Number 1 is done on purpose mate, it's so you can't record the music, believe it or not, in these days of internet downloads!
But i agree with everything you say, and would just like to add my own pet hate.
When you're sitting on the bus and some dirty cunt gets on behind you opens a pack of sweets or crisps and starts eating them very loudly! (you know, chomp chomp smack smack chomp) I swear i'll kill the next cunt who does that to me. I just hate bad manners completely.
