New U2 album on iTunes now - and it's FREEEE!!

[clippedgull]

Too political a band for me always rattling and humming on about the oppressive Brits in Northern Ireland etc etc.
So they can feck off , never liked their music anyway.
Bono is a cretinous inbred too.

This!

 

[Cappers]

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[Guinness Boy]

These nail the real issue

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Yes that well known tax dodging socialist Bono has raised the bar again by taking a huge sum off apple and then making it look like he's the generous one giving away his art. Let's hope it's a one off or big bands will kill off emerging ones the way Huffington "please write for us for the exposure" Post is killing emerging writers and journalists.

 

[Buzzer]

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[Willow]

Agree with this. Not a good idea in my mind.A dumbing down of the music industry.

 

[Cappers]

If you are having trouble downloading it, if it is greyed out or says purchased or whatever, log out of your itunes account, go back and find it in the store, it should now say 'free'. Tap free and it prompts you to log in with your apple ID.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Having listened to a couple of tracks on you tube it's U2 sounding like U2 and it's very boring - one of those listened to wouldn't sound out of place on a Bon Jovi album, so I've no idea where this Ramones-Kraftwerk thing comes from.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

I can't believe people would moan at this. U2 are just letting you listen to an album for free. What's not to like? (except U2)

 

[Guinness Boy]

I can't believe people would moan at this. U2 are just letting you listen to an album for free. What's not to like? (except U2)

No. No they're not. They're effectively masking a huge, two way, corporate advert as giving away art. And all the time people are downloading this and listening to it they're not paying to download and listen to other music, like, say, stuff by Two Choices.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

No. No they're not. They're effectively masking a huge, two way, corporate advert as giving away art. And all the time people are downloading this and listening to it they're not paying to download and listen to other music, like, say, stuff by Two Choices.

Nah. I've downloaded it to hear the Lykke Li track. Now I've heard it, and my opinion is broadly in line with [MENTION=5200]Buzzer[/MENTION] above (i.e MOR blandness) I'll no doubt delete the whole album within a week. Most people who have downloaded this have done so for one reason - because it was free.

They, like me, didn't download it instead of something else that they were planning to seek out last night. I'll still spend exactly what I would have done otherwise, on music this month.

 

[Wozza]

Did he say the same about Radiohead? Free CDs on mags in the 90s/00s?

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[TWOCHOICEStom]

No. No they're not. They're effectively masking a huge, two way, corporate advert as giving away art. And all the time people are downloading this and listening to it they're not paying to download and listen to other music, like, say, stuff by Two Choices.

U2 and Apple have had a long lasting mutual back scratching relationship. It's a bit wanky, but a one-off, free album is just good for fans of U2 rather than bad for other bands (in my mind anyway).

 

[Hamilton]

No. No they're not. They're effectively masking a huge, two way, corporate advert as giving away art. And all the time people are downloading this and listening to it they're not paying to download and listen to other music, like, say, stuff by Two Choices.

Ah, but with the money I've saved on this free purchase I've been able to buy something else.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Ah, but with the money I've saved on this free purchase I've been able to buy something else.

Let's hope it stays that way because if people expect all their music for free your choice will end up being very limited indeed.....

 

[Hamilton]

Let's hope it stays that way because if people expect all their music for free your choice will end up being very limited indeed.....

Oh I agree, but I think it'll be ok.

They're not Cowell after all.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Just listening to it on YouTube ... Always been a big fan of the band but wasn't too keen on the last couple of albums - this one sounds great though!

 

[Pat McCrotch]

Sorry to be a but can anyone help me out with what i need to do to download this straight to my device? I don't do iTunes on pc/mac.

If i open the iTunes Store app it says purchased, but if i go into the music app the album is not there?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Sorry to be a but can anyone help me out with what i need to do to download this straight to my device? I don't do iTunes on pc/mac.

If i open the iTunes Store app it says purchased, but if i go into the music app the album is not there?

Thanks in advance.

Within the iTunes Store app, click [more] then click [purchased] then click [music] - it should be there with a little cloud symbol and an arrow - this means it's in your account cloud but not downloaded to your device. Click [download all] and it should then download to the device.

 

[Hyperion]

No matter how many people suggest how the **** to get this album I have supposedly purchased, it just does not appear on my iPhone or iPad ANYWHERE

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Let's hope it stays that way because if people expect all their music for free your choice will end up being very limited indeed.....

I think the much much bigger issue facing new bands is the pathetic royalties due from streaming sites like Spotify. Bands giving away music isn't a big deal. You're barking up the wrong tree here.