even announcing a pause or end to the initiative would take the attention away from more important matters, and he would not be wrong. 

NFM is/was an activity to fight boredom and isolation and “escape” a sad reality. That doesn’t really apply to this situation, where keeping our mind actions focused on reality extremely important. He could record a song to support BLM, but so far he seemed to prefer to leave the microphone to other voices. I am fine with that. Pleasing the fandom (especially that small part of the fandom that waited impatiently every Monday for a new song, where I belong) is not always the point. 

[The Grohl]

I agree that I wish he would post something about it. I understand if he doesn't want to continue or if he's taking a break because of everything happening right now, but a quick tweet about it would be nice so we know what's going on. It makes me think of content creators on YouTube who just abandon a series they were working on with no warning and then they get annoyed when fans ask what happened. You don't need to get deep into it, just a quick this is on hiatus or I'm taking another week off would be much appreciated.

[Hermione]

I just take it that it's not happening for now so I won't anticipate it, and if and when he does post something again it'll be a nice surprise.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

10 minutes ago, kaylubd said:

I agree that I wish he would post something about it. I understand if he doesn't want to continue or if he's taking a break because of everything happening right now, but a quick tweet about it would be nice so we know what's going on. It makes me think of content creators on YouTube who just abandon a series they were working on with no warning and then they get annoyed when fans ask what happened. You don't need to get deep into it, just a quick this is on hiatus or I'm taking another week off would be much appreciated.

I understand that it would be nice for us crazy fans who always wonder what’s going on and how many coffees Mike drunk during the last seven days. But it’s not a tv series missing the final episode or anything like that. I think it’s a cool initiative also because it’s spontaneous, the songs dropped at different times, weekdays, sometime they didn’t drop at all, once we basically got three in a week. 
I don’t really see the need for this “official announcement” approach. Why should he say it’s on hold or cancelled if maybe in one or two weeks, or one or two days, or one or two months, he decides to post a new song? 
 

[dallasthemenace]

this moment isnt the time for entertainment, as nice as the momentary distraction would be. though i wouldnt be surprised to see a (GD) charity single for BLM or other significant cause/charity. but i kinda doubt there's going to be much entertainment going on for the time being. depending on what happens between now and then, things might begin to veer back a bit more towards 'normalcy' as july 4 approaches in the states. unless jumanji 2020 has other plans for the next few weeks.

 

 

[The Grohl]

4 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

I understand that it would be nice for us crazy fans who always wonder what’s going on and how many coffees Mike drunk during the last seven days. But it’s not a tv series missing the final episode or anything like that. I think it’s a cool initiative also because it’s spontaneous, the songs dropped at different times, weekdays, sometime they didn’t drop at all, once we basically got three in a week. 
I don’t really see the need for this “official announcement” approach. Why should he say it’s on hold or cancelled if maybe in one or two weeks, or one or two days, or one or two months, he decides to post a new song? 
 

I get that, but I still think it would nice to just say something. It doesn't have to be an official announcement, just something similar like he did for Memorial Day. There are fans looking forward to it and not all of them are going to assume its on hold because of what's going on. 

[Little Boy Named Booze]

Well he did say a cover every monday as long as the quarantine is on.
He informed us last Monday. But nothing this week. We're just suppose to assume now? 

C'mon he can just take 2 sec on IG or Tweeter to tell us.

[pacejunkie punk]

12 minutes ago, kaylubd said:

I get that, but I still think it would nice to just say something. It doesn't have to be an official announcement, just something similar like he did for Memorial Day. There are fans looking forward to it and not all of them are going to assume its on hold because of what's going on. 

This. That’s all I was saying yet here comes the “we’re not entitled to anything” arguments to shut everything down again 😕

[Freezing Melons]

On a side note - is anyone else waiting for their shipping confirmation for the ITWAN single? I saw someone got their email yesterday, I'm up in Canada, and was wondering if anyone else is still waiting to hear that their record has shipped?

[DookieLukie]

Gotta love the anti-entitlement comments. You start a project, you should finish it. Sure, it's free music for us (kind of), but it's just bad business to be so scatter-brained. Imagine if they planned the Trilogy then only released 2 of the 3. "Oh you entitled fans want the 3rd? Jerks."

People are killed daily in the US. Many minorities die unjustly daily. So is that an excuse to never make music again? If so, Billie is in the wrong business. Even SJW Lady Gaga released a full album 5 days after Floyd's murder. Where is the criticism against her? Or is she protected from scrutiny?

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

26 minutes ago, Freezing Melons said:

On a side note - is anyone else waiting for their shipping confirmation for the ITWAN single? I saw someone got their email yesterday, I'm up in Canada, and was wondering if anyone else is still waiting to hear that their record has shipped?

Yes, still waiting as well. 

54 minutes ago, kaylubd said:

I get that, but I still think it would nice to just say something. It doesn't have to be an official announcement, just something similar like he did for Memorial Day. There are fans looking forward to it and not all of them are going to assume its on hold because of what's going on. 

I understand, and yes it would be nice for us hardcore fans to have this sort of communication. Anyway in this context and with this kind of spontaneous initiative, personally, I don’t care. It’s clear why he’s holding the release of the songs, and don’t really feel the need for an announcement of any sort. On Memorial Day it made sense to say “hey this week you are not getting anything I’m on holiday”, the audience otherwise doesn’t know that. This is a different context, it doesn’t need an explanation. 
If he wants to solely use his social to amplify BLM, that’s ok and good.
I also don’t really see masses of fans dying to know why he’s not releasing the songs. If you are an hardcore fan following the band, you know why he’s doing that just by entering his Instagram. 
If you are a casual fan or listener for sure you don’t care about this kind of news. 

10 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

Gotta love the anti-entitlement comments. You start a project, you should finish it. Sure, it's free music for us (kind of), but it's just bad business to be so scatter-brained. Imagine if they planned the Trilogy then only released 2 of the 3. "Oh you entitled fans want the 3rd? Jerks."

People are killed daily in the US. Many minorities die unjustly daily. So is that an excuse to never make music again? If so, Billie is in the wrong business. Even SJW Lady Gaga released a full album 5 days after Floyd's murder. Where is the criticism against her? Or is she protected from scrutiny?

Do you see Gaga promoting her album on social media right now? And if you think that this moment is like any other day in the US because “people get killed every day” you really didn’t get what’s going on, or you don’t want to and in that case you are part of the problem.

[The Grohl]

I can't say I would naturally assume that Billie wouldn't do NFM because of what's happening because other artists have resumed releasing material. I'm guessing that's what it is, that makes the most sense. 

[DookieLukie]

12 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

 

Do you see Gaga promoting her album on social media right now? And if you think that this moment is like any other day in the US because “people get killed every day” you really didn’t get what’s going on, or you don’t want to and in that case you are part of the problem.

She did many interviews on YouTube 5 days after Floyd's murder. She was promoting quite a bit until she started getting worried it would hurt her bottom line.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

10 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

She did many interviews on YouTube 5 days after Floyd's murder. She was promoting quite a bit until she started getting worried it would hurt her bottom line.

And maybe that was the right thing to do from the beginning. A more conscious promotional campaign would have get there sooner, but they got there. Point is, in the last two weeks most artists either published content supporting BLM, or gave the stage to the protest. So I don’t see how what Billie is doing is weird, needs justification or is bad business. 

[DookieLukie]

Just now, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

And maybe that was the right thing to do from the beginning. A more conscious production would have get there sooner, but they got there. Point is, in the last two weeks most artists either published content supporting BLM, or gave the stage to the protest. So I don’t see how what Billie is doing is weird, needs justification or is bad business. 

If I'm a plumber, and I tell you I will be at your home on Monday to do a job, and I don't show and don't give a reason, is that good or bad business?

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

Just now, DookieLukie said:

If I'm a plumber, and I tell you I will be at your home on Monday to do a job, and I don't show and don't give a reason, is that good or bad business?

If you are plumber and in your spare time make dildos out of tubes giving them for free to your clients, taking a break from making dildos to spend your free time attending protests is not bad business. 

[DookieLukie]

1 minute ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

If you are plumber and in your spare time make dildos out of tubes giving them for free to your clients, taking a break from making dildos to spend your free time attending protests is not bad business. 

He's not making dildos. He's keeping an audience entertained. It's also not free: we download the songs and give him revenue from views.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

Just now, DookieLukie said:

He's not making dildos. He's keeping an audience entertained. It's also not free: we download the songs and give him revenue from views.

And he’s not a plumber, he’s an artist.

[Freezing Melons]

42 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

People are killed daily in the US. Many minorities die unjustly daily. So is that an excuse to never make music again? If so, Billie is in the wrong business. Even SJW Lady Gaga released a full album 5 days after Floyd's murder. Where is the criticism against her? Or is she protected from scrutiny?

To be fair - her album had been announced to be released on that date long before any of this went down. It was highly anticipated for her fans, and was already delayed once before - it's a totally different case than the pro bono songs we've been getting from Billie. 

I guess my bottom line is - I agree with the comments saying that I think it may be in bad taste for Billie to release a poppy cover song while many people are taking a step back from social (especially promoting themselves) to focus on sharing resources, information, and things that actually matter in the larger scheme of things. Sure, a tweet or insta-story update saying that the project would be on hold for a bit would be nice, but also, I don't blame him for saying nothing at all. Everyone needs to process what's going on in their own way, in their own time.

[Yosuke Hanamura]

9 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

And he’s not a plumber, he’s an artist.

Is this what Mario did before he got his first gig in Donkey Kong or something?

[Squashie]

1 hour ago, DookieLukie said:

He's not making dildos. He's keeping an audience entertained.

And his silence says "pay attention, and LEARN, to what the oppressed voices are saying". 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

If you are plumber and in your spare time make dildos out of tubes giving them for free to your clients, taking a break from making dildos to spend your free time attending protests is not bad business. 

This is the best analogy ever, even if it is slightly disturbing. 🤨🤣