ScandalCrow
The Fly
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Regarding the Anton film....Did you see Control? What about the short he did called Some Yoyo Stuff? Both terrible. He takes pictures that look like Ansel Adams prints. Nothing special there.
Did you see Control?!?
Greedy would be putting different things on different editions so that you have to buy multiple copies of an album you already have just to get a bonus track here, a movie there, etc. It's why I have a problem with multiple editions of a single and with the Unreleased & Rare iTunes package not being sold separately from The Complete U2. But I have no problem with multiple album editions that build up to a deluxe edition that has the lot. You buy what you want. Simple. U2 could still quite easily just put out a single standard edition, and I'm glad they also have the content to put out a deluxe edition for diehard fans like myself who'll appreciate the extras. I'd prefer more U2 over less U2.
What a weak argument...
It got critically acclaimed, the remaining members of the band liked it, fans liked it...
I'll bet those same people liked Tombstone over Wyatt Earp! Kilmer can't hold a candle to Quaid!
i am impressed this thread hasn't been locked.
"What version of the album would you like, sir?"
"Hmmmmmm.....I'd like to just get the cd, please."
"Want to Go Large on that?"
You know.....You won't stop being a U2 fan if you say they have gone totally corporate and are just out to make money.
... and, please,While I hope this doesn't get into the debate about artists producing art for money vs. production for the sake of art, this thought flew through my head today:
Is it really a surprise that of all the bands who have produced albums over the past two years, U2 seem to be the only one who have kept theirs from leaking? I was able to listen to Viva La Vida and Forth and some of Keane's song before any of those albums came out. I also was able to hear Oasis' shit (and for the record, The Shock of the Lightning destroys GOYB). Why is U2 so guarded with NLOTH? What happened to McGuinness saying U2 had a creative, new way to release the album?
Unfortunately, it seems all this tight-grip stuff is b/c they want people to be forced to buy the album - or at least have to wait until the album comes out to listen to it, which may entice them to buy it or download it legally on i-tunes or zune's network.
While I don't see anything wrong with making money, that's the world we live in, I just think it's quite fitting that it's Bono and the boys. I can see McGuinness now gripping the one master copy with his hands, locked up in some room with rounds of ammunition and tear gas and bloodshot eyes, repeating "must wait 'til February 27" over and over again.
Thoughts?