Cure's Robert Smith Thinks Price Of Band's New EP Is "Absurd!"
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Robert Smith doesn't want you to buy the new Cure Hypnagogic States EP from iTunes. Says paying £7.99 for it is a rip off and "absurd"! In a blog post on Cure's Web site Smith not only sounded pissed about it ("For fuck sake!) but points out that it's "not a fucking album, it's a 5 track EP"! At least he's doing something about it. You can find out what he really feels the EP should go for below.
ITUNES UK HYPNAGOGIC NONSENSE
9/12/2008 7:15:36 PM - by CURE:ROBERT
PLEASE DONT BUY HYPNAGOGIC STATES EP FROM ITUNES FOR £7.99
IT IS ABSURD!
TMU HAS MANAGED TO FUCK THIS UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL!
MY EMAIL TO THEM TODAY IS BELOW
ITS EASIER THAN WRITING IT OUT AGAIN NICELY...
(THOSE OFFENDED BY COLOURFUL LANGUAGE LOOK AWAY NOW)
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DEAR...
I FUCKING DESPAIR
AGAIN
HYPNAGOGIC STATES EP IS NOW UP ON UK ITUNES...
5 TRACKS FOR £7.99?
FOR FUCKS SAKE!
AND THE PACKAGE IS COMPLETEY MISSING THE EXTRA BONUS TRACK (65DOS ALT REMIX OF "THE ONLY ONE")
SO
YOU CAN BUY THE FOUR REMIXES BY 30STM/AFI/MCR/FOB INDIVIDUALLY FOR 79P EACH...
BUT YOU ONLY GET THE 65DOS "EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME" REMIX OF ALL FOUR SINGLES IF YOU PAY £7.99 FOR "THE ALBUM"...
IE YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY £4.83 FOR THE 65DOS REMIX... !!!
WHO THE FUCK IS GOING TO PAY THIS AND NOT FEEL TOTALLY RIPPED OFF?
IT'S NOT A FUCKING ALBUM!
IT'S A 5 TRACK EP
AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET AN EXTRA FREE TRACK (THE 65DOS REMIX OF "THE ONLY ONE") IF YOU BUY IT AS A 5 TRACK EP
AND ITS SUPPOSED TO COST LESS IF YOU BUY IT AS A 5 TRACK EP THAN IF YOU BUY THE 5 TRACKS INDIVIDUALLY...
THAT IS WHAT WAS AGREED
THIS IS SO TOTALLY WRONG
I REALLY DO FUCKING DESPAIR
WHY IS IT SO INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING DONE RIGHT?
PLEASE FIX THIS NOW
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I AM POSTING THIS AS I FEEL
UPSET!
ANYWAY
PLEASE ONLY BUY THIS 5 TRACK EP FROM ITUNES WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE FOR AROUND £4.00 OR LESS AND YOU GET THE FREE 65DOS T.O.O REMIX - IT'S FAB AND THE MONEY (WELL - OUR SHARE OF IT!) IS GOING TO A GOOD CAUSE...
THIS GOES FOR ANY OTHER ITUNES STORES AROUND THE WORLD
LIKE JAPAN...
ONWARDS...
RSX
Comments (7)
Robert Smith......to the rescue!
He's The Cure, rather than the cause?
Nice to see an artist put his money where his mouth is...!
He sounds really "FUCKING" pissed. Even used the caps lock for the entire message.
@Eric - he seems to use all caps all the time anyway...which is weird, he's totally tech-savvy.
Interesting. Either way, it's good that RS is so involved in making sure his music is sold the way it's intended...
BTW - I checked iTunes (here in the US) and the EP is $3.99 for the 6 songs (3 are album onlys). I wonder if they broguht down the price here or if it was always $3.99.