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    Apple and EMI Roll Out iTunes Pass Mini-Subscription For...Depeche Mode?

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    Image of mhd123 mhd123
    02/24/09

    In reply to Apple and EMI Roll Out iTunes Pass Mini-Subscription For...Depeche Mode?
    You know how I know your Gay? Cause you like John Mayer. Honestly, Mayer is very talented and funny, but Depeche Mode is still an International Institution. As for the Subscription plan, not interested in this for really any artist.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    02/24/09

    @mhd123: You know how I know you're gay? Because it takes one to know one! Ha!


    Oh, wait ..


    Joking aside, the fast-fashion goth fest that happens at every DM concert may not be gay, but it never fails to take me back to my awkward childhood roots. Is that worse? Hard to say. Not that there is anything wrong with being gay, mind you -- just that .. Oh, hell, I give up. Why am I even typing anymore? Someone ban me, please.

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    Image of njknight njknight
    02/24/09

    In reply to Apple and EMI Roll Out iTunes Pass Mini-Subscription For...Depeche Mode?
    Whoa, who knew there were so many die-hard Depeche Mode fans out there still...
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    Image of NoelleBlue NoelleBlue
    02/24/09

    @njknight: Anyone who'd ever been to one of their very packed stadium concerts.
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    02/24/09

    In reply to Apple and EMI Roll Out iTunes Pass Mini-Subscription For...Depeche Mode?
    How would that work for a band like Pearl Jam that has over 100 live albums?


    Then again, there are only so many times you can listen to "Daughter" before you want to hurl a brick at Eddie Vedder.

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    Image of Zyxst Zyxst
    02/24/09

    In reply to Apple and EMI Roll Out iTunes Pass Mini-Subscription For...Depeche Mode?
    That's a bargain. Depeche are one of the most underated bands to ever come out of the UK. As a fan for over 25 years I know that they have a massive fan base all over the world. They sold out the London O2 Arena in 30 minutes and played to over 2 million people worldwide on the last tour in 2006. They are a lot bigger than most people think. I'll not hear a bad word against them.
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    Image of NoelleBlue NoelleBlue
    02/24/09

    @Zyxst: Well said. They are *incredible* live... and don't seem to be slowing down.


    @ReginaPhalange: Google: You can uses it.

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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    02/24/09

    In reply to Apple and EMI Roll Out iTunes Pass Mini-Subscription For...Depeche Mode?
    A couple of things, there Mr. Mahoney:
    A) Either I misread your initial statement, or it is completely wrong. What I read is that with the pass, you get to download everything by the artist for the flat rate. With 12 albums under their belt, that would be a hell of a deal. So, i am assuming that you only get what is included with that album, and the various and sundry crap that comes out afterwards. If the first were true, I would buy this in a heartbeat, as Depeche Mode is a great band.


    B: I really hope that you were being humorous when you said John Mayer. Actually, never mind, if you like the guy, then go on liking him, and don't mind me. I hate music snobs, so I don't want to sound like one. Besides, he wrote "Your Body is a Wonderland" about me, so I should be nicer to him.

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    Image of timak timak
    02/24/09

    In reply to Apple and EMI Roll Out iTunes Pass Mini-Subscription For...Depeche Mode?
    People pay for music still?
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    Image of Dirk Dirk
    02/24/09

    @timak: So all music should be free?
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    Image of johnthevulcan wants tattoo swag johnthevulcan wants tattoo swag
    02/24/09

    @Dirk: yes.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/24/09

    @johnthevulcan thinks fart apps = ponzi schemes: If all music is free, there won't be any music. Same with anything else that costs money to make.
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    Image of timak timak
    02/24/09

    @frigg: Damn it. All music IS free to the average person. Just like network TV. Large corporations spend money on advertising, and that pays all the bills.


    Shaking down the common idiot for more money is just frosting on the cake for the overpaid "artists" making the crap you people buy.

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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    02/24/09

    @frigg: There were musicians before people had to pay to buy songs and there will be musicians if it goes away. musicians used to earn money by, ohh I don't know, actually preforming their music.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/24/09

    @timak: "All music IS free to the average person"


    Anything is free to the average person if they're not paying for it.


    Computers would be free to the average person if they could download one on the dl. But that wouldn't make computers "free."


    Music isn't free to the musician who makes it. It costs money to make music, and above expenses, like anything else, there's a need to profit to keep at it. We're not talking about bad musicians here, but ones whose music you like enough to listen to. Shouldn't they be paid? Or are musicians honeybees who should spend all their time, energy, and resources making honey only to have some guy with his face behind a mask come and steal it all away?

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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/24/09

    @Xeno: "There were musicians before people had to pay to buy songs and there will be musicians if it goes away."


    Yeah, they were called servants of the king, or church employees. The king's servants made music for small rooms of elite listeners who danced around in powdered wigs after dinner. Church musicians produced music for Mass.


    When musicians finally got rights to their own music and could profit from it, popular music in the 20th century exploded. The ability to sell songs fueled popular music, and emancipated musicians from a system of elite patronage.


    If you want musicians you like to be able to produce music you like for people like you, musicians have to be paid. To revert to a time when musicians weren't paid for their songs means that unless you go to Church on Sunday or are the King's squeeze, no music for you.


    Oh, and you realize of course that music produced in studios with microphones, preamps, analog to digital converters, DAWs, computers, speakers, engineers, producers, and all that, cost a bit more than wandering the countryside dressed as a clown playing little tunes on a wood flute or viol.

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    Image of shalegac shalegac
    11/20/08

    In reply to Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month
    My ex-girlfriend tried to tell me a few months ago that the Killers were "way better than the Beastie Boys"...... Ex-girlfriend.


    Just had to share that after looking at that pic. I'll never forget that everytime I hear the killers or see them.

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    Image of Islandkiwi Islandkiwi
    11/20/08

    @shalegac:


    You did the right thing.

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    Image of Sid1 Sid1
    11/20/08

    In reply to Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month
    How many of these comments are from people paid by Microsoft?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/20/08

    @Sid1: What if everyone was singing the praises of the iPod? Would you cry bribery then?


    Sorry but the ZunePass is awesome. $15 a month (the rough equivalent of a premium album on iTunes) and I download all the music I want coupled with software that encourages finding new music. I can understand you being upset that Apple doesn't have a subscription plan but that's your sour grapes.

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    11/20/08

    In reply to Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month
    The only real big problem with ZunePass is that it is possible to get too much music. I went on an "angry old man" music binge and have a whole helluva lot of Tom Waits and Neil Young to catch up on.


    username - Hipster Union

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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    11/20/08

    In reply to Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month
    oh man, microsoft, shame for not making the zune OSX compatible!!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/20/08

    @MrBlahBlah: If you're very very quiet, you can hear the strains of a violin playing just for the people who voluntarily locked themselves into a walled garden.
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    Image of bmbnbs bmbnbs
    11/20/08

    In reply to Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month
    zune marketplace is still windows only though, right?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/20/08

    @bmbnbs: The difference between Apple and MS is that when the iPod was Apple-only, it stifled the iPod's growth.


    Microsoft is nowhere near the point where it needs that last 10% of the computer market for market saturation.

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