Apple Releases Tool For Deleting U2's Album

[froggyboy604]

For some of us, the addition of U2's free new album, Songs of Innocence, was a nice surprise. The iTunes gift supposedly cost Apple around $100 million, which went to the band and its label, Universal. The album was distributed to around 500 million iTunes account holders.

"U2 worked five years on this album, they poured blood, sweat, tears into project, and we were really confident with it. The goal was: how do we reach as many as possible?" said the band's manager, Guy Oseary.
But what if you're not a fan of U2 and don't want the new album in your iTunes collection? Apple has a tool for that right here, an opt-out page that removes the free songs from your iTunes music library and iTunes purchases.

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It's crazy how much money paid for U2 Album to be free. I think Apple should of just gave $10 in iTunes credit to buy an album which their users wanted instead of forcing U2's music onto people's iTunes account.

 

[J-RAY]

5 years. Was it made using panda's to play the instruments?

That's a really long time.

 

[froggyboy604]

I agree 5 years is a very long time to make an album. Maybe U2 had listeners give feedback on each song they made in the last 5 years, and only put the best songs which has the most positive reviews on their new album.

I think a good album taking longer to make is better than some singers who release a new album every year, or songs every few months, but the songs are pretty much the same, remixes of old songs, and the album is worse, or not much better than their old albums. But, they release new songs, and albums quickly because they want to earn more money before they are less popular, and fewer people buy their music.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I'll have to check out to see if this music is any good.

 

[froggyboy604]

I had a english teacher who said U2 is a pretty good band. I think U2 had a few good songs which I listen to in movies like Transformers the dark Moon, and TV shows like Smallville. I think people who are complaining about U2 may not like Classic Rock or older rock music from U2, and Bon Jovi.

Classic and older rock songs seem a lot better than new rock music from younger bands who write songs where they mainly talk about themselves, or their problems.