Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[KickTheBobo]

I've been putting up with that stupid term Rockstar in all its permutations for a few years now, and am now calling for it to finally end.

Rockstar Energy Drink, Rockstar Games, "Party Like a Rockstar", Rock of Love, ads for Rockstar Programmers wanted...

this item on Digg just pushed me over the edge:

[erika]

I fart like a rockstar. Don't hate.

[Andy]

Pig Champion?

[senorcorazon]

I fart like a rockstar. Don't hate.

Lasers and smoke-machines rockstar, or wammy bar rockstar?

[Stupornaut]

I fart like a rockstar. Don't hate.

T-t-t-t-totally dude!

(The Shop Boyz/Soulja Boy State Fair shows are going to be hi-larious in 20 years.)

[dave from knoxville]

How about "Oooze like a rockstar" or "Fester like a rockstar". Kills a little of the mystique.

[erechoveraker]

No words.

[erika]

I fart like a rockstar. Don't hate.

Lasers and smoke-machines rockstar, or wammy bar rockstar?

Wammy bar. Totally. I throw up the rock-hand every time I cut one.

[yesno]

Albums reissues.  All of them.  You found some B-sides?  Outtakes?  Great.  Put out a B-sides album.  Don't make me re-buy a bunch of shit I already have.

Pavement, are your ears burning?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Albums reissues.  All of them.  You found some B-sides?  Outtakes?  Great.  Put out a B-sides album.  Don't make me re-buy a bunch of shit I already have.

Pavement, are your ears burning?

oh man, that bugs me.  let's reissue this album, throw some lost takes from the vault on hidden tracks, and sell it again!  ugh.  ask me how many different versions of ONE album i have because of this. 

[jbissell]

Albums reissues.  All of them.  You found some B-sides?  Outtakes?  Great.  Put out a B-sides album.  Don't make me re-buy a bunch of shit I already have.

Pavement, are your ears burning?

oh man, that bugs me.  let's reissue this album, throw some lost takes from the vault on hidden tracks, and sell it again!  ugh.  ask me how many different versions of ONE album i have because of this. 

Isn't that what the internet is for?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Albums reissues.  All of them.  You found some B-sides?  Outtakes?  Great.  Put out a B-sides album.  Don't make me re-buy a bunch of shit I already have.

Pavement, are your ears burning?

oh man, that bugs me.  let's reissue this album, throw some lost takes from the vault on hidden tracks, and sell it again!  ugh.  ask me how many different versions of ONE album i have because of this. 

Isn't that what the internet is for?

yes.  which is why it didnt take too long for me to just soulseek what i was missing.  as Tom's says, "I paid my dues...over and over again."

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I'm okay with the concept.  It helps differentiate reissues from the originals.

The only instances where I've had more than one copy/version of an album at the same time has usually been a mistake.  I do often buy reissues of albums I previously owned, however.  Getting a little something extra in that instance is alright, though often I feel the added material detracts from the album overall more than helps.

[Bryan]

Yeah - adding 30 minutes of leftovers on the end of a great album is annoying. I'm one of a dying breed who still puts on CDs and listens from the start to the end, and there are very few artists that can hold up for 75 minutes. I know I can just hit "Stop" when the album proper ends, but I never do.

[yesno]

OF COURSE I simply steal the extra tracks if possible.  It's still a pain in the ass, though.  And it's usually not even possible to just find specifically what you are looking for.

And the problem with just paying iTunes or whatever a buck a song is that usually the extras aren't that hot.  This is why they weren't put out in the first place.  But if you're crazy like me you want *everything*.

Bonus stuff is great if it's an album you never owned before, I guess.  But I like albums to be set in stone.  With the exception for stupid stuff like tracks omitted from the American version or something; those ought to be re-released as intended.