moonchildhippy
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Posted: July 25 2009, 19:24 |
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| Quote (Inkanta @ July 24 2009, 11:26) | | If I really like an artist, I buy the new work, but not out of a sense of obligation. I buy it because I seldom can/will listen to an entire work ahead of time, so I wouldn't know if I liked it or not until completely/properly listening. If I buy something that I cannot connect to but have liked other works by the artist in the past, I give it another go. If to my ears the stuff keeps getting worse and worse, I walk away. I could have walked away from MO after EM but hoped for the best the next time. EM just wasn't/isn't why I listen to Mike. He wouldn't have lost me on L+S because there is stuff on there that I actually like and it is fun. And because I played it a fair amount when it was new, it is tangled in with some nice memories of that time, so playing it every now and then conjures up those, as well. |
I think listening to a work ahead of time, somewhat spoils the anticipation. I am sometimes tempted, I maybe listen to an odd track, but to hear the whole album spoils it. The last artist i did hear ahead of time was the new release from Eminem, Iron Maiden had an album out the same day, and so did Queen and Paul Rodgers, or was that the week before. I haven't bought any of those albums, but only due to lack of funds  . OK boot me off the board as I like Eminem, I'm not into Rap on the whole, but I do like Eminem, I know the lyris to "Stan" has brought a tear to my eye. I know if it's an artist/group i really like I prefer to own the bought copy, not that I've worked out how to download music. I've paid for an odd track here or there, if it's a track i like, or if it's download only.
Inkanta I have to agree with you on L&S, I'm not into dance type music in a big way, but I immediately identified with "First Steps" , yes i do agree L&S is fun  I must admit I haven't played it for a while, maybe it's about time I gave it a spin, and yes there's some good memories, I know I worked bloody hard to get that album, I had to loose so many lbs before I would allow myself to buy it, and I bought it the day it came out  .
Just thinking maybe it's time to put L&S to use whilst i excersise. Oh yes recently got back into the fitness thing, yes I've been giving myself a good beasting (army terminology for physical training), and my fella is an ex soldier.
Yes there's some albums that get worse and worse, Guns N Roses "Appetite For Destruction" was one of them, I loved it when i was 18/19, but heard it in '97 and I'd gone off it. One album i liked,then the casette was lost in a move, I ended up rediscovering was Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust", yes I have to admit I like Ziggy more now than I did when i first owned it.
I think L&S and Ziggy ould be on the playlist later  .
Oh yes my musical tastes are quite diverse, the only music i cannot stand is Country and Western, I only like it when the Rolling Stones parody it as in "Country Honk" form "Let It Bleed " album. Speaking of musi, watching some of the BBC Prom tonight and had Gustav Holsts "The Planet Suite" on, I haven't heard it in it's entirity for 30 years or so, I loved Mars, and Jupiter, so much of it was familiar, it's like an old long lost friend, i must go out and buy it.
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yes, the act of doing something out of 'obligation' as opposed to inspiration has long fascinated me. I would go so far as to say that if our sense of obligation becomes a dominant motivation in life, then it will jar the body's natural flow, to the extent we can get ill. True. That's my theory anyway.