99 Cent Store
iTunes Music Store and Pepsi are killing me. I drink Diet Pepsi, and I've won a few free songs. Now, Apple's not stupid. They know that when you go download a free song, you're going to probably wind up buying more than one afterwards. And so I have. In fact, I've been buying some of the music of my adolescence. Cheap Trick. Yes, I bought three songs by Cheap Trick. And Nick Lowe.
And bubble gum music. I've been buying bubble gum music. I bought "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies. I bought two songs by Herman's Hermits.
That's the seductive thing about the iTunes Music Store. I don't like Cheap Trick enough to go out and actually buy a CD for $12. But $2.97 for 3 songs? Sure, what the hell.
Please, just stop me before I buy "My Sharona".
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Posted by: andy | February 20, 2004 08:07 PM
"My Sharona?" You bought "Sugar Sugar" and you object to "My Sharona"!?
I hope you don't get that one phrase stuck in your head..."You are my candy girlllll..."
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Posted by: Margot | February 21, 2004 12:15 AM
“My Sharona?” You bought “Sugar Sugar” and you object to “My Sharona”!?
No, that's my point. The fact that I would even buy a song like "Sugar, Sugar" indicates that I might break down and buy something like "My Sharona"!
Posted by: Lesley | February 21, 2004 09:32 AM
Hey Lesley,
If you want to resist the temptation, you could always donate your winning caps to independent musicians. Check out http://tunerecycler.com/
joshua (the cousin, if that's not clear ;) )
Posted by: joshua | February 24, 2004 12:07 PM