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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 3, 2008 20:50:22 GMT 2
God damn I hate not being able to write full sentences in the subject headings. Gah.
Anyway, ahem, "will there ever be an album that will make it into your canon list of favourites?" That's what that's supposed to say.
Let me explain; I put on Prince's "Symbol" album for the first time in a while, and I knew every word, every chord change, every "oooh", every rap, every guitar solo and horn segment, and, for anyone that's heard it can testify, it's a very "busy" album, so that's quite a feat.
We've all got albums like this; one's we've listened to for years, often on repeat, and every word is somehow burned into our sub-conscious.
But will there ever be records like that again in our lives?
I still buy albums, still listen to them and still enjoy them - but I can't imagine there ever being a record that I will know every single second of, the way I do with the above mentioned Prince album. Hell, sometimes I can like an album but not actually know what any of the songs are called. Maybe it's the ever increasing throwaway nature of music, that songs are listened to more in Ipod format than they are conventional records. Maybe we've got too much going on in our lives now than to sit and listen to something for 60 minutes. Myspace, Youtube, PS3, MTV.. there's a never ending list of things trying to grab our vital seconds of free time.
Does anyone else worry about this, that perhaps they've "peaked" with their musical loves, and any future sounds won't ever break into our Favourite Albums.. Ever lists?
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Post by trashcanman on Dec 5, 2008 2:40:08 GMT 2
No. When I was younger, I seldom got to buy music and finding the good stuff was a challenge so I listened to the hell out every album I got and worshipped them. "Toys in the Attic", "Sailing the Seas of Cheese", "Rage Agains the Machine", "Use Your Illusion", "Plastic Surgery Disasters", "Van Halen"; I never get sick of that stuff. But now there is a whole world of music on the internet and I have an income but less free time so music is more accessible and therefore less special and religious for me. My appetite is still as veracious, but individual albums will never get the attention they used to when I was young.
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Post by Ben on Dec 8, 2008 22:59:32 GMT 2
There are so many old releases I have yet to discover I don't think I'll run out of potential favorites any time soon. New releases that become favorites of mine are few and far between, but I do still find one every once in a while (though the last one I can think of that truly blew me away was over a year ago). So no, I don't worry that I've peaked with my musical loves, but it is depressing when I discover a great band and end up buying their entire discography... and then there's nothing left to look forward to from that band.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 9, 2008 0:42:07 GMT 2
What I hate is when I "peak" too soon with a band/artist.
Take Bowie, for instance. The very first album I bought of his was Hunky Dory, and I loved it like a son. So much so that I decided to buy his entire back (and future) catalogue - and not one fucking album is as good as that one.
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Post by Ben on Dec 11, 2008 6:07:47 GMT 2
You're telling me. I try to avoid buying an artist's "classic" album first for that very reason.
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Post by pauless on Dec 12, 2008 16:31:40 GMT 2
You can come close. I recently bought 'Sacred Songs' by Daryl Hall and Robert Fripp and it's gone straight into my top-twenty. Whether anything could encroach into the sacrosanct top 10 is doubtful for the reason Trashie gave. When you're younger, you're nowhere near as critical and having a lot less money means you tend to cherish more the little you do have. If that makes any sense.
I'm not gonna post too much about music in the Fortress. From what I've seen so far, you're all in the dark ages and are obviously quite content with your lot. (!)
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Post by trashcanmna on Dec 12, 2008 23:26:36 GMT 2
Well with a smug attitude like that, you've got to drop that top ten now, Paul. And don't strain yourself trying to come up with the most obscure pub bands from around the block that nobody else has heard of either. I mean your REAL top ten. Don't give me that "I've been listening to Skanky Pete and the Dodeca Spunk Band since I was 10 years old. 'Sundrain Viscocity' changed my life" crap. If listening to every genre of music (including several that don't even have names) without spending time analyzing whether a given artist is obscure, opaque, or boring enough to meet some indecipherable hipster defininition of "cool" is living in the dark ages, then color me better then content. Now, this list of yours....
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Post by trashcanman on Dec 12, 2008 23:30:21 GMT 2
Misspelling my own (fake) name. Bad news. For some reason, I was somehow signed out when I posted that. [shrugs]
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 13, 2008 13:37:18 GMT 2
Hmmm, it appears we have a wannabe faker on our hands. Which would be interesting (I've had LOTS of fun pretending to be established posters on other boards - ask me about it another time), but it seems this one is a little on the moronic side.
It's bad enough you don't have the post count, the avatar or even the writing style of Trashy, but to spell his fucking NAME wrong spells instant fail.
F for effort, dummy.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 13, 2008 13:38:15 GMT 2
You can come close. I recently bought 'Sacred Songs' by Daryl Hall and Robert Fripp and it's gone straight into my top-twenty. Whether anything could encroach into the sacrosanct top 10 is doubtful for the reason Trashie gave. When you're younger, you're nowhere near as critical and having a lot less money means you tend to cherish more the little you do have. If that makes any sense. I'm not gonna post too much about music in the Fortress. From what I've seen so far, you're all in the dark ages and are obviously quite content with your lot. (!) Oh-ho - strong words, there Paul. The Curmudgeon in the DARK AGES when it comes to music?! Explain! |
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Post by trashcanman on Dec 13, 2008 22:15:02 GMT 2
Oh, that actually was me, C. I typed it up and posted and it asked me for my name which I misspelled like a dumbass because I was in WTF mode. I must have been signed out somehow and showed up as a guest so I couldn't fix it. Shoot, my writing style is schizophrenic anyways, like my speech patterns. It varies widely depending on my mood. In that case, moronic and snarky seems to have been my mood. I still want to see the top 10 of such an enlightened music fan.
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Post by InvisibleWolfMan on Dec 14, 2008 11:35:23 GMT 2
I've been debating whether or not to join in on this thread ONLY because I can recall quite a few albums from start to finish. I'm gonna pick the ones that come to mind WITHOUT looking through my collection. I'll try to avoid the ones that have already been mentioned like Prince's "Symbol" album or Primus' "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese." Here goes:  From beginning to end it has a death grip on my memory and eardrums. It is useless to resist the power of the darkside...  My FAVORITE Bon Scott -era album, bar none. From the opening of ROCK 'N ROLL DAMNATION to the end of KICKED IN THE TEETH this album actually lives up to its name! Try going to the gym with this album cranked to Mach Q levels and you'll know what I mean...  Listened to this album and watched the movie to DEATH with my aunt, bless her heart for introducing me to his music, who was a big Prince Fan all the way up until his BATMAN soundtrack (oh well, it was good while it lasted). I posted a BIG picture because dammit, I listened to it on LP the most!  To be honest, I can sing along to all of his albums all the way up to BAD HAIR DAY with NO TROUBLES but I picked this one because it was THE FIRST album of his as well as the first one I ever purchased. It also was responsible for me listening to Dr. Demento on the radio...  This album to this day is still on FIRE it's so damn good. Between Steven Tyler, Bon Scott and Brian Johnson it's no wonder I prefer to "screach" along to a powerful tune rather that "sing." Take that, disgruntled neighbors!  Another 80's soundtrack to another 80's movie that my aunt, God bless her heart, introduced me to and allow me to listen to the music and watch the film TO DEATH. Seriously.  Another 80's soundtrack to another 80's movie that my MOM (Aunt?!? what aunt?), God bless/damn her Christian /Satanic heart, introduced me to and allowed/forced me to listen to the music and watch the film TO DEATH. As you can see, I have a love/hate relationship with this. I'm not the HUGEST fan of country music and it still puzzles me to this very day how my mother, religiously strict as she was, would allow/subject me to an endless onslaught of repeat viewings/listenings of a movie about singing prostitutes.  Either my aunt or my uncle introduced me to Van Halen and this was on HEAVY rotation when it hit. Like PURPLE RAIN, the LP suffered heavy usage.  Another 80's soundtrack to another 80's movie that my MOM (Aunt?!? what aunt?), God bless her Christian /Satanic heart, actually PURCHASED for me. Once again, exposing me to sexual themes was George Micheal's I WANT YOUR SEX Part II and never forcing me to stop it no matter how much I played it. Another LP on heavy rotation.  Another 80's soundtrack to another 80's movie that I (Aunt?!? Mom?!? What Aunt? Whose Mom?), actually PURCHASED for myself. Ironically, my mom took me to see this flick at the local DRIVE-IN. What was it with my mom and R-rated movies being flashed before my young eyes?!? It boggles the mind!  I remember it clearly because about 1 hour BEFORE it started we were driving home from a meal out during a HAIL STORM. It quit about a half hour before the movie began and my mom was like "Let's go to the drive-in!" I used to give her a LOT of flack for being strict while she was still alive, but man....when I think back on it she was cooler than I allowed myself to think. Oh...that's my chosen few. How's 'bout YOU?!??  |
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Post by trashcanman on Dec 15, 2008 12:20:23 GMT 2
Really, this should be a topic unto itself. I have no permanent top ten, but off the top of my head I'll add these to the 6 others I listed since Wolfie asked.  Perfectly encompassed my personal feelings at the time. Still does.  Okay, crummy cover; but changed the way I look at music about 15 seconds after I put it into my CD player.  Just unbelievable from start to finish. If I attempt to elaborate, I'll be here all night.  An obvious pick, but this literally did change the way I look at music. I didn't like it at first. Not loud enough. But I probably owe my diverse tastes to this and "Houses of the Holy". Rock albums that subversively introduce you to ten or so other genres and make you fall in love with them without you realizing it. The greatest gift of all. This isn't so much my top ten as ten of my top 50 or so. There are just too many to name and ranking them is tantamount to rating your children against one another. Just not right. |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 15, 2008 17:00:16 GMT 2
Nice backstories with the album's there, Wolfman. You're right Trashy, (when you can spell your own damn name right - I thought we had a faker in our midst. It's an old trick I used to do a lot), this should be a topic all on its own. Well, we can make this thread for both.
Interesting fact - when the Video Nasties scare hit the UK and hundreds of horror films were banned, the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas was banned simply because of its title. The idiots didn't even watch it.
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Post by pauless on Dec 16, 2008 4:40:17 GMT 2
I got 2 vast Listmania's up, if you really want to check out the music that I'm crazed about. A warning Trashie; there are bands there called Crispy Ambulance, Au Pairs, the Pop Group, the Membranes, Doll by Doll, Section 25, Lilliput, the Wake, Artery, Jazzateers, Durutti Column, Penetration, Young Marble Giants, Wild Swans and Felt among others. If you're honestly infuriated by edgy psychedelia, perhaps, for the sake of your blood pressure, you shouldn't venture down there.
That Van Halen sleeve is something else again....
On reflection, though I didn't expect either of you to take it seriously, that post was a bit flippant, so I probably deserved the reaction.
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I remember it clearly because about 1 hour BEFORE it started we were driving home from a meal out during a HAIL STORM. It quit about a half hour before the movie began and my mom was like "Let's go to the drive-in!" I used to give her a LOT of flack for being strict while she was still alive, but man....when I think back on it she was cooler than I allowed myself to think. 
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