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I can't believe I'm just now reading (and downloading) this. I feel like a bad fan. I know what I'm listening to on the way to work in the morning
Did anybody ever determine the origin/reason why Too Happy To Be Alive leaked ages ago if it was part of this collection?
Quote from: Weemo on December 02, 2014, 02:20:17 PMDid anybody ever determine the origin/reason why Too Happy To Be Alive leaked ages ago if it was part of this collection?I can't remember which forum it came from (maybe the HIM section of Bam's forum) but I recall somebody in another band that was friends with or touring with HIM had it given to them and somehow it wound up in one of the member's hands. Not sure if it was intentional or a laptop got stolen. There was much drama about it when it first appeared. Only 30 or so seconds was initially uploaded and caused an uproar of begging. The guy who had it decided the beggars didn't deserve it and wouldn't share. He later posted the full song but intentionally messed up the quality. Finally one of the few people who were sent the file ended up passing it to the rest of us.I recall this because it was my first run in with annoying hoarders who would rather keep everything for themselves to enjoy some ridiculous sense of superiority instead of sharing with the community. So for my first post here I'd like to give a big fuck you to the people who had this for years and kept it to themselves.
Ville doesn't like these demos, so he doesn't want them released. This is why the few who did have them didn't share them with everyone. It's not about being elitist, it was about helping protect the band's wishes.
I think Ville's stance on his demos is probably the reason why we don't get a lot of those from the remasters. While we think they're awesome, he probably feels that they're inferior to the finished product. I have no real idea, but it's just a thought.
Quote from: Jay on December 24, 2014, 04:46:29 PMI think Ville's stance on his demos is probably the reason why we don't get a lot of those from the remasters. While we think they're awesome, he probably feels that they're inferior to the finished product. I have no real idea, but it's just a thought.i think his vocals are inferior to 2011, and everything before that, but doesn't stop him from butchering his songs throughout the year.
Jealous? Goodness, that would imply that I too want to be a hoarding ass with a superiority complex who has no love for the community. No thank you. If I had stuff everyone else didn't have access to, I would gladly share it. I'll never be jealous of that mentality. But enough of that. Why wasn't this included in the with the remastered set?! I'll never understand why bands don't take the opportunity to monetize stuff like this that fans crave so much.
Haha what? So assuming there was ever a chance it was going to see an official release, you know without a doubt that will never happen due to a leak? And somehow that all ties in with keeping the files to yourself? Whatever you say, man. Why don't you leak the high quality files now since you're certain the band will never put them out and that was your only reason to hold on to them?
You missed my point, friend. I'm saying it is hypocritical to declare you care so much about the band and their wishes to not have these demos out there while hanging on to the tracks yourself. If it's really all about respecting the band, you would have deleted your copies of the demos as well. The only exception would be if the band directly gave the tracks to you and for you only. In which case I'd say the band is being hypocritical then haha.