IF YOU MUST …
This website’s founding editor Will Folks (a.k.a. Sic Willie) has been a U2 fan for more than thirty years – and has traveled on multiple occasions to see the legendary Irish quartet in concert.
Wanna read his review of their most recent world tour? Click HERE.
Naturally, he was thrilled to discover U2 were releasing their first album in five years this month – and that the opening track was a tribute to punk rock legend Joey Ramone. And that the album, Songs of Innocence , rocked.
Oh, and that the entire album had been automatically downloaded to his Apple iTunes library.
Wait … what?
That’s right … no more sneaking iTunes purchases from the lovely Mrs. Sic Willie, who watches his internet purchases like a hawk.
Given our affinity for U2, it struck us as scarcely fathomable that anyone would not want the band’s new album in their library … but apparently such people exist.
In fact there was extensive rage from some consumers regarding Apple’s “compulsory download” – which was automatically placed in the music libraries of 500 million people in 119 countries.
Those with limited storage on their devices were especially miffed – and sounded off about it.
“I already get notifications about my storage being full,” one user tweeted.
Actually, the album didn’t take up any space (unless the tracks were downloaded from the cloud) – and most people with iPhones, iPads or iPods instinctively knew all they needed to do was swipe the tracks with their thumb and click “delete.”
For those of you still wondering how to pull off this technological feat, Apple has created a help page …
38 comments
Delete the T-Rav post from yesterday? First you change the photo, then poof the entry is gone. Are you allowing Cocaine Tommy to censor you?
+ 10 points and a used TIVO…….
Yup, it’s gone. Checked my comments history and my comments still exist for that post, but going to the actual page doesn’t do anything.
https://www.fitsnews.com/2014/09/17/thomas-ravenel-prepares-media-offensive/
Cocaine talks, bullshit walks.
The funny thing is that T-Rav must actually believe that what is posted on this site will cause someone to be like “oh, yeah, I’ll vote for the cocaine addicted disgraced reality tv star for senate.”
It was probably deleted because of a typo in the article.
Too bad Will’s not man enough to answer the loyal members of this forum as to what happened to the entry.
Whatever the reason, it must have been pretty damn good- they left the TR hissy-fit temper tantrum citizenship renouncement up (and bragged about leaving it up). Hell, that one’s still up! I don’t think this is a big mystery, though. He who writes the checks is the boss. Period. If TR wanted it off, then off it came. As we are constantly reminded, this is NOT a news site, so no big ethical deal there. The cool-guy street cred points take a real hit though…
Ooooooh, an opening track dedicated to Joey Ramone? Fuck off! Of course, a doofus who would brag to the world about fucking Nikki Haley would love the shit out of U2. Is there a republican alive who isn’t a total fucking dweeb and willing to prove it to the world at any chance?
You liberals sure are an accepting lot.
I accept that republicans are, by and large, dweebs. I accept that you are a dualistic simpleton, too.
“Dweebs”
Sweetie, give the keyboard back to your mommy, you’re too young to be on this site. Children should be seen and not heard.
I’ll hand it back to your mommy, she’s right here between my legs. There you go, IdiotsRule, mature enough for you. Dweeb.
Seriously, nobody between the ages of 5 and 75 use the term dweeb any more. Just another hate filled democrat.
They do now, LexiconLuther. There’s a dweeb in every room. If it isn’t anybody else then….
You probably are still holding on to tired colloquialisms like f*cktard and asshat also.
Is there a republican alive who isn’t a total fucking dweeb and willing to prove it to the world at any chance?
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I found one, but I’m keeping him a secret until I can figure out how to make money on it.
Direct quote from a GOP fund raising letter ^^^
Well, looks like we’ve found the last person on the face of the planet that uses the word Dweeb.
It just fits so perfectly when you look at what the repubs have to offer. A gaggle of dweebs who will do anything to impress their pay masters.
So the Borg hasn’t fully assimilated the Apple using masses yet…
U2 = Pro Obama
Wasn’t it Bono who defended Ireland’s sky high tax rate while hiding his income in another country? Yeah,I like some of U2’s stuff, but like most artistic types they have zero common sense.
Meh. Political views doesn’t necessarily affect the quality of a person’s product.
I agree – what Bush and Bono do behind closed doors is none of my business.
Apple tries to do something nice by giving free music, computer illiterate people rage accordingly.
Also, I can’t stand U2, so thanks but no thanks Apple.
I haven’t liked any of their albums since All That You Can’t Leave Behind.
Kind of like everybody else and this comment
U2 kind of sucks.
Boy through to Joshua Tree is all pretty solid, Rattle and Hum is a great live album/video. They started losing momentum on Achtung Baby and never really regained it.
Mostly agree. I give a pass on Rattle and Hum but Achtung Baby is probably one of their best albums. Zooropa..so-so. Pop is rubbish. All that you can’t leave behind has a handful of good songs, Atomic Bomb has a handful of good songs. No line on the Horizon is rubbish. This latest album is not doing it for me either.
War > Joshua Tree > Boy > The Unforgettable Fire > Actung Baby > October > everything else
Achtung baby is track for track better than joshua tree and the tour stands as redefining what a stadium tour has to be. You just got old
Old? Hardly. I was 20 when Achtung Baby came out, and while I think it was a good album with some standout tracks it’s far from Joshua Tree level cover to cover. They were writing for pop radio, can’t fault them for that. It is quite interesting to hear the progression as a band that top notch producers like Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois afforded them.
Too generous
As an Android user iDontCare.com.
U2, whatever they mght have once been- and i was never a big fan, i went from motley crue as to g n f n r to metalica and megadeth- NOW u2 and bono are the biggest globalist stooge, illuminati boot lickers there are. bono is a bill gates YES-MAN extaordinaire. sold his soul to the devil and can go suck a dick. no surprise fatassfits still worships those corporate and elite lickspittle toadies front men- he doesnt have “the sight” (thats why he serves these snake polticians for a living.) when i saw that clown, bono, at the davos forum,years ago, i knew u2 was totally compromised. then they jumped on the georg w bush africa thing- as if george bush had plans to help africa and not enslave its people with bio-engineered ebola and neo-colonial resource grabs.
I liked U2’s first album.Since then,they’ve been recording variations on that one,ad nauseum;a lot of echo,reverb,shoddy musicianship,poor songwriting,’sound and fury’,signifying nothing.