Apple gives U2 album away for free...thoughts?

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  • kce8
    kce8 Posts: 1,636
    kce8 said:

    ^ no

    igotid88 said:

    If the Foo Fighters did it, they would be praised

  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,681
    http://teamcoco.com/video/apple-u2-removal-service
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  • kce8
    kce8 Posts: 1,636
    =)) great !

    Just to make it clear: I don´t hate U2. I like lot of their stuff and I´m sure the new album is good.

    But this apple deal was all I was questioning about !
  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    igotid88 said:

    Since when are people mad about free stuff?

    :))
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    igotid88 said:



    I wouldn't say it was forced. People have the choice not to listen.

    but the album is in their itunes library, it wasn't their choice to put it there, and if people ween't so upset about it, why did apple have to release a tool to remove it?

    I'm only thinking this way because religious people kept stuffing religious material thru my mail slot, so I taped it shut. I don't want that stuff, so don't put it in my house. Maybe I should collect it all and throw it on their doorstep...hmmm... :think:
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    edited September 2014
    "if i bought a phone with u2 music on it i think i'd crap in my bed because i had nightmares" - bob my neighbor
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    chadwick said:

    "if i bought a phone with u2 music on it i think i'd crap in my bed because i had nightmares" - bob my neighbor

    :))

    Funny. But Aw. U2 used to be amazing enough so that it carries them through all these years of crap without getting shit upon too much.
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    Just realised i posted in the wrong thread, what a twit i am ;))
    I want to know one thing child ? u2 why did it have to be so impressive.... ?
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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    the new U2 album is sadly disappointing. I don't know how David Fricke at Rolling Stone was able to give it 5 stars. But its not surprising, he's got a track record of giving high marks to mediocre albums from one time superstars.

    I think U2 had to know the record wasn't very good and no one was going to actually buy it. Someone in their management figured out this clever ploy to get Apple to pay for it. And here we are, U2 is 100 million richer and Apple 100 million poorer, but both parties with egg all over their faces.

    Lesson learned: We know how to free music, we've been doing it for 15 years now. So, if you are gonna force free music on us, it better be damn good.
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    Your opinion stick with you only^
    I think the album is brilliant and the more you listen to it the better it gets, its not hard heavy rock you know and once it hits the airwaves their gonna sell
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,498
    JWPearl said:

    Your opinion stick with you only^
    I think the album is brilliant and the more you listen to it the better it gets, its not hard heavy rock you know and once it hits the airwaves their gonna sell

    It really reminds me of earlier material. I highly enjoy it!
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    vaggar99 said:

    the new U2 album is sadly disappointing. I don't know how David Fricke at Rolling Stone was able to give it 5 stars. But its not surprising, he's got a track record of giving high marks to mediocre albums from one time superstars.

    I think U2 had to know the record wasn't very good and no one was going to actually buy it. Someone in their management figured out this clever ploy to get Apple to pay for it. And here we are, U2 is 100 million richer and Apple 100 million poorer, but both parties with egg all over their faces.

    Lesson learned: We know how to free music, we've been doing it for 15 years now. So, if you are gonna force free music on us, it better be damn good.

    It's damn good to a lot of people in this free format who will go out and buy this album next month. I'm one of them and guarantee you U2 won't be the last band to ever do this. Many times when one is the first to do something even if its free you are going to be ridiculed until it becomes the norm.

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