Thnkgreen: A Man of Many Threads

 Lately I've become a curmudgeon regarding Apple and iTunes. I think there is a real lack of quality control going on. In another thread I recently posted about scrambled metadata. This time I'd like to know what has happened to iTunes lp. I realize that Apple announced in early 2018 that they would no longer be accepting iTunes lp submissions from artists, but according to the linked article users who had purchased iTunes lp's in the past could still access those purchases. This week I have been downloading copies of everything I ever bought from iTunes, and have had at least six iTunes lp files that will not download. Sad state of affairs here folks.

I had a similar thing happen with a couple of coworkers several years ago. I told both of them how great the first two Big Star albums are and burned a cd-r for each of them. A few days went by. One day I overheard them talking in a low voice to one another. One of them said, “I don’t see what the big deal is,” to which the other replied, “yeah”. Sigh…..

Of course one time I asked a different coworker if he was familiar with the Beach Boys and in particular Pet Sounds, to which he responded, “is that the group where one of ‘em wears a Donald Duck hat” (referring to Mike Love, I guess). I made him a cassette copy of Pet Sounds. He wasn’t impressed. My coworker was a big Pantera/Dimebag Darrell fan.

Had another coworker who was a big fan of Tool and Metallica. I gave him a cd-r of ELO’s Eldorado. I remember the look on his face a few days later when I discussed the album with him. He just shook his head.

Finally, a female coworker of mine was a big big Rick Springfield fan. I gave her a cd-r of Elvis Is Back and she….. hated it!!!

Moral of the story, coworkers with a broad musical pallet are hard to find. I like all of the artists listed above (except Tool, who I have never listened to).

How many soccer mom fans of RUMORS know Peter Green, or better yet, Danny Kirwan?