@kathartik: Cute, but two songs does not make a trend. Nickelback hate is bangwagon.
Most people that claim to dislike them haven't listened to anything besides two or three singles. Whether you like to admit it or not, their music satisfies a large niche.
Not your taste, fine. But this "mashup" illustrates little.
Also suspect: lyrics comprise a major component of pop music, something this supposed "example" colludes.
@senselocke: Well done. Time well spent. Thank you.
I am a fan of each example except Inner Party System, Head Automatica & V.A.S.T. which leads me to believe that I should perhaps check them out.
No, I wasn't trying to be an apologist for Erasure's songwriting. It's an acquired taste to be sure. But reading song lyrics a la poetry on a message board isn't exactly instructive to context or artistic merit. Seemingly nonsensical verses can still be compelling when put to complementary music.
That said, I have often found myself preferring their non-singles as compared to many of their commercial releases.
@senselocke: Yes, I am an Erasure fan. Yes, I will concede these aren't Andy's best lyrics. But seeing as you seem to have time on your hands perhaps you would like to share an example of "great" pop lyrics.
@youngluck: Yes but the finder is not personally responsible for the property. The owner is. Powell/Apple needed to be making the effort to locate it. Like noodleashy143 mentioned, MobileMe has the ability to direct the finder to the owner.
I made an effort and got 20 bucks from the woman when she came to my condo to retrieve the Blackberry.
But I wasn't going to bring it to her across the city in the middle of the night. In the end she got her phone back because she took responsibility and made the call. I wouldn't have Facebook'd her.
@Misfit110: I took the phone instead of leaving it with the taxi driver because really, what's the difference?
The driver could keep it just as easily as I could. I knew I would try to return it and that I would want someone to do the same in my position. Adding more people and variables into the mix just makes it less likely the object will come back to the owner.
I found a Blackberry on the weekend on the floor of a taxi. I even answered it when the owner called. But I didn't return it until the next day because I was drunk, tired and broke.
If she hadn't of phoned (I gave her my own number to reach me the next day) and the battery had drained down, I wouldn't have remembered anything about the contents of the phone such as names and numbers.
A remotely bricked phone...buddy didn't have a chance.
Yes, there were still ways of tracking down the owner, but what, realistically, short of keeping it as a curio, was the finder supposed to do that he didn't already try.
@Alternate: The 'Game Over' screen DOES NOT show Jesus on the cross. It only depicts the two criminals that were crucified on the same day. Jesus only appears on the cross between them if you "win".