A Barenaked song about you, if ...
The Barenaked Ladies, that Canadian band that takes its humor so seriously, has sung about “The X-Files,” Aquaman, underwear and Brian Wilson, and they plan to write lyrics about ... you?
Well, they’ll be about you if you happen to be the consumer who buys the one-millionth song download on eMusic, which is second only to iTunes as digital retailers go in the click-and-listen sector. The band known for hits both loopy and literate -- among them “One Week,” “If I Had $1000000” and “Pinch Me” -- has agreed to compose an ode to the lucky eMusic customer. Sales patterns suggest that will happen sometime in the next few weeks.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Nov. 20, 2006 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Monday November 20, 2006 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 2 inches; 23 words Type of Material: Correction
Music downloads: A Quick Takes item in Saturday’s Calendar said eMusic was nearing its millionth song download. The correct figure is 100 millionth.
The tailored song will be available as an exclusive free track on eMusic for a week in January and then sold on the site as a bonus track bundled with the upcoming album “Barenaked Ladies Are Men,” a companion collection to its last CD, “Barenaked Ladies Are Me,” from earlier this year. The new release is due Feb. 6.
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Geoff Boucher