MaDöner Kebab 6,862 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 So, as some of you know, I'm a bit of an OCD fan. I like my digital collection to be as complete, orderly and neat as possible. Everything was fine until a few days ago when this monstrosity has decided to infest my library: I use iTunes Match, meaning that everything I rip and then upload to my iTunes library will be uploaded into my personal cloud UNLESS it matches a release that is available on iTunes/Apple Music. In that case, the music will be playable regardless but won't take up space on my cloud. I don't need an Apple Music subscription to be able to play the album. In normal cases, if I don't have the songs downloaded to my device, I should be able to play the entirety of my library on my device as long as I'm connected to WiFi. However, it seems that Like a Prayer is the exception here. Weirdly enough...I am able to klick on shuffle and the album will play just fine and the tracks show the original cover. If I try to klick on an individual track, this bullshit appears: I have already tried removing it and re-adding it but this shit keeps happening. I even have the option "Show Apple Music" turned off. What the fuck is going on???? Is anyone else encountering the same issue? I hate the 30th anniversary cover too. I don't want it to show up in my library! :( I DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF THE POINTLESS 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF LIKE A PRAYER! anton5000, Cyberraga, Nahual and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Prayer 14,272 Posted May 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2023 What can I say. Anything iTunes Match, Cloud and Apple Music sync related is doomed from the start. That's what we got from Apple being in a hurry and trying to bring out their streaming service as soon as possible to compete with Spotify. They used all the back end Match and iTunes system so all kind of s**t goes on in the background and it's all based on a late 00s system... iTunes and iTunes Match. That's why the iTunes Store is still going on, by the way (and the pennies they do with it). I've been purchasing music on iTunes from years and years - I still do sometimes when I want to support the artist, since they got more with sales than streaming or if I want to edit the metadata, I'm very picky with titles and stuff. I decided to try Apple Music once and sync my own library with the service and it was SUCH A MESS that I decided I would never do that again. Apple Music is good if you use it just a streaming service right from the start and don't mix with your own music. If this is the only issue you've found so far you're lucky! Most people get live tracks matched with album tracks, album tracks matched with live tracks, explicit versions changed for the clean versions and all kinds of trouble. RebelHeartbreak, bertrand, clkelley39 and 7 others 6 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDöner Kebab 6,862 Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 Okay but can we talk about the pointlessness of all those random "anniversary editions" they released before they decided to go with the actual singles? I want them to be removed IMMEDIATELY. BuggedOut and luluthecat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prayer 14,272 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, MPowered said: Okay but can we talk about the pointlessness of all those random "anniversary editions" they released before they decided to go with the actual singles? I want them to be removed ENTIRELY. "Like A Prayer" 30th was a test! Released in March 2019, and only on streaming (not available for purchasing) was kind of a test between Madonna and Warner to see how things worked and if they got good results. A year later they started with the old digital singles releases and the deal was properly announced in August 2021. So without "LAP" 30th maybe we wouldn't have had anything else later. I agree it's a bad release. Only worth it for "Supernatural" on streaming. MaDöner Kebab, Donna, Aaron Evans and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendanlovesu1 11,875 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 MPowered I love you but I can't see the screenshots you powsted. clicking on the link's doesn't do anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathproof 10,555 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Just replace the cover with the one you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDöner Kebab 6,862 Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 1 hour ago, deathproof said: Just replace the cover with the one you want I tried that several times but it keeps showing the ugly 30th anniversary cover. I don't know what kind of inception shit this is but it's very strange! Blue Jean, luluthecat and Ayham 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtg1987 10,150 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 You need to get out more ….. 😱😂 Honey Little and addictedsober 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongIslandTea 1,584 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartineX 569 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Android does it better, i.put everything i want, than i have an APP to.play it, and dont need to BE online, and synch stuff...10 080 audio files ony phone nito84bcn and Would You Like To Try 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,903 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Rename your Like a Prayer to “Like a prayer (Original)” or something. That should fix it. Or “WAV”. Something to differentiate it. Hopefully they will rename the 30th to Like a Prayer 30th sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Would You Like To Try 8,310 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Wait you can replace album covers on apple music and itunes collection? I WANT THAT FEATURE NOW TELL ME HOW That means i can have my Hollywood DIY single with the cover art on Itunes! RUADJAI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUADJAI 14,903 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, Would You Like To Try said: Wait you can replace album covers on apple music and itunes collection? I WANT THAT FEATURE NOW TELL ME HOW That means i can have my Hollywood DIY single with the cover art on Itunes! Right click baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Would You Like To Try 8,310 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 1 minute ago, RUADJAI said: Right click baby THANK YOU,you are a blessing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nahual 599 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 I avoid this problem simply by not using Apple Music or any streaming services in general. nito84bcn, clkelley39, Blue Jean and 3 others 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna 16,097 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Yeah, I refuse to buy into Apple music. Ever since (and even before), they try to take control of your music (and playlists) even after you buy. I used to have many playlists created on Itunes, but after an update some months back, they all have been removed. These are playlist I curated myself with the music I obtain outside of Itunes along with what I purchased through them. The only music that remains for me on Itunes is the music I actually bought from Itunes. And it seems I have to keep re-downloading them after every freaking major update they make. Prayer, Arckangel, dylanlioncourt and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDRA 4,222 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 2 hours ago, RUADJAI said: Right click baby Time to close this broke ass ask jeeves thread. A. A. Aardvark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Aardvark 4,826 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Titling is everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOpher 897 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 First world problems thisisyuri, nito84bcn, Would You Like To Try and 4 others 1 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDöner Kebab 6,862 Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 Ngl some of these comments are killing me. I obviously wasn’t 100% serious but I needed a place to vent. Fortunately, after the 4th deletion and re-synchronisation I managed to fix it. Lord knows why it even got messed up in the first place… BuggedOut, Would You Like To Try and Prayer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addictedsober 1,074 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 i wanna know if the people complaining about album covers actually look at the pic while listening to the music some people really need to get out more <3 Would You Like To Try, wtg1987, TOpher and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prayer 14,272 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, addictedsober said: i wanna know if the people complaining about album covers actually look at the pic while listening to the music some people really need to get out more <3 Excuse me? I do that all the time Aiwa08, BuggedOut, itzjak and 5 others 3 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayham 5,471 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 TRUE BLUE 35th anniversary entered the chat. Prayer, TOpher, Cyberraga and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jean 15,103 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 I tried Apple music years ago and had similar problems. They are shit. Spotify is also shit for uploading songs that aren't in their database. Very glitchy. The best streaming service is YouTube music. You can upload anything you want with whatever cover you want and your uploads are always available to stream on your phone or computer no matter where you are. It is not perfect, for eg the uploads are kept in a seperate section of your library which might be annoying for your OCD. But you can at least include them in a playlist along with everything else. Also if you want lossless quality sadly you'd have to stick with Apple as Youtube music doesn't offer that. Still, I would recommend trying it out. I have tried all the streaming services and this one, whilst not perfect, fits my needs the best. I do miss having my whole library viewable the way it was on iTunes back in the day. But honestly, the convenience of being able to access my music on my phone from anywhere is just so good. MaDöner Kebab and Brandon Clark 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jean 15,103 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 And yes that Like a Prayer anniversary cover is just horrible. The tracklist is also tragic the way they skip certain songs and mess up the original album. If that album was "a test" then they failed. True Blue, despite the ugly cover, had a great track list. It would be great if they could re-do Like a Prayer more like that. MaDöner Kebab, BuggedOut and luluthecat 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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