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- sjbdallas, on 10/10/2007, -7/+44Oh my, I was scared for a second that Iron Maiden had fallen so far that they'd been forced to give their music away with Value Meals.
- MattTS, on 10/10/2007, -11/+9Their latest album was a big step down (all but the first track are pretty samey and boring). Nobody has fallen as far as Metallica though *shudder*
- frozenyoghurt, on 10/10/2007, -19/+1Yeah but Metallica's first 5 albums kick Maiden's ass any day
- unchainedin5150, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1*****' A man!
Justice destroys Number of the Beast
- unchainedin5150, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1*****' A man!
- shanevendrell, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0not maidens first five albums
- Malarie, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Nobody has fallen as far as Metallica though *shudder*
Guns and Roses??? - DrMonkeyLove, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4What?! Brighter Than a Thousand Suns was "samey" and "boring"?! Are you nuts? A Matter of Life and Death was an incredible album!
- frozenyoghurt, on 10/10/2007, -19/+1Yeah but Metallica's first 5 albums kick Maiden's ass any day
- nurall, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2i thought it was the other way around, buy iron maiden music and get a value meal.
- MattTS, on 10/10/2007, -11/+9Their latest album was a big step down (all but the first track are pretty samey and boring). Nobody has fallen as far as Metallica though *shudder*
- RockMyMonkey, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1I thought the same thing when I saw the headline! :D
- Darrelc, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4Wonder what quality it will be though.. Most like 192k WMA which sucks tbh. I wish all online music stores were like beatport and offered lossless downloads.
- skyh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I'm sure some stores would try to justify that it would cost $3.00 more per song to change the bitrate settings in a drop-down box for their mp3's...
:P
- skyh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I'm sure some stores would try to justify that it would cost $3.00 more per song to change the bitrate settings in a drop-down box for their mp3's...
- godamit, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1many of iron maiden is already free
- go for example http://moozaget.com here and type in "iron maiden" lol ) - bruinexmo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20I'm going to buy the Iron Maiden tracks just to support DRM-free music. It's about time record companies got the hint.
Mmmmm... tasty Whopper. - nilsalb, on 10/10/2007, -15/+1I don't like iron Maiden so... no need to go DRM free!
- jdfalk, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Everyone is free to be wrong, I am just sorry you choose that path.
- kevyn, on 10/10/2007, -13/+11i'll take the double whopper, without the maiden please?
- LENNY2112, on 10/10/2007, -7/+9I like Iron Maiden...but I don't like the BK. lol
- mannaran, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9DRM is dead!
The RIAA sucks! - ColonelJessup, on 10/10/2007, -2/+51White man came, across the sea! He brought us Whoppers, with some CHEESE!
- jasz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12\m/ >.< \m/
- insanebrain, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10buying mp3 files. . .hmm. . strange concept.
- Tobark, on 10/10/2007, -1/+72$6.66 - Number of the Feast
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I left alone , my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the hunger from my mind
What did I eat, can I believe , that what I ate
that night was real and not just fantasy
Just what I ate, in my old dreams were they
reflections of my weber grill staring back at me
'Cos in my dream it's always there, the the delicious food that twists my mind
and brings me to despair
The food was black ,was no use holding back
'Cos I just had to eat. Was someone watching me?
In the mist red figures move and twist
Bringing me my meal , my tires they did just squeal
$6.66 the number of the Feast
Oil and fire was hot to say the least..
Burgers blazed and sacred fries were praised
As they start to fry , hands held to the sky
In the night the fires burning bright
The ritual has begun, The King's work is done
$6.66 the number of the Feast
Scarfing food is going on tonight
This can't go on I must just order slaw..
Can this still be real,oh my god they have ice cream!!
But I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes
They seem to mesmerise me ... can't avoid their fries
$6.66 the number of the Feast
$6.66 the one for you and me...
I'm coming back I will return
And I'll possess more dollars and I'll make you learn...
I have the fire I have the force..
I have the power to make my hunger take it's course...- riddlebox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6This is just awesome!
- kfsutops, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Yeap. Just made my morning.
- eliezersilver, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I love you
- bundwallah, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Fantastic! More more!!
- Tobark, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1See below...
- EricAnderton, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Fantastic Parody. I can hear Bruce singing those lines now...
- manofdestiny, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Excellent!
- renesimone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You are King..... LOL, "Burgers blazed and sacred fries were praised" has to go down as a classic...
- tazz93, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You kick ass.
- Twenty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I just had to sing it out loud, but I couldn't get past "oh my god, they have ice cream!"
Kick ass. - malloc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Awesome
- Pheobus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Awesome
- mehgahurtz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2A+++++ WOULD READ AGAIN!!!
- tmanaussie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Clever! More of this on digg please. Well done.
- jasz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaszed/916779519/
- deathcow84, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2digging down anyone who dislikes Maiden... and ColonelJessup, that was great
- yingjai, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11The name Burger King only reminds me of the stupid game they released. Man that was hilarious.
- wolfebyte, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I'm more scared of those commercials.. "Waking up with the King"..
for some reason, those commercials are very, very disturbing.. ;-)- negativefx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1you mean the THREE stupid games they released.
- wolfebyte, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I'm more scared of those commercials.. "Waking up with the King"..
- matthewt243, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0They've been DRM free via p2p for years!
- Sabretou, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4"Iron Maiden can't be sought. Iron Maiden can't be fought."
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1But Iron Maiden can be bought. I thought that band was supposed to be hardcore. Why are they tarnishing their image with such tawdry mass marketing? What sellouts.
- Optimaximal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I think it's more that EMI are doing the promotion and Iron Maiden just happens to be signed to one of their labels. I doubt some EMI suit coralled Steve, Bruce and the lads in a BK restaurant and asked their opinion and approval on the matter.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If a band works for a label that drags them through the mud it's not the label that looks bad. If a hard rock band is content being associated with a hamburger restaurant then they are sellouts. If a band is content with a record label that does this on their behalf then they are obviously doing what they do for the money.
- Optimaximal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I think it's more that EMI are doing the promotion and Iron Maiden just happens to be signed to one of their labels. I doubt some EMI suit coralled Steve, Bruce and the lads in a BK restaurant and asked their opinion and approval on the matter.
- stubadub, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Iron Maiden has been around for more than 30 years. If they decide that they are willing to have their music given away at this point who the ***** cares? It's not like they are using their music to try and sell you a volvo. They are using burgers to give away their music.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2They could give they music away without hamburgers. Don't think for a second that this isn't directly profitable for Iron Maiden.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1But Iron Maiden can be bought. I thought that band was supposed to be hardcore. Why are they tarnishing their image with such tawdry mass marketing? What sellouts.
- imnojezus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Uh... ok.... that's kind of a weird marketing channel for music... but hey, whatever gets legal, DRM free tracks out there. GO EMI!
- Jem2768, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2What's the story here? Is it that BK are giving the tracks away? Cos didn't the entire EMI catalog go DRM free on iTunes Plus some time back anyway?
Could be wrong... can't check at the moment so preparing to be dugg down... - scottdaddy22, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0One of the best decisions that Burger King has ever made...well since the whopper, haha.
Bryan
http://www.racinsite.com - CASTOFF, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3i quess youre not a fan of paul dianno the original singer eh !!!!!!
- TRUEPATRIOT, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2is burger king trying to become a retail store and a fast food restaurant? first they made games and sold them in store now music o_O.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Obviously their food isn't compelling enough to bring in customers so they have to bribe people with toys.
- Hacbarton, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Funny how Corinne Bailey Rae is the only person worth the trouble.
- haggie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1She is just the most recent artist of a very talentless group.
I wouldn't make the effort to rip a fart to get a CBR track.
- haggie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1She is just the most recent artist of a very talentless group.
- shorty9, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hmmm, this is a tasty burger! WTG Iron Maiden:
http://www.hooqs.com/iron-maiden/17021,20783 - stubear, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2And it begins...I said, long ago, to those who oft cried "music was made before copyright", to which I I replied "yes, but they were backed by wealthy patrons". Now music seems to have come full circle again and it's going to be backed by corporate sponsorship. There are two problems that I immediately see coming from this new found source of funding for the arts:
1) Corporate sponsors have to answer to the public. When music is released that the embers of the public doesn't like, they will threaten the corporate sponsor with a boycott of their goods and/or services. Once burned, twice shy. Hooray for corporate sponsored mediocrity.
2) Nothing in this world is free. You pay for everything with something, even if it's not money. "...from a campaign website" should read "...from an information gathering revenue machine". Do you think that corporations are going to be altruistic and just hand over a music file like that without collecting market data that they can use and/or sell to third parties? If you believe the music is truly free then I have some beach front property in Arizona I'd LOVE to sell you.- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You're right. I'm sure you can't get your download unless you sign up, create an account, and give them your personal info. No doubt this info will be sold to marketing firms.
However there's tons of free stuff you can get in this world, and most of it is accessible via the internet. Freeware software costs people time and effort to create but rarely costs the end user anything (except a computer and internet connection). - Vlatro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I would argue that music the last 100 years has also been backed by corporate sponsorship. It's very hard to make a decent living without record studio contracts, publishing services, booking services, advertising and radio exposure. That is unless you don't mind playing the same bar every couple of days. The corporations who sponsor music usually find bands that fit a target demographic and market exclusively to them. Others use a variety of artists with different sounds so if you don't like one band/album, odds are they have another you will.
Aside from that, I think the success of a great hit song far outweighs the failure of a bad song, since no one will listen to the bad one. Most corporations are very good at evaluating risk and balancing it accordingly. As such, you're concerns about the sponsors accountability are moot. Even if there were a huge scandal, in marketing we say "There's no such thing as bad PR". In fact scandals are more often than not Free PR!
Rather than asking, "will corporate sponsorship hurt the sponsor", we should be more concerned with "Will corporate sponsorship hurt the music?" I would argue that it already has. The selection of artists and genres is pretty bland amongst the top 25 record studios. They like to follow the tried and true, cookie-cutter formulas for a successful album. Innovation suffers because of this. Clear Channel Radio owns and operates 85% of all radio stations in the US. If you've ever driven across country with the radio on, you realize the exact same programming is syndicated across the whole country, and the selection is not nearly as diverse as one may think. Not only are all the stations the same (except fro local news and DJ's), but the same 25-30 songs just repeat over and over. I think any move away from that is good.
I would also argue that Burger King's sponsorship of these bands is no different from advertising on the radio, when the songs (provided for "free") are used to draw people into the advertisers business.- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Will corporate sponsorship hurt the music?"
2 words - Pepsi Spears
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Will corporate sponsorship hurt the music?"
- dude187, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Hooray for corporate sponsored mediocrity."
You must not listen to any RIAA backed music if you think thats *not* the current norm...
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You're right. I'm sure you can't get your download unless you sign up, create an account, and give them your personal info. No doubt this info will be sold to marketing firms.
- Lasereth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Dugg because the Burger King mascot is freaking hilarious/scary.
- mbthompson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Iron Maiden? Sign me up!
- metalgod79, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Run To The Hills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Run For Your Life!!!, never have those words been more true then right now
- trenchcoat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Up the Irons.
- Vlatro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11If Iron Maiden is going to "Fast Food Marketing", at least give us Eddie toys in the kid's meals. I'd buy dozens of those.
- lysdexia, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2The final proof that some - ahem - 'artists' do not give two ***** either way about anything other than their pocket.
Burger King - how rock 'n roll... - shanevendrell, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7from bill and ted:
king: "put them in the iron maiden"
b&T "excellent!" *air guitar solo*
king: "execute them."
b&T: "bogus!" - celestial, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2metal in your mouth!!!!!!
- kungfumaniac, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Burgers and classic metal.
Why didn't I think of this? - dstz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Crisis ? What Crisis ?
- JohnQPrivate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Waiting for "the Eddie meets the Burger King" commercial.
The Burger King is still creepier. - Fhwqhgads, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Maiden rules!
Gods among men. - astrotrain, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Next...Iron Maiden music reduced to CD singles in Themed Kids Meals at Burger King:
Speaker: May I take your order?
Driver: I would like a whopper, fries, and oh yeah do you have the "Eddie as Burger King" kids meal this week?
Speaker: No, we have the "Eddie as The President" meal this week.
Driver: "Oh good our kids don't have that CD yet... I'll take two of those kids meals then"
Speaker: Drive around please. - Tobark, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12The Trooper
(aka The old Man of the Lunch Hour)
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You'll take my fries but I'll take yours too
You'll fire katsup but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the snack attack
You'd better order there's no turning back.
The fry bell sounds and the charge begins
But on this order line no one wins
The smell of fryer smoke and old men's breath
No apple pie means certian death..
Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhhhh oh oh ohhhhhhhhhh
Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhhhh oh oh ohhhhhhhhhh
Old man sweats, with hunger we break to run
With the sound of dropping burger buns..
And as we race towards the cash machine
The screams of pain , oh god my burger is green!!
Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhhhh oh oh ohhhhhhhhhh
Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhhhh oh oh ohhhhhhhhhh
We hurdle shake cups that lay on the ground
And the old man fires another round
He can't hear , so we move closer still
If he screws my order Ill just have to kill
We get so close near enough to fight
When the old man gets me in his sights
He pushes buttons and I feel the blow
He dropped my onion rings on the ground below.
And as I lay there gazing at this guy
My body's numb and my throat is dry..
"You forgot my soda" , I begin to moan
Without a tear I draw my parting groan...- Vlatro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Encore:
I want to hear "Run to the grills" and "2 minutes till French fries".
- Vlatro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Encore:
- Typhoon2009, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Sellin them burgers and takin' their gold, employing the young and employing the ooooooollllld
Run to the kiiiiiing! Ruuun foooor youuur foooooood! - HappyScrappy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Note that EMI DRM-free tracks also appear on the iTunes Music Store. So you don't have to go out of your way to get these.
Personally, I buy my DRM-free content on plastic discs at Target on sale. - AgentHatchet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2My selective reading had me wondering how Iron Man could possibly go DRM free, then I realized I can't read.
- dude187, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1EMI is looking better and better. They are one label that knows how to survive in the digital age, unlike the dinosaur that is Sony. I expect to see them on top of the game before too long, time to start buying EMI stock!
- haggie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1If its AAC, they can shove their second-rate and has-been music tracks right back up their asses. If it ain't MP3, IT IS DRM.
- haggie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1BK can offer these specific free tracks because these artists are all working at their local BK drive-thru.
- omnithought, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ok, now they need a new mascot...Eddie dressed up as the King!
Wait I think someone beat me to it:
http://www.atwmusic.com/20410.gif - CASTOFF, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0will the iron maiden songs be with the original singer paul dianno?
- swgc5, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Dugg for Maiden, Up the Irons!
- Hamsterpotpies, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10_o
- Danjamin, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1iron maiden fans are all 35 year old dorks or teenaged kids.
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