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| From | PowerPop65@aol.com |
| Subject | Quality Vs. Repetition |
| Date | Fri, 18 Apr 2003 14:26:35 EDT |
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The "song you woke up with" thread got me to thinking about why it seems that
albums from my youth seem to hold up better, as a whole, than more recent
works.
My theory relates to repetition. Growing up I would get a limited number of
records and play the heck out of them. That's why, to this day, I can
remember all the words to every song from Off Broadway's-On, Cheap
Trick's-Heaven Tonight, Kiss'-Destroyer, etc. Now it seems that I have more
CDs than time to listen to them, so each gets less attention. More and more,
it seems that I have become more of a fan of particular songs as opposed to
entire albums.
This was tested recently with the new Joe Jackson album. I know reviews have
been split, but I think it's brilliant. The kicker though, is that for 2
days straight, it was the only CD I had with me in the car, and I did a lot
of driving for those days.
I guess this happens in radio every day. Anybody else have thoughts on this?
Fade,
Christopher
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