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Smurph
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Posted: September 22 2015 at 14:58 |
I'd say probably the most embarassing songs on my iPod that I actually listen to is the new Steven Wilson album. Everything else on there is weird underground avant crazy sh*t that would not embarass me at all. I'm more embarassed that I don't have Cardiacs on there.
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emigre80
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Posted: September 22 2015 at 15:00 |
Smurph wrote:
On my iPod? The undownloaded version of that new U2 album because I can't get rid of it being in my library unless I download it and I refuse to download it.
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I feel your pain. I've seen on-line instructions to avoid that step but they didn't make sense. A whole lot of people were pissed off with Apple for sticking them with an album they didn't want.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: September 22 2015 at 15:36 |
I really don't understand what the big deal is about having Songs of Innocence on your iPod/iPhone. Everyone has it.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - September 22 2015 at 15:37
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emigre80
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Posted: September 22 2015 at 15:37 |
^ I think having music downloaded to your device without asking you if you want it is kind of obtrusive.
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Dean
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Posted: September 22 2015 at 16:13 |
I think I'm going to go back to not stating my opinions on music again.
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What?
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Pastmaster
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Posted: September 23 2015 at 12:19 |
The fact that I had 'Ancestral' from the new Steven Wilson album on my phone months ago. As of now, I'm not embarrassed about anything on my phone.
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emigre80
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Posted: September 23 2015 at 12:29 |
Dean wrote:
I think I'm going to go back to not stating my opinions on music again. |
why?
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Dean
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Posted: September 23 2015 at 12:52 |
emigre80 wrote:
Dean wrote:
I think I'm going to go back to not stating my opinions on music again. |
why? |
why do you ask?
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emigre80
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Posted: September 23 2015 at 12:55 |
^curious. also I don't see anything on the thread that would make you resolve not to state opinions.
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paolo.beenees
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Posted: September 23 2015 at 13:51 |
I'd say "Cavallina a Cavallo" by Ilona Staller... anyway, it's a tune by Ennio Morricone!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9JgXoy8UsA
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octopus-4
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 10:33 |
I have one very embarassing....Faith Hill - Cry. And I listen to it, too. I find it powerful.
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com
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rushfan4
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 10:43 |
I'm pretty certain that half of the tunes on my iPod would cause embarassment to many forum members. Fortunately for me, I am not them.
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rogerthat
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 10:54 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
^ Why is that an embarrassing one? It's a really good song. There's something Beatlesque about it (probably the vocal work and the melodies). I'd put it on even if there were people around me (if they cared at all, of course).
I don't have an iPod, but I do have an iPhone. So, ... my second most embarrassing song? ... I think it depends on who is sitting next to me. Could be a metalhead/alt-rock frat-guy reprimanding me for having Steely Dan and "mullet rock" (Metallica) on my phone or ... or else. (Sorry for the horrible generalization. Just making a point.)
I think it'll have to be Dream Theater's "False Awakening Suite" (but even I wouldn't listen to it).
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Aha, this reminds me of the time I posted a Ghulam Ali (Pakistani 'ghazal') live performance clip on my FB status just to share with anybody else who might like it and this metalhead friend asked if I was playing stuff for my grandchildren to listen to. I shot back with a caustic remark about his own fondness for Bryan Adams. He didn't like that. Well, if you dish it out, you've got to be prepared to take some as well. So...your generalisation is not that horrible and resonates with me. I was pretty much done with metal by then and that exchange was the final nail in the coffin. It's not the musicians's fault but (a) I need to socialise with metalheads to listen to new metal music and that means putting up with their sometimes outright dumb comments about 'non metal' and (b) some of the legendary metal musicians themselves aren't very different, like Tom Araya suggesting if they had been a classic rock band like The Who, they would have got bored of playing the same songs over and over. As if one Slayer song is radically different from just about any other in the first place.
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rogerthat
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 10:55 |
On topic, no, nothing. I don't use an Ipod anymore but anyway my playlist could have Gentle Giant, it could have Morton Feldman and it could have ABBA or Michael Jackson. I don't care how embarrassing somebody else finds it but those are my tastes and somebody's views of all things could hardly stop me from listening to a song if I wanted to.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 11:04 |
Refuse to buy any listening or computing device with an "I" in the front, I don't pay extra for an apple logo.
Specially since I couldn't redeem a gift card from HT, because they say we dirty Peruvians can't download their precious crap because they don't trust us.
Just bought a 16 GB card for my phone and a good Samsung Tablet.
30% of the price and as good
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - September 26 2015 at 11:11
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timothy leary
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 11:26 |
How do you know it is good if you have not tried an IPod?
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octopus-4
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 14:45 |
I have a work mobile which is an iPhone and I have to admit that the sound quality is better than my on Android tablet. But I must say that having to use iTunes on my home PC only to load my own stuff on it is really pissing me off. If I can see the internal memory as an USB disk when it's for photos, I don't see reasons othr than commercial for not allowing the same with audio files. Then add also the fact that you can't use High density MicroSD cards on apple devices. Surely it's not for proggers. So should I buy my own device it wouldn't be an apple for sure. I don't care if the quality is better.
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com
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Mascodagama
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 15:11 |
emigre80 wrote:
^ I think having music downloaded to your device without asking you if you want it is kind of obtrusive. |
A bit like someone posting a dog turd through your letterbox...
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emigre80
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 16:01 |
^thanks for the charming metaphor.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: September 26 2015 at 16:07 |
emigre80 wrote:
^thanks for the charming metaphor. |
I think that sort of mail would be referred to as compost.
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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