My tastes just don’t seem to allign with the American mentality. I think we should adopt the European models of universal health care. I think we should increase income taxes – provided they actually improve services like public transit and health care. And I tend to like their music.<\/p>\n
Specifically, it’s well documented that I enjoy some early 1980’s new wave and pop. Much of the greats came from Europe (mostly the U.K.). You know, groups like ABC, Depeche Mode, Culture Club, Yaz, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Soft Cell, Kim Wilde, The The, Texas, Spandau Ballet, Naked Eyes, Thompson Twins, Simply Red, Duran Duran, Dead or Alive, The Clash, The Communards, The Buggles, The Pretenders (though, Chrissy Hynde was from Ohio), Adam Ant, Bow Wow Wow, The Blow Monkeys, Madness, Modern English, Psychedelic Furs, The Smiths, The Other Ones, and Echo and the Bunnymen (to name a few).<\/p>\n
Now I’m having a problem finding songs for my iPod. I was given a gift certificate for my birthday. I’ve found a bunch of songs on there that I’ve been hunting for for years. But there are other songs I can’t find there. Yet, I somehow accidentally logged into the iTunes website for the U.K. and they have all of the songs I want. <\/p>\n
However, as a U.S. citizen, I can’t purchase them. I don’t get it…can’t they just charge me in pounds instead of dollars and calculate the exchange rate? Hell, they’d make more money since the songs are .79 pounds (which is about $1.59). Randy thought it might be a copyright issue (it might be)…but that doesn’t make sense to me since I could go to a U.K. music shop and buy the CD’s and bring them back. <\/p>\n
But I can’t get them. It’s so discouraging. Good bye, Prefab Sprout, The Divine Comedy, The BlueBelles, and Aztec Camera (United States iTunes has some of their albums, but not the ones I want).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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