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Post by hi224 on Dec 20, 2018 5:22:27 GMT
I actually find them very overrated and not huge on their catalog at all.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Dec 20, 2018 5:27:17 GMT
Never did like them much.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 20, 2018 7:37:04 GMT
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Post by ck100 on Dec 20, 2018 7:38:29 GMT
I like them.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 20, 2018 8:29:29 GMT
I'm a bit meh on them overall. I'd call them Pop-rock, just as I would The Beatles, in that they straddle that middle-ground and it really depends on your definitions of pop and rock.
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Post by Dayodead on Dec 20, 2018 8:36:51 GMT
They are a rock band who generally suck..Few songs here and there are decent, but for the most part, not my thing...
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Post by someguy on Dec 20, 2018 14:25:10 GMT
I like them in the right dose, but for being arguably the most high profile band internationally over the past 40 years, I find them overrated. I agree with the President of Chad that Achtung Baby is their best album.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 14:35:28 GMT
Like them, somewhat. Didn't care for them forcing an album onto my computer without my permission, though.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 21, 2018 1:42:42 GMT
Didn't care for them forcing an album onto my computer without my permission, though. That was a bit presumpuous on their part.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 1:48:13 GMT
Didn't care for them forcing an album onto my computer without my permission, though. That was a bit presumpuous on their part. It fed into one of my personal bugbears, which I mentioned recently - that the basic idea behind streaming and similar modern services is that you don't own or control the things you "buy", the company does. You think of your iTunes account as yours, and you think of the things in it that you've paid for as yours. Apple does not. As far as they're concerned your iTunes account is theirs, and they feel perfectly fine adding things to it. The really weird thing is that it cuts both ways - Apple won't let you delete things from your iTunes account either. Once purchased, that's it - you can hide it, but you can never delete it. Imagine a book shop that sold you a book and then insisted that you must keep it in your house forever afterwards, no matter what. "Oh, you can throw a towel over it so that you can't see it. But it always has to be there."
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 21, 2018 1:51:16 GMT
Didn't care for them forcing an album onto my computer without my permission, though. That was a bit presumptuous on their part.W
What are you talking (typing, actually) about?
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Post by NJtoTX on Dec 21, 2018 2:12:13 GMT
That was a bit presumptuous on their part.W
What are you talking (typing, actually) about?On 9 September 2014, U2 announced their thirteenth studio album, Songs of Innocence, at an Apple product launch event, and released it digitally the same day to all iTunes Store customers at no cost. The release made the album available to over 500 million iTunes customers in what Apple CEO Tim Cook called "the largest album release of all time." Apple reportedly paid Universal Music Group and U2 a lump sum for a five-week exclusivity period in which to distribute the album and spent US$100 million on a promotional campaign. The record received mixed reviews and drew criticism for its digital release strategy; it was automatically added to users' iTunes accounts, which for many, triggered an unprompted download to their electronic devices. Chris Richards of The Washington Post called the release "rock-and-roll as dystopian junk mail".
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Post by OldSamVimes on Dec 21, 2018 2:12:47 GMT
Was never a big fan.
I probably have over 600 CDs, not one U2 album.
I know 'With or Without You', but just because some guys I drink and jam with play it. They have shitty taste in music.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 21, 2018 2:13:37 GMT
That was a bit presumpuous on their part. It fed into one of my personal bugbears, which I mentioned recently - that the basic idea behind streaming and similar modern services is that you don't own or control the things you "buy", the company does. You think of your iTunes account as yours, and you think of the things in it that you've paid for as yours. Apple does not. As far as they're concerned your iTunes account is theirs, and they feel perfectly fine adding things to it. The really weird thing is that it cuts both ways - Apple won't let you delete things from your iTunes account either. Once purchased, that's it - you can hide it, but you can never delete it. Imagine a book shop that sold you a book and then insisted that you must keep it in your house forever afterwards, no matter what. "Oh, you can throw a towel over it so that you can't see it. But it always has to be there." Was unaware of that. I still buy physical copies of things I like/want and just stream to sample new stuff.
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Post by NJtoTX on Dec 21, 2018 2:15:01 GMT
I like Sunday Bloody Sunday, and 6 other well-known songs of theirs are not bad.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Dec 21, 2018 2:15:11 GMT
That was a bit presumptuous on their part.W
What are you talking (typing, actually) about?That they presumed everyone with that particular Apple device was interested in having a digital copy of their album.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 21, 2018 5:41:20 GMT
What are you talking (typing, actually) about? On 9 September 2014, U2 announced their thirteenth studio album, Songs of Innocence, at an Apple product launch event, and released it digitally the same day to all iTunes Store customers at no cost. The release made the album available to over 500 million iTunes customers in what Apple CEO Tim Cook called "the largest album release of all time."
Apple reportedly paid Universal Music Group and U2 a lump sum for a five-week exclusivity period in which to distribute the album and spent US$100 million on a promotional campaign.
The record received mixed reviews and drew criticism for its digital release strategy; it was automatically added to users' iTunes accounts, which for many, triggered an unprompted download to their electronic devices. Chris Richards of The Washington Post called the release "rock-and-roll as dystopian junk mail". Ah yes, I DID get that in my iTunes on my iMac. HAVEN'T listen to one of the songs yet. Still there (unlistened)...
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 21, 2018 5:43:07 GMT
What are you talking (typing, actually) about? That they presumed everyone with that particular Apple device was interested in having a digital copy of their album.
Ah yes, I DID get that in my iTunes on my iMac. HAVEN'T listen to one of the songs yet. Still there (unlistened)...
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Post by 博:Dr.BLΔD€:锯 on Dec 21, 2018 12:42:44 GMT
Personally I think they're smashing, many great Rock and pop songs over a long period, and super live [ i've seen 'em ].
I don't have any problem with Bono using his platform to have a little gas about social issues, and am bored absolutely $hitle$$ with the almost vitriolic criticism some folk go out of their way to impart from some quarters...and the over-the-top, outraged, indignant bleating about the heinous crime of being given a free album.
Yep....it's a YAY2 from moi.
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Post by gbone on Dec 21, 2018 13:40:50 GMT
80's U2, yay. Ever since, nay.
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