Sharon Osbourne: U2 ' not musicians anymore

[james t kirk]

I remember hearing Joe Strummer (RIP) of the Clash tell the story that after they signed their first big deal they were walking home and he turned to Mick Jones and said ''Now that we've got all this money, what are we going to sing about....?".

I guess the cash turns them into rebels without a cause.

CB

Funnily enough, I remember Bono once saying in an interview, "it's hard to be pissed off when you've got shitloads of money in the bank"

Bono came from a very humble background. I believe his father was a postman and his mother died when he was 14.

Edge and Adam were more upper middle class as Edge's father was a mechanical engineer (you can see that in Edge) and Adam's father was a commercial pilot.

 

[MRBJX]

I really don't know why people are complaining about a fucking free song.
#firstworldbullshitproblems

 

[ICEman72]

She isn't wrong. I'd be annoyed and it is a bit of a dick move.

Agreed!

 

[5hummer]

Sharon Osbourne: U2 ' not musicians anymore

If anyone took a look at Sharon Osbourne's slimy dealings (& mistreatment) of musicians, you'd tell her to shut her "pie-hole"

Just do a search how she f'd over the original members of Ozzy's band from royalties and credit -- that's just the tip of the iceberg of her royal slimeness

 

[legmann]

I like (early) U2, but I have to say I agree with her.

 

[thirdcup]

She isn't wrong. I'd be annoyed and it is a bit of a dick move.

Apple is saying you don't have to decide what music you like. They'll decide for you.

Who remembers Rogers Cable and their negative billing option?

Who remembers how well that worked out for them?

 

[MRBJX]

Apple is saying you don't have to decide what music you like. They'll decide for you.

Who remembers Rogers Cable and their negative billing option?

Who remembers how well that worked out for them?

This is hardly related to negative billing, this was "free".

They aren't saying you don't have to decide what music you like...they just gave you a freebie, if you were walking on yonge street and someone offered you a free CD from U2 face it, you'ld probably take it.

Further all these whiners must be sooooo stupid as to believe that apple doesn't know what you have on your device, what apps you have, where you are, probably who you are with if they are a crapple user too....data is coming and going from your crapple phone all the time...at least this one time you got something somewhat useful.

If I'm not mistaken too - you don't own itunes or ios or anything but the hunk of aluminum/glass/silicon that sits in your hand, the rest is licensed ON THEIR TERMS.

 

[Ms.FemmeFatale]

This is hardly related to negative billing, this was "free".

They aren't saying you don't have to decide what music you like...they just gave you a freebie, if you were walking on yonge street and someone offered you a free CD from U2 face it, you'ld probably take it.

Further all these whiners must be sooooo stupid as to believe that apple doesn't know what you have on your device, what apps you have, where you are, probably who you are with if they are a crapple user too....data is coming and going from your crapple phone all the time...at least this one time you got something somewhat useful.

If I'm not mistaken too - you don't own itunes or ios or anything but the hunk of aluminum/glass/silicon that sits in your hand, the rest is licensed ON THEIR TERMS.

Ummmm, no. I wouldn't. And under your opinion, they can stalk your account up with tons of death metal, classical, opera and 50 cents old stuff before he made it big. LOL Hey, let's throw in some old Ja'rule now that he is out of prison. Better yet, let's throw into some kids account, all the un-edit versions of the nasty songs out there. After all, it is free and you are using it on their terms, right?

Sorry, I know a bit far out there, but the point remains the same. They should not be added free content, they should offer you the option of the free content. It is not that hard. Probably easier to set up the option then to force it.

 

[thirdcup]

This is hardly related to negative billing, this was "free".

They aren't saying you don't have to decide what music you like...they just gave you a freebie, if you were walking on yonge street and someone offered you a free CD from U2 face it, you'ld probably take it.

If I'm not mistaken too - you don't own itunes or ios or anything but the hunk of aluminum/glass/silicon that sits in your hand, the rest is licensed ON THEIR TERMS.

If a dialog box had appeared and asked people if they wanted to download U2, then they could say yes or no. No argument there. But that's not what they're doing. Users are not being asked or offered. They are being told. If they didn't want what they were given, which is the point here, now the customer has to undo what had been done to them. And, if the customer owns the hardware, don't they get some say in what content can be stored there?

If someone from Doug Ford's campaign put a DoFo for mayor sign on your front lawn for free without asking your permission, would you think you were getting something for nothing or would it bother you? And if it bothered you, then who would have to do the work to remove it and dispose it? And would you think that DoFo was doing it for your benefit, or his?

Replace DoFo with U2, sign with song, front lawn with hard drive, and you'll see there's no difference.

 

[GameBoy27]

Go to http://itunes.com/soi-remove
Click the “Remove Album” button
Sign in with the Apple ID and password you use to buy from the iTunes Store
You will receive a confirmation that the album has been removed

OMG that's so complicated. No wonder people who don't want the U2 album are outraged. It's got to take hours to complete all those steps. Couldn't Apple make it easier? lol

I really don't know why people are complaining about a fucking free song.
#firstworldbullshitproblems

Amen...

If anyone took a look at Sharon Osbourne's slimy dealings (& mistreatment) of musicians, you'd tell her to shut her "pie-hole"

Just do a search how she f'd over the original members of Ozzy's band from royalties and credit -- that's just the tip of the iceberg of her royal slimeness

Yeah, what a piece of work she is. Not to mention her anger should be directed to Apple, not U2. But what do you expect from that piece of trash.

This is hardly related to negative billing, this was "free".

They aren't saying you don't have to decide what music you like...they just gave you a freebie, if you were walking on yonge street and someone offered you a free CD from U2 face it, you'ld probably take it.

Further all these whiners must be sooooo stupid as to believe that apple doesn't know what you have on your device, what apps you have, where you are, probably who you are with if they are a crapple user too....data is coming and going from your crapple phone all the time...at least this one time you got something somewhat useful.

If I'm not mistaken too - you don't own itunes or ios or anything but the hunk of aluminum/glass/silicon that sits in your hand, the rest is licensed ON THEIR TERMS.

This ^^^ made my morning! lol

 

[Ashley V]

This is hardly related to negative billing, this was "free".

They aren't saying you don't have to decide what music you like...they just gave you a freebie, if you were walking on yonge street and someone offered you a free CD from U2 face it, you'ld probably take it.

If I'm not mistaken too - you don't own itunes or ios or anything but the hunk of aluminum/glass/silicon that sits in your hand, the rest is licensed ON THEIR TERMS.

You are right Apple were well within their rights to do this however I don't think this was a smart cr move.

Standing on Yonge St. and offering people a copy of a cd is one thing but that's not exactly what Apple and St. Bono did.

They walked up and down Yonge St dropping U2s new cd into peoples purses, shopping bags, or coat pockets not saying a word to them.

 

[GameBoy27]

You are right Apple were well within their rights to do this however I don't think this was a smart cr move.

Standing on Yonge St. and offering people a copy of a cd is one thing but that's not exactly what Apple and St. Bono did.

They walked up and down Yonge St dropping U2s new cd into peoples purses, shopping bags, or coat pockets not saying a word to them.

The horror, the horror!!!

Seriously, how do people who get all bent out of shape over a handful of free U2 songs in their iTunes library deal with daily spam, telemarketers, people knocking on their doors selling something or asking for donations. Honestly, how do you get through the day?

 

[Ashley V]

The horror, the horror!!!

Seriously, how do people who get all bent out of shape over a handful of free U2 songs in their iTunes library deal with daily spam, telemarketers, people knocking on their doors selling something or asking for donations. Honestly, how do you get through the day?

Because they equate this to more daily spam, telemarketers, the dick knocking at your door wanting to see your gas company bill etc.

It's like when you park your car and go into the mall to do some shopping. Then you come back and see someones stuck some bullshit under you wiper blade. It's not a big deal but most people find that a pain in the ass 'cause now you're stuck with getting rid of it. Especially if you don't notice 'till after you've driven off :frusty:

 

[Smash]

Go to http://itunes.com/soi-remove

Done. Thanks

 

[lovelatinas]

U2 no longer needs to be musicians. They are filthy rich enough.

 

[fmahovalich]

Really? We are complaining about a couple megs of data dropped into our music file? Really? REALLY?

Delete it! Done!! Sounds like a first world problem.... That people like Sharon are actually jealous about.

U2 got 100 million. Good on them!

We have mgs of data coming in every day...news feeds, etc.....that we deal with too.....by DELETING.

MOVE ON FOLKS..... NUTHIN TO SEE HERE,

 

[GameBoy27]

If a dialog box had appeared and asked people if they wanted to download U2, then they could say yes or no. No argument there. But that's not what they're doing. Users are not being asked or offered. They are being told. If they didn't want what they were given, which is the point here, now the customer has to undo what had been done to them. And, if the customer owns the hardware, don't they get some say in what content can be stored there?

What about pre-installed programs or apps like iLife or iWork etc.? Did they ask permission to installed those on your shinny new iPhone 6? Well did they? No, of course they didn't, but you don't hear people freaking out about that which makes your argument pointless.

If someone from Doug Ford's campaign put a DoFo for mayor sign on your front lawn for free without asking your permission, would you think you were getting something for nothing or would it bother you?

You're comparing having an individual's campaign sign placed on your front lawn without your permission (which I'm sure there's laws against) to Apple including a handful of songs on a device you purchased which can easily be deleted? What a moronic statement.

And if it bothered you, then who would have to do the work to remove it and dispose it? And would you think that DoFo was doing it for your benefit, or his?

If the songs bother you, just delete them instead of whining like a child who wanted chocolate ice cream but got vanilla. It's a very simply process.

Replace DoFo with U2, sign with song, front lawn with hard drive, and you'll see there's no difference.

Another moronic statement!

 

[Ms.FemmeFatale]

Last I checked, we lived in a first world country so we get to bitch about first world problems. That is out elitist right. Just because it is free, don't mean people want it. While some guys may never turn down free pussy, I am sure there are some men out there that will. A free pussy isn't always a good thing either

 

[demien2k5]

A caimpaign sign can be just as easily removed.

I also wish computer companies would stop shoving unasked for begware and other crap on a new computer.

Is having U2 songs shoved on your device the same thing as Cancer, the Holocaust or being forced to go to a Justin Beiber concert. No duh

However it is an anoyance. Yes it is an easy to delete anoyance but why the fuck should a user have to delete it. Never asked for it.

Just like how one can just hang up on a telemarketer.


Also if it is acceptible in this case, how about 5 albums, How about 10. How about a 100 a day. After all you can just delete it and if you have space, no problem. Right.

I am guessing either Gameboy is either trolling or he is so totally gay for U2 or Apple that he can see no wrong no matter what, much like woodpecker and Linux or Unions.


Yeah you can easily delete it, or Apple can easily not be complete dicks.

I don't use apple products because... well I have functioning brain cells and am not some sort of fashion whore. However I do spend a bit of effort crafting my mp3 collection, get rid of songs that are OK but not great. Keeping it lean and trim. Ditto for porn.
If some fucknuts decided to just add to my list willy nilly even if I could delete the extra additions with a single click, I'd give his that WTF look and although I'd never do it, I'd want to give said person a boot the the head. My collection, fuck off. Plain and simple.

Again, nobody can be that stupid, so Gameboy, be honest, are you trolling to just gay [and if so is it for Apple or for U2, do you fap to bono perhaps?]

Also it is obvious some sort of deal.
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/09/19/u2s-bono-album-release-was-designed-to-annoy-the-public

Irish rockers U2 wanted to annoy the record-buying public with their Apple-managed album release, according to frontman Bono...
"So I'm very excited that we got so many people annoyed and just being discussed. The only thing that could have gone wrong is being ignored which is perfectly understandable after all these years of being around."


What fucking attention whoring cunts.

I'm curious...What's the daily re-charge time necessary to keep your degree of personal 'rage' at such a perpetually high intensity level? LMAO!

 

[thirdcup]

The point of this whole thing is that people were given something they didn't ask for, and it turns out that a good many of them didn't want it. For the people who were happy to receive, good for them. For those weren't, now it's their problem to get rid of this thing they never wanted or asked for in the first place. Don't kid yourself. It was not done for your benefit. Yes, I know that getting rid of it is easy to do, but that does not excuse what was done in the first place.

And since removing sign on your lawn is also not difficult to do, I invite everyone to place DoFo signs on Gameboy27's front lawn. And while you're at it, you should let your dog use his lawn as a toilet.

Removing either one does not take much effort. He will understand. If he complains, well, he's just making moronic statements. I'm sure he doesn't remove every single thing that ends up on his lawn, so his argument about people giving him stuff he didn't ask for is pointless. If he doesn't mind, it's win-win. If he does mind, well, I can't imagine that he would. After all, he's getting stuff for free.