DVD's cancelled forever :(
Chris, why oh why?
We will never see the DVD's! Bands are asking too much $$ for the use of the right of the songs.
RIP GaL DVD's. You were never born and yet you are so dead. RIP.
Where did you hear that the set was canceled forever?
I've been watching all of the episodes recently and many of them have no songs at all and the others only have one or two songs each. It isn't like they NEED to use the licensed songs in the episodes either. If they can't afford a certain song then they can replace the music with something that they already have the rights to. I can't think of any song used in the series that was so specific to the situation that it would be a problem for them to replace it.
probably the REM one in the opening credits
shareThe REM song is on the Rhino dvd releases and those aren't exactly big budget discs. Even if the song was causing trouble then it could be replaced very easily since it doesn't represent anything that is happening on screen. I think Married With Children had to replace the opening music on some of their DVD sets and it didn't stop them from being released.
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Not sure if the music $$ is the reason complete DVD sets aren't being released, but it would make sense.
Don't forget that beyond the credits there were a number of songs played over action or as little vignettes during the episodes.
Since there were 2 DVD's already, REM and Animotion (for 'Obsession') apparently approved the use of their music.
On the other hand, two songs I could see being difficult to get DVD rights for would be "For the Love of Money" by The O'Jays and "Living in America" by James Brown
I'm only guessing they'd be tricky because "Money" is now Donald Trump's unofficial theme song, and anything to do with James Brown's estate/income is mired in all kinds of inheritance issues.
Yeah, it's all about the money. And that's stupid because now people are paying $50 for 4 lousy VHS rip offs on ebay. :(
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When they got the rights to the theme for the previous DVD releases, I wonder if those rights were good for all DVD releases of the series. The first season of Married... with Children used the theme song but replaced it in later season sets. And Time-Life released the Vincent Price epsiode of The Muppet Show uncut on DVD, but when the first seaso of The Muppet Show was later released on DVD, "You've Got a Friend" was cut.
damn
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