alexis
I'll Be On My Way
Posts: 447
|
Post by alexis on Mar 13, 2008 15:16:43 GMT
I've found recently that when I listen to new albums, it takes me 3 or 4 or more listens to decide what I really like or not. This includes Paul McCartney albums most recent x 2. What prompted this thread is that I bought the newest "Fountains of Wayne" album ("Traffic and Weather"), and though it didn't knock me off my feet, I remember feeling the same way when I first listened to their last album ("Welcome Interstate Managers"), which has turned into one of my favorite. I don't know if it just takes me a while to warm up to new good music, or if I am just able to become "accustomed" to bad music
|
|
|
Post by The End on Mar 13, 2008 20:20:47 GMT
I must admit that due to the nature of how we listen to music, i.e. it's WAY too easy to skip a track, songs often don't get the opportunity to grow on me! In the old days of vinyl, it was more convenient to listen to a whole album so certain songs did get that opportunity.
However, nowadays music has to be a lot more instantaneous - if I don't like an album on the first listen I will very likely not listen to it again! I'll cherry-pick the best tracks for my iPod and then it will be filed away!
|
|
alexis
I'll Be On My Way
Posts: 447
|
Post by alexis on Mar 14, 2008 3:17:17 GMT
I must admit that due to the nature of how we listen to music, i.e. it's WAY too easy to skip a track, songs often don't get the opportunity to grow on me! In the old days of vinyl, it was more convenient to listen to a whole album so certain songs did get that opportunity. However, nowadays music has to be a lot more instantaneous - if I don't like an album on the first listen I will very likely not listen to it again! I'll cherry-pick the best tracks for my iPod and then it will be filed away! Nice insight, TheEnd, about how technology is shaping our listening choices. Luckily, I don't use an iPod. I do my listening to new music on car CDs. I make myself, if not listen to the whole track the first one or two times I hear it, at least go back to it a few times before I condemn it. Still, it's hard, and I think I'm losing the discipline to do that
|
|
|
Post by harihead on Mar 14, 2008 13:48:13 GMT
I don't own an Ipod either, so I tend to listen to the whole album. My criteria is usually: If it catches me on the first listen with some song or songs I can't live without, or if it just completely blows me away, I buy it. If not, I give it a pass. I tend to listen to music for a mood, and I haven't the interest in creating my own list of random songs to create a mood.
The exception is if I'm in collecting mode, and I want to get all the albums (or the major ones) of a certain artist. Then I will listen to the album at least twice to get a feel for it. I have to admit I have warmed to many songs this way, but I don't think that's "usual". I think for most people, myself included, the artist pretty much gets one chance to knock me off my feet.
It's the same with books. First the cover has to get you to even pick it up and open it, then the first page has to grab you. If you aren't hooked then, you usually don't buy it. It's a tough world out in the creative marketplace!
|
|
|
Post by The End on Mar 14, 2008 14:02:06 GMT
I have made compilations (or mix tapes as they're now known!) all my life - going right back to the age of 6 when I made audio tapes of my favourite songs using a small hand-held microphone to record tracks from the tv and radio! Since then, only the technology has changed - I went from tape, to CD, to mini-disc to iPod. And whereas in the old days it would take the best part of a day to select the appropriate tracks to fill a C90 tape, now it just takes a few minutes to make a "playlist" on iTunes. I am very digital!
|
|
|
Post by the carnabys on Mar 26, 2008 16:26:20 GMT
Good subject. But everyone album is different for me.
Recently picked up quite a lot of album (old'uns) through recommendations and enjoyed them all straight away.
One of my favourite albums of all time is The La's by The La's but back when I bought it, I really sturggled to get into it. Put it back up on me shelf and left it be for months.
Eventually when I went back to it, I loved it.
more recently, I've purchased all the John Power albums and again, find it move--ya-feet, catchy rock n roll and got into it straight away.
It all depends. I think top music shines through straight away. Only exception was the La's.
|
|