Indeed. The singer and leader of the English group The Cure does not at all sympathize with the 'so ingenious' idea that the Radiohead to promote and sell his acclaimed album in Rainbows.
Initially, Thom Yorke and company made their album 2007 was available to be downloaded directly from the web: listeners and fans were the ones who chose how much they wanted to pay to get it.
Smith considers that with this measure, the group completely devalued its effort ...
"Regarding the experiment that Radiohead did, that of paying what you want for their album, I totally disagree. You can't let people put a price on what you do, because that would be like considering your material to be worthless ... nonsense"He said.
"If I put a value on my music and nobody can pay it, then the idiot is me; but the idea that the price is decided by the consumer is the most silly ... it just doesn't work"He added.
Via | The Times