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Pink Floyd Give In To Digital Downloads

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the insert-money-pun dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Tripped out old rockers Pink Floyd have inked a deal with EMI to allow single tracks by the band to be peddled as digital downloads. The remains of the band was in court less than a year ago, arguing that cutting up their albums and selling individual tracks undermined the 'artistic integrity' of their work. Now, though they've given in to the Man, and the likes of Money, Shine on you Crazy Diamond and Comfortably Numb will soon no doubt be available as 99p downloads on iTunes. Have a cigar."

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  1. WRONG! Guess again. by spun · · Score: 4, Funny

    How can ye have artistic integrity if ye won't allow downloads?
    How can ye have downloads if ye don't have artistic integrity?

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  2. Re:The Gnome by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack.

    Apparently their resistence hit The Wall.

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  3. All that glitters.... by mrops · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....oh sorry wrong thread

  4. Re:i so don't care by angus77 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That Libertarians are like Jehova's Witnesses---they're so desperate to get a word in, they'll even reply to a sig!

  5. Re:The Gnome by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's what I told the TSA guy. Then they tasered me.

  6. Re:Give the old guys a break by element-o.p. · · Score: 4, Funny

    I rather suspect that one who describes something as "lugubrious" on an Internet forum has no business calling anything else "pretentious". Besides, I rather enjoyed "Shine on you crazy diamond" (as well as the rest of "Wish You Were Here" for that matter).

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  7. Re:Ohh I was right! by linguizic · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only way that would have been cooler is if you had been able to work in Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict.

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  8. Re:Ohh I was right! by Chowderbags · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear that if you watch The Wizard of Oz while reading this post, the universe pulls itself inside out.