Music is meant for enjoyment, not so you can be a goddamn pack rat. (672 hits)
Category: Sound & MusicRating: -0.3 on 22 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Dante Alighieri <yutaji.at.gmail.com> (View user info) at 2005-09-23 17:52:03 EDT
Sometimes I really lose faith in the music industry. I was at Best Buy the other day checking out Metallica CDs, and this balding guy, must have been 35 years old, walked up behind me and said "Heh, Metallica, eh? I'm a die-hard Metallica fan as well."
At this point, I was thinking something along the lines of "Hey, cool. He likes the same band as me. He seems like a cool guy."
Fuck, was I wrong.
He proceeded to tell me that he "Owns over 100 Metallica CDs, including the Japanese imports and singles", gets 'virtual surround sound' with his new stereo, and then went off about how lame I am for not having heard the single they played at a tiny bar in Des Moines in front of 14 people in '82. What the fuck?
I didn't even know Metallica had TEN CDs, and I sure as hell never listened to any of their singles. Look. Music is for ENJOYMENT. It's there so you can LISTEN to it. It's not a fucking contest. There's no race. Nobody will feel bad if you don't own every single piece of material Metallica ever released and hoard them away in secret sterilized air pockets deep within the earth. I listen to Metallica because they're a great band, not because I think that owning everything they produced makes me the second fucking coming of Christ.
And don't even get me started on how "but lol dante mettalica sued napster so they suck lol rofl!!!1". Oh, yeah; God forbid you should be able to STEAL music, dipshit.
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Submitted by lordofduct (user info) at 2005-09-27 03:38:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I collect Sega stuff... what the fucks the problem with collecting? Now the pompous attitude of the guy is really dumb, but nothing is wrong with collecting. I have many hours of pleasure playing my Sega CD!
Submitted by Psycosis (user info) at 2005-09-26 22:08:51 EDT (#)
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So much angst.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-09-24 16:15:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:02:56 (#)
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metallica blows, and I care about my money more than record company's money or already rich artist's money, so stealing rules
Submitted by XFile (user info) at 2005-09-24 09:52:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Metallica is Country music with electric guitars.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-09-23 21:31:46 EDT (#)
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Some people collect things. This man collected Metallica songs. that's no problem. I collect coins. It's nothing to get pissed about.
Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2005-09-23 21:30:58 EDT (#)
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For the first sentence...
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2005-09-23 21:16:13 EDT (#)
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I don't understand how your opening sentence was at all related to the rest of your rant- you didn't discuss the music industry at all.
Metallica gained their audience through bootlegs.
Downloading music is like a modern form of trading the bootleg or dubbing a tape for your friend, and the ability to listen to music before buying it is both fair and advantageous to the record industry. I've bought (yes, most people who download CDs DO buy them too!) a bunch of CDs this year from artists I wouldn't have been exposed to had I not downloaded them first. And many of the CDs people download are ones they would never buy when they DID buy music, so using those numbers to calculate lost sales is inaccurate.
I saw Metallica 10 times in high school & college. Master of Puppets is one of the best albums of all time, and this is coming from a woman. I spent my crap job, hard earned money to see them wherever I could in the tri-state area. I was one of those kids buying anything Metallica related I could get my hands on. They are a different band now, and I do not enjoy music they've written since 1991. But even if I did, I'd still call them hypocrites for changing their minds about sharing music when they no longer 'needed' to do so.
Hypocrites.
Submitted by Spuds002 (user info) at 2005-09-23 19:53:55 EDT (#)
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no minus cause the article you wrote seemed to make sence. but no pluse cause im not a meticalla fan. and it has nothing to do with napster, i just think they got shitty in thier later years.
Submitted by mallett (user info) at 2005-09-23 19:49:12 EDT (#)
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I so know what you're talking about.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2005-09-23 19:38:18 EDT (#)
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Metallica got so fucking ghey in recent years. Especially Lars. That fucking twat.
Up the Irons!
Submitted by KnightsWhoSayNi (user info) at 2005-09-23 19:36:02 EDT (#)
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Am I the only one who has wondered what would have become of Metallica if Dave Mustaine stayed in the band and had never formed Megadeth? Of course, without Megadeth there would be no "Killing is my business... and business is good."
Submitted by alfakyle (user info) at 2005-09-23 19:26:06 EDT (#)
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nothing worthwhile since the black album.
Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2005-09-23 19:18:51 EDT (#)
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Only posers stand around buying CDs. The real fans download.
Submitted by BillsSBChamps (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:43:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:02:56 (#)
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metallica blows, and I care about my money more than record company's money or already rich artist's money, so stealing rules
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First time I've laughed at a review in a long time.
Submitted by Whiplash (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:32:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:19:55 (#)
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Dude, it's called "collecting." Ever heard of it?
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Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:02:56 (#)
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metallica blows, and I care about my money more than record company's money or already rich artist's money, so stealing rules
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Well said.
Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:25:11 EDT (#)
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ive got all of Nine Inch Nail's albums, and i dont feel like a freak.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:19:55 EDT (#)
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Dude, it's called "collecting." Ever heard of it?
Submitted by Dante_Alighieri (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:05:36 EDT (#)
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But, of course, there is the fact that if music continues to be stolen, it's likely that there will be no more music soon. And if it's YOUR favorite band, what then?
I respect that you don't like Metallica, but still; Metallica wasn't even the point of this post.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2005-09-23 18:02:56 EDT (#)
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metallica blows, and I care about my money more than record company's money or already rich artist's money, so stealing rules
Submitted by Confuzitron (user info) at 2005-09-23 17:56:52 EDT (#)
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While this isn't neccesarily the type of thing I come to uber for, I found it strangely satisfying. Good rant. Good rant.
Submitted by PokeyPecker (user info) at 2005-09-23 17:56:46 EDT (#)
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Peculiar first post.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-09-23 17:53:56 EDT (#)
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This IS AN ODD THING TO RANT ABOUT YOUNG MAN