Mal ,'Shindig'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Am I understanding correctly that it just means I have to put iTunes onto my computer and convert my files through that program?
I could probably live with that, as long as it lets me stick in my own CDs and convert them. I'm assuming they're not going to make me pay for and download tracks I already own on CD if I want to put it on the iPod.
You're absolutely correct. iTunes is the best thing that ever happened to you. I've ripped almost half my CD collection at this point. I've got over 11 days of music at hand.
Am I understanding correctly that it just means I have to put iTunes onto my computer and convert my files through that program?
Yes.
And actually, I don't think you even have to use iTunes to copy the files -- you just need to tell it where they are so it can put them in the library for your iPod. I have a ton of stuff I got from Napster or Kazaa on my last computer, that's now in my iPod library.
Thanks for all the answers, everyone! I'm going to go and debate with myself over this deep burning need I feel to own a silly U2 iPod now.
I just reread the blurb Alicia, and the ipod doesn't come pre-loaded with U2 songs. You get a $50 voucher for the itunes store to gotowards the $150 U2 virtual box set. Which seems to be a bit of a rip when you're paying so much for the iPod.
Right, I knew that. I wouldn't be buying the digital box set, because I have just about everything they've put out, and a good load of stuff that never got officially released.
But honestly, $150 for 400 songs? That's a mighty good deal for someone who doesn't have all the U2 CDs already.
Yeah. The extras on this Very Special iPod kind of bite.
Mmm, I'd like the rare stuff, but I wouldn't want 20 mixes of Lemon. The 90's U2 are still dead to me.
Even "Achtung Baby"? Oh man. Sue, you're killing me!
"Zooropa" is one of my least beloved U2 albums, although the title track (at least the second half of it) fills me with much joy. And "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" is just gorgeous.
"Pop" was misunderstood* and underappreciated. The tour was weird, but the album is great.
And the Zoo TV/Zoo Europa tour is just about the best thing ever.
But all the remixes they released to the fan club? God, I loathe those.
Even "Achtung Baby"?
Not Achtung Baby, that stuff is brilliant, some of my favourite of all their work. After that, though, major bleakness.
But honestly, $150 for 400 songs? That's a mighty good deal for someone who doesn't have all the U2 CDs already.
I dunno. I've been buying most of my U2 stuff used, because I don't feel the need to buy new copies of stuff I already paid for on tape, and I don't think I've spent $150, and I have everything I want. But I'm not a big completist -- it might be a good deal for people who HAVE to have remixes and b-sides. (Not a dis, that's just not how my fannish brain works.)
"Zooropa" is one of my least beloved U2 albums
I love "Zooropa," but I understand it's an acquired taste. "Pop" never did much for me -- I think "Gone" and "Staring at the Sun" are the only great songs on there, and the lyric "miami/my mammy" is just embarassing.