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Firstly, when most people who have been waiting for Fucked Music (for YEARS, mind you) find out that it is going to finally be given to them by Be, they are more than happy to become more active here and make a few posts and whatnot. I mean, this is an album that they thought they would never get. It's minimal effort for a treasured item. NOT a big deal, you dig?
Yeah, I dig. I understand that many people have been waiting for years for Fucked Music - I should know, because I am also one of those people. It's not like I did a google search on PM Dawn last week, found this forum, and then thought to myself "Cool, they're giving away free CD's! I'm always down for getting some free music!" Like I said before, I am a true lifelong fan of PM Dawn, and just because I don't post regularly on a message board does not make me any less of a fan than you or anyone else here (no, I'm not saying that you said that in your post, but I felt that needed to be said anyway). You're right though, you don't know me, so I should probably share a little background about me, and why I care so much PM Dawn and potentially listening to Fucked Music. I'm a former college basketball player, and unfortunately, my senior season was cut short by a congential heart abnormality. After spending a long time in the hospital wondering whether or not I would live or die, and truly almost giving up on everything, it was my collection PM Dawn CD's that gave me, what I felt, was divine inspiration to fight through all of the tests, treatments, and uncertainty about my future to keep fighting no matter what. Even though it was five years ago last January, I can still remember the sound of the lyrics of "Faith in You" playing in my beat-up Sony Walkman (sorry if this all sounds cheesy, but I'm trying to keep it as real as possible),
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People have given him too much shit about this in the past, and I for the most part kept my mouth shut 'cause I understood the frustration people felt, but this is by far THE most ridiculous complaint I've heard yet here. Life is give and take, man. You give, and you get to take. Hardly anything in life is free. And for the chance to obtain a copy of Fucked, being a part of a cool community is a very very small price to pay. In my opinion, it's nothing but win-win. So please don't bitch anymore.
That's pretty harsh. Where in my previous post was I giving anyone any shit? I didn't feel that my last post was ridiculous or insulting to anyone. When I said in my last post, "rules are rules" - that wasn't said sarcastically...the rules are in place for a reason, and I 100% respect that. But yes, I was frustrated, because I feared at the time that I could possibly miss out AGAIN on the opportunity of a lifetime to get to listen to this album. So when I read your initial post that said "That's a privilege that, at the moment, is only for people who've posted a little more than you have" I initially felt like this message board was like an "inner circle" that I would have to work my way into in order to prove my worthiness as a true PM Dawn fan. It's entirely my fault that I made that misinterpretation, and for that I am sincerely sorry.