Montag, 25. Oktober 2004
macdailynews.com: 'I hate U2,' said my 17-year-old son during a commercial between innings while we were watching the baseball playoffs last week.
That's bad news for Apple Computer, which has signed up the aging rockers for a big promotion of its popular iPod music player. Apple already is running an iPod commercial that features U2 front man Bono singing the Irish band's latest single, 'Vertigo.' And Apple plans a promotion involving iPod and its music-download service, iTunes, around the band's upcoming album, 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.'
A word of advice to Apple: Hip is the most relative of relative terms, and U2 may be well past it," John Soat writes for InformationWeek. [
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That's bad news for Apple Computer, which has signed up the aging rockers for a big promotion of its popular iPod music player. Apple already is running an iPod commercial that features U2 front man Bono singing the Irish band's latest single, 'Vertigo.' And Apple plans a promotion involving iPod and its music-download service, iTunes, around the band's upcoming album, 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.'
A word of advice to Apple: Hip is the most relative of relative terms, and U2 may be well past it," John Soat writes for InformationWeek. [
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contactmusic.com: Pop hunk Ronan Keating would love to trade places with fellow Irishman Bono.
The former Boyzone star adores the U2 frontman because of his edgy music and constant charity work. [ more]
The former Boyzone star adores the U2 frontman because of his edgy music and constant charity work. [
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contactmusic.com: Angry fans have accused U2 of "selling out" after the veteran band signed a deal with global corporation Apple.
Carrie Alison, editor of the largest U2 fan website, confirms some fans are furious at the band's decision.
She says, "Some pockets of U2 fans will rankle at the band aligning themselves with a major corporation such as Apple, but yet also aligning themselves with AIDS charity work." [ more]
Carrie Alison, editor of the largest U2 fan website, confirms some fans are furious at the band's decision.
She says, "Some pockets of U2 fans will rankle at the band aligning themselves with a major corporation such as Apple, but yet also aligning themselves with AIDS charity work." [
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