You can go to You Tube. It's not great quality but at least you get to hear how it sounds and how you can still compare it to Dylan's original (shorter and not as repetetive)?
If you have the album, but don't have the song, what's being assumed is that you did not purchase the work legally. Not to be a pain in the ass, and not intending to lecture you, but ripping off whole albums of official releases is kind of bad juju. Slowly but surely over many years, and more to come, I'm collecting all the official Queen related releases I want. It takes time, and patience and dedication, and yes, actual money that can't then be spent on something else. To me it's about respect for the artist and gratitude for the music, which is a huge force in my life. If you want to sample and listen, there's stuff all over YouTube. If you want the pride of ownership, that should be earned. I have this battle with my 14 year old son all the time. His (your) generation have no real reason to think twice about it so you kind of have to push yourself to a place that is not instinctive because it means giving up some self interest. You talked about downloading 'The Unblinking Eye' too. If you're a fan of Taylor's, I don't think consistently helping yourself to his music is the best expression of that. Just something to think about. My apologies in advance if I've called this wrong.
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If you have the album, but don't have the song, what's being assumed is that you did not purchase the work legally. Not to be a pain in the ass, and not intending to lecture you, but ripping off whole albums of official releases is kind of bad juju. Slowly but surely over many years, and more to come, I'm collecting all the official Queen related releases I want. It takes time, and patience and dedication, and yes, actual money that can't then be spent on something else. To me it's about respect for the artist and gratitude for the music, which is a huge force in my life. If you want to sample and listen, there's stuff all over YouTube. If you want the pride of ownership, that should be earned. I have this battle with my 14 year old son all the time. His (your) generation have no real reason to think twice about it so you kind of have to push yourself to a place that is not instinctive because it means giving up some self interest. You talked about downloading 'The Unblinking Eye' too. If you're a fan of Taylor's, I don't think consistently helping yourself to his music is the best expression of that. Just something to think about. My apologies in advance if I've called this wrong.
I do understand exactly 100% with what you are saying: But here's the hitch: When I meant downloading, I purchased MP3 files (legally) off of amazon ("Buy the Mp3 album for $7.99"). So I legally bought/downloaded the album. Unfortunately, I didn't get "Masters Of War." If I were to re-do it, it would cost 99 cents. So It's like I'm ripping myself off a dollar (I paid the $7.99 but didn't get a song= see the equation)!
As for The Unblinking Eye, I found it on "4shared." BTW I never download whole albums, just single songs.
Amazon is amazing. They should run the world. I get Amazon stuff in my mailbox and it's like waaah? Turns out I'm ordering it in an hour. I'm sure they'll sort it out for you.
