Loading ...
You’d think Robert Smith would be in a pretty good mood this week, what with a new EP by the Cure, Hypnagogic States, being out and featuring remixes of the band’s new songs by young turks like Patrick Stump and an unidentified member of 30 Seconds To Mars. But he’s less than pleased–not because of the music, but because of the price point that was bestowed on his album by whoever placed it to the iTunes Store’s shelves. Which is why he penned a blog post today that began “PLEASE DONT BUY HYPNAGOGIC STATES EP FROM ITUNES FOR £7.99.” Smith’s all-caps missive to the iTunes powers that be–which features, as he puts it, “colourful language”- after the jump.
DEAR…
I FUCKING DESPAIR
AGAINHYPNAGOGIC STATES EP IS NOW UP ON UK ITUNES…
5 TRACKS FOR £7.99?
FOR FUCKS SAKE!AND THE PACKAGE IS COMPLETEY MISSING THE EXTRA BONUS TRACK (65DOS ALT REMIX OF “THE ONLY ONE”)
SO
YOU CAN BUY THE FOUR REMIXES BY 30STM/AFI/MCR/FOB INDIVIDUALLY FOR 79P EACH…BUT YOU ONLY GET THE 65DOS “EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME” REMIX OF ALL FOUR SINGLES IF YOU PAY £7.99 FOR “THE ALBUM”…
IE YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY £4.83 FOR THE 65DOS REMIX… !!!
WHO THE FUCK IS GOING TO PAY THIS AND NOT FEEL TOTALLY RIPPED OFF?IT’S NOT A FUCKING ALBUM!
IT’S A 5 TRACK EP
AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET AN EXTRA FREE TRACK (THE 65DOS REMIX OF “THE ONLY ONE”) IF YOU BUY IT AS A 5 TRACK EP
AND ITS SUPPOSED TO COST LESS IF YOU BUY IT AS A 5 TRACK EP THAN IF YOU BUY THE 5 TRACKS INDIVIDUALLY…THAT IS WHAT WAS AGREED
THIS IS SO TOTALLY WRONG
I REALLY DO FUCKING DESPAIRWHY IS IT SO INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING DONE RIGHT?
PLEASE FIX THIS NOW
No word on whether Smith’s e-mail-long yawp has resulted in things getting fixed over in the UK, but here, you can buy the six-track EP (with digital booklet!) for $3.99:
Or you can just download it illegally somewhere, I guess. Anyway, I look forward to Smith’s next bit of ire being directed toward the user reviewer whose review was headlined “I Wish I Could Say It Was Great.” (That’s a play on words, right?)
ITUNES UK HYPNAGOGIC NONSENSE [The Cure]
I FUCKING DESPAIR
AGAIN
Why the hell has he not used this as a lyric before.
@Ned Raggett: You could really have fun writing a lyric to that, actually.
@Ned Raggett: Even the placement of the carriage return is pregnant with musical tone. Hell, he could do it as a cover/rewrite of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”:
When iTunes bites hard
And EP prices aren’t low…
THEN I,
OH, I FUCKING DESPAIR
AGAIN
@Chris Molanphy: You win life, I think.
Not a problem, Robert. I already had the EP via BitTorrent about three weeks ago. And it sucks.
Was there ever an all caps rant that didn’t end up being totally hilarious?
Quality.
Your blog is really interesting to me and your subject matter is very relevant. I was browsing around and came across something you might find interesting. I was guilty of 3 of them with my sites. “99% of website managers are guilty of these five mistakes”. http://bit.ly/uEMWS2 You will be suprised how simple they are to fix.