I'm sure I could post this somewhere else but most of the iTunes related threads are full of mp3 requests for the unreleased stuff from the box set.
I've been reading "At the End of the World" again after a few years since my last reading and I came upon the following in Chapter 27:
"Imagine a future in which U2 finishes making an album at the Factory, and then just walks over to the computer, puts it on-line, and waits for their fans to punch in credit-card numbers and download it into their homes. No record store, no record company, no one to grab that other 80 percent of the profit (Flannigan 235)."
I'm sure this observation has been made before and if it has I apologize. I just think that this quote shows us that U2 has been thinking about this kind of technology for over ten years. And with all of the excitement surrounding the box set I thought this would be appropriate.
I get giddy when I think about the possibilities of the future tour and iTunes.
Any other examples of how U2 has been at the forefront of technology? Discuss.
(Oops. I meant to throw this in EYKIW. Is there a kind mod still up that would like to move it. Sorry.)
I've been reading "At the End of the World" again after a few years since my last reading and I came upon the following in Chapter 27:
"Imagine a future in which U2 finishes making an album at the Factory, and then just walks over to the computer, puts it on-line, and waits for their fans to punch in credit-card numbers and download it into their homes. No record store, no record company, no one to grab that other 80 percent of the profit (Flannigan 235)."
I'm sure this observation has been made before and if it has I apologize. I just think that this quote shows us that U2 has been thinking about this kind of technology for over ten years. And with all of the excitement surrounding the box set I thought this would be appropriate.
I get giddy when I think about the possibilities of the future tour and iTunes.
Any other examples of how U2 has been at the forefront of technology? Discuss.
(Oops. I meant to throw this in EYKIW. Is there a kind mod still up that would like to move it. Sorry.)
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