Re: Re: Getting into the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Good call. I would also suggest that you take a look at the videos for a number of the songs that DaveC suggests... RHCP have quite a good visual catalogue (e.g. Give It Away, Under the Bridge, Scar Tissue).
Haha, I'm glad someone else heard the Tom Petty similarity... I write it off as serendipity, as I don't think that Vampire Weekend intended to reference Don't Do Me Like That.
I respect what this band is trying to do, and it's unfortunate that they were crowned pitchfork/stereogum/etc...
Ummm... no. Some music is almost impossible to find, and if it is deleted or hard to come by, it's insanely expensive. If I were to purchase some of these products off of something like ebay, how would the artist receive the profit from the seller? I realize there's a moral difference between...
Whatever, Mr. Brau1 and Indra. It's the industry's responsibility to cater to the demands of the consumer. If the industry cannot meet the demand, people will go elsewhere (or steal). Of course, stealing is not justified, but moaning on about it and taking kids and grandmothers to court is...
The attempts here at moral equivalency are ridiculous. Stealing, in the very narrow definition that most have provided in this thread, is currently the most profound way to affect market change. Boycotting sends no message whatsoever, downloading from iTunes says that consumers want shit...
You would say that, but... do you have any numbers to support your "theory"? I think you're right, but what's the point of denouncing other folks' opinions when we are speculating on almost immeasurable statistics? I would love to see a study that finds a correlation between the amount of...
Unless he's attending BJU.
closing minds and opening mouths...
Should wide stances in public lavatories be outlawed, encouraged, or given an economic stimulus package?