I Tune

[ornoth]

I finally broke down and paid for music on iTunes, as much as I hate the idea of paying Apple for music. Oh well. Fortunately, there aren’t many songs I’d pay for which I don’t already own, so at least it won’t be a recurring theme.

I figure it makes sense, though, for a certain set of conditions. Specifically: (a) for something I really want, (b) that’s incredibly obscure and can’t be found elsewhere, and (c) where I have no interest in buying the entire album. That usually means vintage obscurity, and that’s what I found myself buying on Thursday.

What’s doubly interesting is the contrast between the two songs I bought. Apparently I’ve always had pretty diverse, esoteric tastes, because you'd have a hard time finding two more opposite Seventies-era artists than James Taylor and Alice Cooper. “Is That the Way You Look?” is an atypical (for JT) doo-wop ditty full of infatuation, while “Go to Hell” is teenage angst-rock. And how can you argue with a lyric like: “You’d even force-feed a diabetic a candy cane”?

Comments

[hyzathra.livejournal.com]

I've been buying offa iTunes for about a year now, and have been fairly satisfied with it. I decided to do so in order to get the major-label songs that I couldn't find at eMusic.

But you want contrast? A few months ago I bought White Zombie's "More Human Than Human" (hard grinding metal) and Celtic Legend's "Siren" (atmospheric female vocals).

[dafyddcyhoeddwr.livejournal.com]

Most of what I've purchased from iTunes was done when Pepsi was doing their promotion with them and I was getting free music - many of which tunes I eventually bought the CD of. I'm just a gotta-be-able-to-hold-it kind of guy ...