Anyways, I'm over at a friends house, who's name shall remain nameless, whose address shall remain addressless, whose stance on environmentally friendly additives to gasoline shall remain stanceless... and I'm pilfering through his/her iTunes, looking for songs to steal play. I come across the new Coldplay album, and immediately go for Fix You (because it's only, THE best track on the album). It takes me a second, but I notice that he/she only has about half of the X & Y album. Hmmm. Hey (you), what happened to the rest of the new Coldplay album, I say.
"Oh, I only bought the songs I liked."
My jaw hit my futon. How can you only buy half an album?! What are you, Communist? That's like putting from the rough, batting for the other team, no wait, that's something else. I mean, iTunes is the greatest thing to happen to music since the advent of high speed internet, but seriously, it's killing me now. It's creating a bunch of McCarthy-era Commies that think they can buy partial albums and get away with it! I won't stand for it. You can giddy right up about that!
I need to listen to the entire album. Specifically, in album order. I mean, I love 'Fix You', but I have to wait through 'Square One', 'What If', and 'White Shadows' before I get to listen to it. That's the way it was meant to be heard. As an album, a complete recording.
Now, I hate "blogs" that rant about how this or that, stuff that pisses them off. Kind of like I've just done here. But I only did that to try to get my hits up. You know, it's all about stats. Stats and page load times. Stats, page load times and chicks. Anyways, what I really want to know is, does anyone else just buy partial albums?
hink says,
Its the way of the world, my friend. You have to take into account that a good
portion of sweaty humanity would have purchased that friggin' Macarena song,
if iTunes existed at the time.
A.) There's simply no accounting for taste.
B.) Attention spans are divide-by-zero anymore.
C.) Where's my Geritol?
D.) What were we talking about?
Posted @ June 22, 2005Comrade against the profaning of communists says,
You might want to reconsider your choice of descriptions for these folks...Maybe a little reading up on both Communism and the McCarthy Era would show you the error of your word choice.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Noah says,
Ah, the comment killer.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Alternatives says,
Some other terms you might consider:
"Self-serving Anarchists"
"Selfish Me-Generationers"
"Stingy Republicans"
Add on at will...
Posted @ June 22, 2005hink says,
They can have my commie insults when they pry them from my cold dead brains.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Heidi says,
Whatever you call them, you have to hand it to those people who know exactly what they want and settle for nothing else!
Posted @ June 22, 2005Futon says,
haven't you ever purchased an album only to realize there is only one good song. wouldn't you have liked ot spend that other 8.99$ on other stuff.. IT IS ME>> THE PARTIAL COLDPLAY BUYER!!!! And still enjoying the songs i did get.. and when i come to your house and hear the others.. it'll be like a new album came out.. Creating my own density.. destiny.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Noah says,
Way to come clean there Futon. If the album doesn't have more than one good song, then I find it unworthy of my purchase. How else can I promote music integrity?!
Posted @ June 22, 2005hink says,
Know exactly what they want and don't settle for nothing else?
I'm all for the occasional self-congratulatory euphemism, but such musical ambivalence leads to "groups" like the Black Eyed Peas.
Fie! Fie upon your ninetynine-centsery!
Posted @ June 22, 2005Harold says,
I agree completely with your last comment Noah. If its a one-song wonder it begs me to ask the question "is this just another milli vanilli pretending to be a great artist/band?"
Posted @ June 22, 2005Red Canary says,
What an album really needs is some more cowbell before I will buy it.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Ryan Sims says,
Brad does. All the time. I don't. I'm not a Communist, but I do need more cowbell.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Noah says,
Myself and the Committee for Reviewing Awards Awarded to MotherFuton Readers, or CRAAMfR, are reviewing the past presented award to Brad, on the grounds of Communism.
Posted @ June 22, 2005hink says,
All this cowbell talk is making me feel woozy.
I think I have a fever.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Waylon says,
Yes I do all the time. Why? Sometimes I don't like all of the songs on any given album. I'm not going to pay for songs I don't like. That'd be like me buying a country song. I don't like country. Not at all.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Noah says,
Yes, it's small, but quit your whining, it's the Cowbell.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Brad says,
Ryan smells funny... Bah, I'm no stinking communist. OH, by the way, Noah, I never got your RSVP for my book burning party next Saturday? What's the dealio yo?!?!
Posted @ June 22, 2005hink says,
I been lookin' for that clip forever. Danke.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Noah says,
I'm there. Just picked up a few copies of Scarlet Letter, and Huck Finn. We don't need no water, let the motherfuton burn.
Posted @ June 22, 2005hink says,
"I mean, say what you want about the tenents of national socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos."
Posted @ June 22, 2005Reed says,
Who the hell buys albums...
Posted @ June 22, 2005DJ Bruce says,
the digital (communist) revolution means never having to "sit through" songs if you don't want to. i own more albums than ALL OF YOU and i still occasionally buy a one-off song. so THERE.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Red Canary says,
This whole commie analogy really makes no sense. But what does make sense is Cow Bell. Noah I really want you to explore the space the futon has to offer and give it to us!
Posted @ June 22, 2005hink says,
I guess this means my trying to explain the zen of Frampton Comes Alive! would be quite moot.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Noah says,
It's just a saying!
Por ejemplo:
Amigo: Do you want another beer?
MF: Is the pope Catholic?!
Amigo: Do you want another Bud Light?
Posted @ June 22, 2005MF: What are you, Communist?!
DJ Bruce says,
AUTHOR: DJ Bruce
Posted @ June 22, 2005EMAIL: thinsafetypin@yahoo.com
IP: 68.116.92.105
URL: http://www.thinsafetypin.com
DATE: 06/22/2005 03:50:57 PM
DJ Bruce says,
grrr, don't know why that last post didn't work.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Red Canary says,
Probably a commie plot to bring down DJ Bruce's missing comment too.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Noah says,
Tears stream, down your face.
Posted @ June 22, 2005And I will Fix You.
Futon says,
All i gotsta say is that video clip is worth watching in it's intirety.. I would pay to download the whole thing.. not just the comment about the gold diapers.. but...!!!! did you choose to post the whole SNL episode that it was part of???!!!! OF COURSE NOT.. It wasn't all that epic. Noah, thanks for proving my point of the singular song download with your singular Cowbell skit post. I think we can move onto the next blog/topic/sociological preference now.. btw.. i prefer more cowbell.
Posted @ June 22, 2005Noah says,
Futon! I've been Futon'd. Fu-da-ton'd. Fu-da-pon'd.
Newman. You worked me. Onto the next topic. Your IQ.
Posted @ June 22, 2005hink says,
Ohmuhgawd.
That Futon is right. SNL sucks ass, except for gems like that.
Cock it and pull it. wtfuton.
Posted @ June 22, 2005