Classic or Dud: U2

nah, otm

xxxposts but framing it as a privacy issue and pointing out that one well-dressed Facebook already knows where you're hiding just seems deliberately obtuse.

It's not about "privacy," it's about the illusion of control of my digital living room. Like it's fine if Spotify wants to recommend the shit out of Iggy Azalea but if you drop her into my favorites and make her unremoveable you've gone too far without compromising my privacy in any way.

It's a clumsy overreach on apple's part at a time when the optics on reminding us that the landlord can enter our cloud spaces and rearrange the furniture are particularly poor.

It's lol that it's U2 and whatever but that's really beside the point.

Apple should really do commercials based on this, just run with it comedically, like you get home from a long day at work and iggy azalea or U2 or biebs or vampire weekend is just chilling in your living room, eating a bag of chips or whatever.

I downloaded the album to my device today. I didn't realize that I was only streaming it before. So apple invaded my digital space with a few 10s of kBs of metadata.

hey look, free dog shit i threw into your front window!

Would have made so much more sense to put it on the iTunes store for $0.00.

And yeah, I'm going 100% McLuhan because the medium is definitely dictating this message. If it's just going to be a free iTunes download, why even bother making an effort. Like everyone else, it feels like they procrastinated until the night before and then pulled an all-nighter. World peace or else indeed - sucker.

Were the files put on your hard drive?

people must be really pissed when they receive email attachments

Nope. I was genuinely curious to hear the new U2 album. Too bad that it feels like a b-side comp.

'Raised by Wolves' is a jam

I hate how 'This is Where You Can Reach Me Now' sounds like every Danger Mouse produced track ever, though.

Oh, great. Now they also want to make their own Pono.

http://time.com/3393297/u2-apple-new-digital-format/

I love how the final three paragraphs are nothing but a dull financial report with a bit of gloss, but my favorite moment is this pathetic paranthetical:

(It bears repetition: many, many people really, really like U2.)

Oh it turns out it's an audiovisual format. BOUND TO SUCCEED.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/09/u2-and-apple-working-on-new-digital-format-that-will-tempt-people-into-buying-music-again/

I downloaded the album to my device today. I didn't realize that I was only streaming it before. So apple invaded my digital space with a few 10s of kBs of metadata.

It depended on the user’s iTunes Match configuration. It automatically downloaded on my Macs.

― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton)

LOL

speaking of bad analogies:

“It’s like everyone’s vomiting whatever their first impression is,” said Clayton at one point.

"Ooh, Betty! Bleurgh!"

oh man just wait until people start vomiting their fully formed opinions
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I'm in a baja fresh right now that is only playing u2. Is this supposed to be part of the push?

The TroubbllLLARGGGHHH

just saw their new ad where they rock out to "the miracle of joey ramone" in vibrant colors while images of patti smith and joey and the clash etc appear in their hearts

Everyone who's being obnoxiously zen about any aspect of this campaign needs to go bake themselves a cookie cuz no one's going to give them one

"i for one took in stride when u2 appeared in my itunes" tell apple they'll appreciate it

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxxHCYDIMAEWiLd.jpg

u gonna get the new U2

was about to vent about how these guys are managing to make the '90s stones look humble and unostentatious but to be fair the stones didn't have the ability to do much more than traipse around the TV and play stadiums, who knows what kind of campaign Bridges to Babylon would have had in our brave new world

the ad in question

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXJz3C12bWs

i was at an extended family gathering back when u2's "vertigo" ipod ad was on tv and some xtian music-loving relatives who knew i was writing rock reviews saw it and said "is this the kind of music you write about?"

can't believe it's been ten years

is this the kind of music you post angrily on the internet about

and ¡quatorze! years since "Beautiful Day"

I knew some born again xtians in wisconsin who hopped off the U2 train around the time of the achtung baby tour bc shit was getting a bit profane. Macphisto really messed them up. They were all pretty happy with "all that you can't leave behind" tho.

yeah i'm sure these guys would have dug "walk on" or whatever, but "vertigo" was definitely too in-yo-face for them

whether that ad is an "alternative rock is dead" moment or a "u2 dug up alternative rock's corpse, fucked it and left it out in the rain" moment it definitely belongs on the timeline

u gonna get the new U2

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:14 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

My Baja Fresh visit earlier, the playlist included Sunday Bloody Sunday, (something I can't remember), Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, One, and then circled back to Sunday Bloody Sunday. I was basically like, "guess I won't stick around and polish off these chips".

could just be the manager's ipod classic

I hate how 'This is Where You Can Reach Me Now' sounds like every Danger Mouse produced track ever, though.

― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, September 17, 2014 10:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is this the one that sounds exactly like "Come Undone"?

who invented the phrase 'Raised By Wolves'? feels like it must have been Izzard in that sketch from around 1992/93. i know it's been the name of a Caitlin Moran-penned TV series since then too but i assumed she was just nicking it from him.

xp I don't think so. it's the one with the theremin synth that danger man puts on every album he produces

it kinda sounds like the black keys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_H1XBnPu0

feels like it must have been Izzard in that sketch from around 1992/93

this phrase is super old

who invented the phrase 'Raised By Wolves'? feels like it must have been Izzard in that sketch from around 1992/93. i know it's been the name of a Caitlin Moran-penned TV series since then too but i assumed she was just nicking it from him.

can't tell if serious

that U2 ad pisses old people off...kinda like Joey Ramone. I see what they're doing.

oh yeah i'm sure the kids love it

Another hour, another PR victory!

“The punk rock thing to do is annoy people and get in their faces...If people have a problem with the way we released the album, I’m sure they’ve read about it online.”

fuckin step up and take a swing at bono! he's in u face! he wants you to (U2)!

all up in yo shit, the fly in your free ointment, he's almost as punk as google+

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowgli

Prepare to buy the White Album... Again

U2's corporate connections:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/after-tough-years-elevation-partners-profits-on-sale-of-forbes-media/
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/in-search-of-star-power-fender-enlists-members-of-u2/