Comments on: Garth Brooks Wants To Start Ropin’ The Internet http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 12:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431272 Anonymous Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:31:11 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431272 <p>Garth's sadness about downloading surely revisits the somber mood he first spoke of in "Mr. Blue".</p> Garth’s sadness about downloading surely revisits the somber mood he first spoke of in “Mr. Blue”.

]]> By: AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431282 AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:57:49 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431282 <p>I was caught by the RIAA for supplying illegal downloads of "When the thunder rolls" via Kazaa. True story.</p> <p>I'm sorry Garth, I'm sooooo sorry.</p> I was caught by the RIAA for supplying illegal downloads of “When the thunder rolls” via Kazaa. True story.

I’m sorry Garth, I’m sooooo sorry.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431292 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:30:38 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431292 <p>I always liked the Chris Gaines album. Some good songwriting on there.</p> I always liked the Chris Gaines album. Some good songwriting on there.

]]> By: The Notorious T http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431302 The Notorious T Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:56:41 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431302 <P>In 2008 even. Leave it to my inability to recognize the changing of the year to ruin an already bad Amway quip.</P> <P>And now I have "Friends In Low Places" stuck in my head. This just keeps getting better and better.</P> In 2008 even. Leave it to my inability to recognize the changing of the year to ruin an already bad Amway quip.

And now I have “Friends In Low Places” stuck in my head. This just keeps getting better and better.

]]> By: The Notorious T http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431312 The Notorious T Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:46:30 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431312 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet#c3824724">mike a</A>: <BR>"Who's telling Garth BRooks to his face that they took his song off a file-sharing site?"</P> <P>In 2007, who'd recognize Garth Brooks if he walked up to them and started talking to them about ringtones? I'd be more concerned that he'd try to sell me Amway...</P> @mike a:
“Who’s telling Garth BRooks to his face that they took his song off a file-sharing site?”

In 2007, who’d recognize Garth Brooks if he walked up to them and started talking to them about ringtones? I’d be more concerned that he’d try to sell me Amway…

]]> By: brasstax http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431322 brasstax Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:37:01 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431322 <p>Jeezus, was that only 1999? It seems like much longer ago.</p> Jeezus, was that only 1999? It seems like much longer ago.

]]> By: mike a http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431332 mike a Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:57:40 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431332 <P>By the way, Idolator, i can't believe you left this tidbit out from the original article:</P> <P><I>He may even revive the Chris Gaines project, which stalled after the 1999 album he recorded under the pseudonym flopped.</I></P> <P>Is he going to blame file-sharing or used CDs when that flops, too?</P> By the way, Idolator, i can’t believe you left this tidbit out from the original article:

He may even revive the Chris Gaines project, which stalled after the 1999 album he recorded under the pseudonym flopped.

Is he going to blame file-sharing or used CDs when that flops, too?

]]> By: mike a http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431342 mike a Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:49:21 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431342 <P>Who's telling Garth Brooks to his face that they took his song off a file-sharing site? For that matter, are Garth Brooks .rar files really tops on Technorati or Totally Fuzzy? Somehow I doubt it.</P> <P>His used-CD gripe had no legal basis. Under copyright law, when you sell a CD you're also transferring the license. That's providing you bought the CD rather than got a promo, of course.</P> Who’s telling Garth Brooks to his face that they took his song off a file-sharing site? For that matter, are Garth Brooks .rar files really tops on Technorati or Totally Fuzzy? Somehow I doubt it.

His used-CD gripe had no legal basis. Under copyright law, when you sell a CD you’re also transferring the license. That’s providing you bought the CD rather than got a promo, of course.

]]> By: Diglett http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431352 Diglett Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:10:43 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431352 <P>I wish he could know just how much that last sentence about the schools undermines his entire campaign. "Every time you buy 'The Chase', another child gets to be a Sidwell Friend."</P> I wish he could know just how much that last sentence about the schools undermines his entire campaign. “Every time you buy ‘The Chase’, another child gets to be a Sidwell Friend.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431362 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:05:11 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431362 <p>"cuts" ha.</p> “cuts” ha.

]]> By: Ned Raggett http://idolator.com/347558/garth-brooks-wants-to-start-ropin-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-431372 Ned Raggett Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:48:16 +0000 http://e85d2e7de04b9341d7c726d16230a399#comment-431372 <p>What's interesting is that he's using the same basis of complaint that he did fifteen years back regarding used CDs, saying that he was against it because of lack of royalties for his songwriters.</p> What’s interesting is that he’s using the same basis of complaint that he did fifteen years back regarding used CDs, saying that he was against it because of lack of royalties for his songwriters.

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