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[trackaghost]

Wait, isn't the policy on this board not to post commercially released stuff?
If it's out on Tuesday I don't see what the big deal is anyway, it's not like you'll have to wait weeks to hear it.
People should just stop having little hissy fits about it.

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Wait, isn't the policy on this board not to post commercially released stuff?
If it's out on Tuesday I don't see what the big deal is anyway, it's not like you'll have to wait weeks to hear it.
People should just stop having little hissy fits about it.

I don't recall anyone asking the "privileged" persons involved to share the song(s). You're completely missing the point.

But, yes, the song will be commercially released on Tuesday anyways. And if its true that reviewers/advance copies of the album are going out this upcoming week (as posted in another thread), I would say its somewhat likely that the full album will leak via the torrent sites by this time next week.

[trackaghost]

I'm not missing the point Luke.
As a journalist I received the last Fleetwood Mac and Christine McVie albums ahead of release and I posted a long review because I thought people would be excited to know. I didn't do it just to say "look at me, I have the album and you don't!" I certainly didn't get a reaction like this anyway.
All Christy did was post the lyrics. Perhaps she shouldn't have done that, but knowing her she meant no ill will by it. The rest of this thread looks, to me, like people just discussing the clip.

[Nico]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

I'm not missing the point Luke.
As a journalist I received the last Fleetwood Mac and Christine McVie albums ahead of release and I posted a long review because I thought people would be excited to know. I didn't do it just to say "look at me, I have the album and you don't!" I certainly didn't get a reaction like this anyway.
All Christy did was post the lyrics. Perhaps she shouldn't have done that, but knowing her she meant no ill will by it. The rest of this thread looks, to me, like people just discussing the clip.

I'm grateful that she posted the lyrics at all. If the single comes out in a few days, I can wait. Personally, I get a thrill from anticipation. And I would personally LOVE it if, when they receive the advance copies, the people would write a nice review/description-most likely with a warning heading as the title. I like reading other people's perspectives and get a jest of what this album is going to be like.

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by Nico

I'm grateful that she posted the lyrics at all. If the single comes out in a few days, I can wait. Personally, I get a thrill from anticipation. And I would personally LOVE it if, when they receive the advance copies, the people would write a nice review/description-most likely with a warning heading as the title. I like reading other people's perspectives and get a jest of what this album is going to be like.

I completely agree- I did the same thing for Stevie's TISL in January '01- in retrospect, posting WAY more information than I should have. In the context of a review (which wasn't the case here, note), its more than appropriate.

There is, however, the problem of having that privilege and lording it over fans in various ways. Christy didn't do anything "wrong"- but, for me, it just reminded me of the way the "Peacekeeper" thing was handled a few years back (particularly because its the same handful of people)

[trackaghost]

Come on, how is posting the lyrics worse than a review?
I don't see anywhere Christy "lording" it over anyone else. She didn't even discuss the song or anything!
She just posted the lyrics so we could all see, she probably thought it was the nice thing to do when she had them.
Personally, I'm glad she did.

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Come on, how is posting the lyrics worse than a review?
I don't see anywhere Christy "lording" it over anyone else. She didn't even discuss the song or anything!
She just posted the lyrics so we could all see, she probably thought it was the nice thing to do when she had them.
Personally, I'm glad she did.

I didn't say she did. It was, however, needlessly intentionally ambiguous, which led to all the needless confusion about where one could download the full track.