The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language (Oct 14, 2022) Album • Page 266

So so so fucking dumb, genuinely don't understand this at all.

 

He should focus on adding a new album to streaming!

 

Don't give a f, just want new music

 

Should focus on finally getting out that Drive Like I Do album!

 

Really hope this long time away Matty's kept healthy and the band has been able to produce some bangers

 

Not a 1975 guy (I know I know, I'm sorry) but saw the situation going around and thought it was an interesting conversation.

I personally think it's dumb, just because he doesn't care for the song himself he just wants to remove it from fan access to a complete project from years ago at this point. Even if this song might not be the most beloved of theirs by the fanbase, it just sets a bad precedent for the future. Think of how many other songs by other artists/bands that are some of their most popular that the artist/band themselves despise. If anything it's a point towards piracy.

At the very least this should be a good compromise, he can still have the "integrity" of how he feels the album should be now while still giving fans the option to have the song they've had access to for years

 

ok matty put down “Human Too” and pick up “Be My Mistake” man just trust me man

 

Hate the execution of this, but I’m in line with his least favorites lol.

(Also second the Be My Mistake lmao)

 

Be My Mistake might be their worst song. That or People because it's aged like absolute shit.

 

Feels like it was a PR move because I’ve seen it posted by so many different places.

 

I do think this is a possibility, he loves to stir shit up before a release cycle.

 

I'm guessing we get some new music news before the end of the year.

 

I’d love to hear some news about music/touring. I heard a while back something about them not having anything planned for 2026 and I really hope that’s not true.

 

I know the boys make a decent amount of money from streaming, and probably have a decent amount saved off, but it would be kinda wild to stay outta the game for that long and no new revenue coming in.

 

How many times has this been teased? I’m not convinced this’ll ever happen lol

 

Maybe he just recognized that it’s a stronger album without “Human Too” there. They must have always known on some level, it was the only song that was basically never played live. They even played the Christmas carol!

I’m generally supportive of artists doing what they want with their music. I think it would be cool for them to have it listed as a bside/single somewhere if they’re comfortable with people accessing the song.

 

Will never understand the "Be My Mistake" slander

 

I don't particularly like the idea that we've accepted the new contract that if you stream music you lose the permanence of it. It should go the other way with a streaming service: changes mean you can have different versions of albums. Remasters/remixes/resequencing -- this is so much easier to push out to the masses by just adding a new version. A collection with both the OG and a remix/remaster makes sense. Lord knows how many versions of Beatles albums/songs I have here, let alone all the new remasters (or full recordings) of scene classics.

But I don't like that things can go away. A song being removed - forever - at the core, kind of sucks, and breaks a long standing idea of why I love albums as a full statement. It's a minor issue, finding the song, downloading it, adding it back, takes very little time. (But means I'm probably pirating something for a service I pay for, and it adds friction, etc.)

This makes a strong case for why physical media still is important. If I own a digital version of ET and all of a sudden all the guns become walkie talkies ... that's ... just annoying? I dunno. I'm cool with changes to albums, their art, how they want it to exist, but would make the argument it should be next to, not instead of. I still want the OG Star Wars and it can sit next to the changed versions. Removing songs years later, changing mixes and not leaving the originals, things like that ... it just feels worse. Like my relationship with the album and the music isn't really mine. And with every single artist making their album release posts with "It's yours now!" statements, I feel ... conflicted. Is it? Or can the album go away at a moment's notice? Can songs be removed? Can what I fell in love with be changed? Just because streaming as a medium lets this be possible I think is kind of a net negative.

tl;dr: Let us have both. Even just for archivist reasons.

 

That’s what I said Jason

 

But you're just a man in a costume.

 

I actually agree that Human Too is the weakest track on the album and the album would be better without it, but I don’t like this.

 

simultaneously happy that my vinyl has Human Too but also kind of wish it wasn't on there as it's probably the weakest track they ever put out

 

While I would never give The 1975 my money, this is another clear win for team Physical Media.

 

Maybe it was Taylor’s favorite song off that album?