Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood

PaxTech writes "Warner/Chapell music has cease-and-desisted a small freeware developer who wrote a Mac OS X lyrics downoading application. pearLyrics in no way contributed to piracy or copyright infringement, it was merely a tool to search for lyrics on public websites and view or add them to mp3 metadata. This is part of a larger crackdown on websites distributing lyrics. Apparently, the labels would like to force us back to a world where Hendrix kisses guys."

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Sosueme

[FidelCatsro]

(The RIAA are) Pretty Vacant (sung by an RIAA executive)

there's no point in asking
you'll get no reply
oh just remember a don't decide
i got no reason it's too all much
you'll always find us out to lunch

oh we're so pretty
oh so pretty we're vacant
oh we're so pretty
oh so pretty
a vacant

don'y ask us to attend
'cos we're not all there
oh don't pretend 'cos i don't care
i don't belive illusions
'cos too much is real
so stop you'r cheap comment
'cos we know what we feel

oh we're so pretty
oh so pretty we're vacant
oh we're so pretty
oh so pretty we're vacant
ah but now and we don't care

there's no piont in asking
you'll get no reply
oh just remember a don't decide
i got no reason it's all too much
you'll always find me out to lunch
we're out on lunch

oh we're so pretty
oh so pretty we're vacant
oh we're so pretty
oh so pretty we're vacant
oh we're so pretty
oh so pretty ah
but now and we don't care
we're pretty
a pretty vacant
we're pretty
a pretty vacant
we're pretty
a pretty vacant
we're pretty
a pretty vacant
and we don't care

Guy bashing.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Apparently, the labels would like to force us back to a world where Hendrix kisses guys.""

Heaven forbid that should happen.

Re:OK, point?

[Ph33r th3 g(O)at]

Bring it on. I have more karma than God.

Re:Facilitators

[BungoMan85]

They're not making a "bold" stance against war. They're spouting bullshit that they (read "Reprise Records") hope will sell more CDs. Green Day is the last band I wanna hear trying to give me their opinion on something I'm sure they know little or nothing about. Green Day sucks, there, I said it. They had no artistic credibility 10 years ago, and they're sure as hell don't now. Only 14 year old girls consider them to be "punk rock", which they never were in the first place.

Listen to hardcore.

Re:Facilitators

[WilliamSChips]

They take a bold stance against war. They're possibly sacrificing their artistic popularity and credibility to make a point. You had better shape up and learn to appreciate them right fucking now.

You're right, except for the bold. Green Day's popularity was very low before the release of American Idiot because of Warning. In the way of popularity, they didn't have much to lose. And my experiences with haters of the band on IRC have shown me that you won't be convincing them. It gets pointless to try, just let their stupid posts get moderated down to -1 and let it go.