Arghhhh!! I hate lyric web sites

[cg]

Filled with crap ring tone ads. Why are they all like that?? Drives me nuts!

[stuco]

Yep it's bs, there are some artist/band specific ones that don't have that crap.

[drewl]

Dang tell me about it!
I was trying to download a couple tabs today, and every time I clicked on the link it kept taking me to a "Chris Angel Mindfreak" promo...aaggghhhhh....

[Tricks]

Me too - drives me _u_king nuts!

[lhallam]

Everyone wants something for free. Do you think that hosting this stuff doesn't cost someone money?

[StompBoxBlues]

I only use them for lyrics I am really unsure of, and even then.
You quickly find lots of definite mistakes in the lyrics (either misheard, or taken directly from liner notes...but often the end lyrics change in the recording) and very quickly find out that for most or many songs, they ALL have the SAME version (the wrong one)...

For one thing, if I am learning lyrics, the absolute BEST start to memorizing, is the time spent looping, stopping, rewinding, leaning in to hear better, etc. trying to get all the lyrics, and then writing them down (or in a Word file). That to me is the real start of me learning the lyrics, because when you do have to really listen, you also often have to think in context... how likely is it the person just sang "the wily mermaid" or "the way we were made" in a song that otherwise is about people, and never mentions the sea or water? See...you start having to think about what the song is about.

I don't say I never use it, it is a quick and easy thing, but more and more nowdays they have so many ads, etc.

But while we are talking about "Do you think that hosting this stuff doesn't cost someone money?" let's keep in mind, their "worth" is from FREE LABOR, the labor of the rest of us, who go to the trouble of writing the lyrics down, believing we are sharing and helping our fellow musicians...the actual cost of hosting, I doubt is very high.

Most likely (since you find the same files everwhere) they first download another sites lyrics, then let folks correct or enter new lyrics, and then sell advertising.

[Scott Auld]

I only wish I had those lyric, chord and tab sheets, even with all the ads, when I was 16.

I find it hard to complain about the ringtone ads when I'm getting so much for so little.

[2HBStrat]

Wah, wah, wah! Those sites are still a HELL of a lot better than the old days sitting on the floor with a 45 record lifting the arm on the turntable after every line and hand writing the lyrics. Grow up, babies...

[Dexter.Sinister]

I understand your frustration, but you get what you pay for. Why not seek out the published books with the material you want so the artist and publisher get their due and you are spared the ads? Or write to the artist directly or their management to see if you can buy a set? I wrote to Blue Oyster Cult back in the 70s and they sent me a huge green computer print out with all their lyrics and a nice letter thanking me for supporting the band. How cool is that? Cemented my love for the band and I've been promoting them informally ever since.

DS

[StompBoxBlues]

Originally Posted by 2HBStrat

Wah, wah, wah! Those sites are still a HELL of a lot better than the old days sitting on the floor with a 45 record lifting the arm on the turntable after every line and hand writing the lyrics. Grow up, babies...

Nice...who's the real baby here, the pampered one that wants it all done for him, or the person that takes the time to write them down, learn them?

[Jahn]

try learning REM's "It the the of the World as we know it (and i feel fine)" by lifting the needle on vinyl again and again and again and again...you shall learn to appreciate the lyric web site, oh yes you will!

[jmecale72]

Originally Posted by 2HBStrat

Wah, wah, wah! Those sites are still a HELL of a lot better than the old days sitting on the floor with a 45 record lifting the arm on the turntable after every line and hand writing the lyrics. Grow up, babies...

It may be more convenient, but in the "old days" that method helped me learn and memorize the song that much better. Just sayin...

[Taller]

I use those sites occasionally, and I always run Adaware after I'm done. It never fails to detect spyware from surfing those sites.
Just sayin'.

[2HBStrat]

Originally Posted by jmecale72

It may be more convenient, but in the "old days" that method helped me learn and memorize the song that much better. Just sayin...

It might be hard to find 45's these days but you can still do it that way even with CD's or mp3's if you enjoy it so much...I don't...Just sayin'...

[cg]

let me clarify - I have no issue with ads, I just hate spyware infected pop up ads