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Post by Ultimafanatic on Jan 10, 2007 21:47:20 GMT -1
The live versions of Fade To Black And Four Horsemen are now on iTunes.
Maybe theres gonna be more coming soon. I hope so.
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Post by Cerpin Taxt on Jan 11, 2007 15:21:11 GMT -1
There are all of them on the US version of iTunes.
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Post by Kanenite on Jan 11, 2007 16:09:23 GMT -1
I don't see why people rave about them being on iTunes, is it such a problem to just buy all the albums like the old days? I mean, at least people have something for their money, that way.
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Post by Ultimafanatic on Jan 11, 2007 17:11:54 GMT -1
If you wanna preview them I guess. Its just nice knowing theyre there. And I wanna buy some of the S&M tracks, without buying the cd itself.
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Post by Cerpin Taxt on Jan 11, 2007 17:41:22 GMT -1
I don't see why people rave about them being on iTunes, is it such a problem to just buy all the albums like the old days? I mean, at least people have something for their money, that way. I completely agree with you. I've never bought an album from iTunes, and never will (unless it's like..no longer made on CD or something). |
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Post by Kanenite on Jan 11, 2007 18:11:38 GMT -1
Exactly.
I mean, what happens if your PC gets whiped? You're pretty much swindled out of say, £300 you've spent on albums. I mean, the odd song isn't bad, but if you can get it on single/album, it's worth paying for that.
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Post by Cerpin Taxt on Jan 11, 2007 19:05:24 GMT -1
Exactly. I mean, what happens if your PC gets whiped? You're pretty much swindled out of say, £300 you've spent on albums. I mean, the odd song isn't bad, but if you can get it on single/album, it's worth paying for that. Having something you can actually hold and read etc. is much better than just some data on a computer. |
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Post by V e l o c i t y on Jan 11, 2007 19:31:20 GMT -1
I do prefer a hard copy of a record I agree, but iTunes isn't completely useless. On whole albums they offer exclusives like videos, bonus tracks and they have the digital booklets. I've only ever bought Stadium Arcadium as a whole album off iTunes and I do kinda regret it. It's like buying a Tool album without the art and that is just fucking stupid, because it's so freaking cool. Although noted Tool don't sell their music digitally but you get the idea... The iPod generation I think don't appreciate entire records so choose to buy whatever they want individually and then burn playlists later on, you know? Which is kind of an advantage.
But I do think Metallica on iTunes is a very big deal, they are like one of the last remaining bands who haven't giving in to selling their music on digital stores. Well they have on the US iTunes but they haven't in the UK and other countries due to contract problems etc. Also the huge thing with Napster adds to it.
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Post by Cerpin Taxt on Jan 11, 2007 21:23:07 GMT -1
Well to be honest, just as Vinyl was knocked out by tapes, and tapes were knocked out by CDs, CDs will be knocked out by mp3 etc. and all this internet oriented purchasing,
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Post by V e l o c i t y on Jan 12, 2007 15:47:59 GMT -1
Vinyl is maing a comeback apprantly.
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Post by Cerpin Taxt on Jan 12, 2007 15:52:23 GMT -1
Is it?
Probably in dance music fans..as when I was on work experience with Tom he was saying about getting some vinyl.
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Post by Ultimafanatic on Jan 12, 2007 17:05:00 GMT -1
I didn't realise i'd start so much of a debate. As most of you have seen from my CD collection,I have a good few albums. I only download singular songs of iTunes if I don't really want the cd, like if a lot of nthe tracks are terrible, or i'm not really into the band as a whole.
I wouldn't download all my music, cause thats ridiculas, when your pc dies then you lose it all, besides, CDs stay with you for the rest of your life. Albums are like artwork, they represent what an artist wants you to hear, some tell storys. At any rate albums are far better than downloads. But downloads are pretty decent too, but almost completely unnecesary.
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Post by Kanenite on Jan 12, 2007 17:44:35 GMT -1
I agree about the artist expressing themselves there, Fanatic.
Also, vinyl are making a comeback. A lot of bands now release albums on 7" and 12" vinyls. I think bands are trying to appeal to the older generation that way. Also, some vinyls (well Muse's single vinyls) have songs that don't appear on the CD single. They also released Absolution on cassette.
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Post by Cerpin Taxt on Jan 12, 2007 17:56:35 GMT -1
I agree about the artist expressing themselves there, Fanatic. Also, vinyl are making a comeback. A lot of bands now release albums on 7" and 12" vinyls. I think bands are trying to appeal to the older generation that way. Also, some vinyls (well Muse's single vinyls) have songs that don't appear on the CD single. They also released Absolution on cassette. According to my Dad vinyl just have far better sound than CDs. As on CDs the sound is compressed into only a few layers, whereas on vinyl it's free to do what it will in a way. So there is much more tone and pitch on vinyl. We do have a record player, but it's broken and costs loads to repair, if I'm ever rich when I'm older (which I doubt), I'll buy one. |
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Post by That Chick on Jan 13, 2007 19:38:54 GMT -1
I'd have to agree with your Dad, the sound is just purer on vinyl. When we were running the radio station we got told off for playing tracks off CD, we had to get vinyl copies of everything we could (or minidisks*shudder*).
I don't think vinyl ever left, nobody releases tapes but you still get vinyl, it has uses and I don't think CDs can outrun that. We've still got record players everywhere we've got a CD player, and we've still got tons of vinyl. Just steer clear of THE Kylie Minogue picture disk.
Because picture disks are worse than bootleg tapes...
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