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ONE love, blood, life
As I watched the video clip of the announcement, all 45 minutes of it, I became acutely aware of three things:
One, Steve Jobs is tragically in love with himself.
Two, I cannot wait to hear this new record.
Three, Jobs is good at making things sound better than they are.
In the video, he said the 400 songs in 'The Complete U2' would be comprised of all of the albums including the new one, 25 rare tracks, and some live stuff(Bono may have added the 'some live stuff' part). How much you wanna bet it's just the audio of the concert videos/dvds they've released? So 6*20 tracks per concert, that's another 120 right there. Let's say the albums are 12 per(rounding), 15 albums, that's gonna be close to 180. 180 + 120 = 300 + 25 = 325, and that's already most of the 400. Maybe some live boots. I wouldn't expect anything truely rare or unheard of though. All I can say is that we better be able to pick and choose tracks, because to pay $149(or $99) for a collection of music most of us already have is just stupid, and ultimately pointless. If we can choose to download just the 20 tracks we don't have, that's fine. I have a bad feeling about it though.
As for the IPod...I LOVE IPod. I HAVE an IPod. And it works just fine, and it's already got the entire U2 catalog plus the rest of my music collection on it. The U2 IPod looks very sleek, and the signatures and poster are nice bonuses, but there's no way in hell anybody who already owns an IPod should shell out ANY money for this. It's the same thing on the inside.
The bottom line is, if you're a U2 fan who doesn't own an IPod and doesn't own that much of their music, than this whole thing is a great deal for you, $450 for an IPod and the entire U2 catalog. But if you already own an IPod and/or the bulk of U2's catalog, pass this up. Load your U2 catalog onto your white IPod, put your earbuds on, start the music, and close your eyes. There is no difference. Don't be fooled by Jobs' enthusiastic praising of his own product as if it were the second coming of Jesus.
One, Steve Jobs is tragically in love with himself.
Two, I cannot wait to hear this new record.
Three, Jobs is good at making things sound better than they are.
In the video, he said the 400 songs in 'The Complete U2' would be comprised of all of the albums including the new one, 25 rare tracks, and some live stuff(Bono may have added the 'some live stuff' part). How much you wanna bet it's just the audio of the concert videos/dvds they've released? So 6*20 tracks per concert, that's another 120 right there. Let's say the albums are 12 per(rounding), 15 albums, that's gonna be close to 180. 180 + 120 = 300 + 25 = 325, and that's already most of the 400. Maybe some live boots. I wouldn't expect anything truely rare or unheard of though. All I can say is that we better be able to pick and choose tracks, because to pay $149(or $99) for a collection of music most of us already have is just stupid, and ultimately pointless. If we can choose to download just the 20 tracks we don't have, that's fine. I have a bad feeling about it though.
As for the IPod...I LOVE IPod. I HAVE an IPod. And it works just fine, and it's already got the entire U2 catalog plus the rest of my music collection on it. The U2 IPod looks very sleek, and the signatures and poster are nice bonuses, but there's no way in hell anybody who already owns an IPod should shell out ANY money for this. It's the same thing on the inside.
The bottom line is, if you're a U2 fan who doesn't own an IPod and doesn't own that much of their music, than this whole thing is a great deal for you, $450 for an IPod and the entire U2 catalog. But if you already own an IPod and/or the bulk of U2's catalog, pass this up. Load your U2 catalog onto your white IPod, put your earbuds on, start the music, and close your eyes. There is no difference. Don't be fooled by Jobs' enthusiastic praising of his own product as if it were the second coming of Jesus.
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