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Dark Canuck17 Wrote:I don't know I think you guys are getting a little worked up here. Go buy it support your band that we all love, every band around is doing the same thing and this all started because people are stealing the music.
So you're saying I should buy the album from iTunes to get the bonus song even though I dont use iTunes and dont have an iPod because I love the band and they've just happened to stay together for a long time and it would be wrong to get it any other way..yeah ok.
Dark Canuck17 Wrote:You can't go to any bands concerts for any less than what The Hip are finally asking
Thats a bunch of shit, if you going to make a point at least think before you type.
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Preach it brother!
They are not Springsteen, Neil Young, U2.
The band/management need to know there's a limit and they've past it.
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tigerthelion Wrote:Whatever. I've seen them enough times. I've enjoyed every Hip concert, but I'm not paying that kind of ridiculous money to see them again. I'll go for a reasonable price. I know how great they can be because I've witnessed it before. Sorry, but f*ck them if they are charging that much, because I'm not paying. You can say f*ck ticketmaster and whomever else is responsible, but I'm pretty sure the band has SOME SAY in the prices. Overpaying to see The Hip is not worth using a credit card for. I've overpaid once already to see them, and I won't do it again.
With posts like that you're making it hard for me not to like you Tiger, bravo for telling it like it is.
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I dont mind them using iTunes to sell music, but at the least the song(s) should be available to registered members of the bands site. Which I guess is the fan club? What is making 1 or 2 songs avaible to download going to do to the band except endear them to their core fans even more and keep them interested.
I wonder how much the economy and the bands dwindling fanbase/album sales have to do with all this. Small venues higher than usual ticket prices, something isnt right. Unless this is just more corporate bullshit, suck the fans dry and the like.
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Woah. Woah. Let's calm down.
I'm as irritated as anyone that you'd have to buy the album three times to get all the bonus tracks, but hey - that's how the music industry is. It's not going to cave to the masses who download shit for free and make it easy to get all this stuff - it's going to charge out the wazoo because it can. You need to remember that Gord Downie did not wake up one morning and decide to force fans to buy the band's new album thrice, and by all accounts he (and the rest of the band) probably hate the idea just as much as you do.
The music industry is corrupt, Ticketmaster is a corrupt monopoly, yeah we all know - but some of you are acting like the fucking band personally wants to screw you over.
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Mooseheadbeer Wrote:Personally these concert prices don't seem that bad considering it's an Evening With *double show* basically. I think a lot of people are neglecting to factor in the length of Hip-time for these shows. (I don't remember how much the Evening With shows in 2000/2001 cost, but if they were less then it was just a great deal.) Having to jump through hoops to get some bonus tracks ticks me off a bit - not so much the cost but the hassle - just because I want a real, packaged copy of the CD for my collection. If it turns out that they are hidden on the CD well then... I'm happy and this was all a misunderstanding. 
Thats wishful thinking, but Im sure it would have been mentioned when the tracklist for the album was released. I always prefer hardcopies of albums, at my age cd's are my vinyl so to speak.
I should make clear that an "evening with" show by the Hip is a great thing Im glad they are going that way again, and it probably is worth the 100 bucks, but its just not to me anymore, ive seen this band alot, and i was a bit surprised at the high prices on this tour. but i guess thats just the times were living in. But it doesnt mean we cant complain or vent our frustrations a bit.
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SoylentGreg Wrote:Woah. Woah. Let's calm down.
Nah, lets not calm down. Lets say whatever we feel however we want, like it or not.
Its more fun that way, better than the usual boring crap that gets tossed out around here. I rather hear people go off on topics rather than read someones list of favorite songs that start with the letter L.
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