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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: albums, albums, where are you? |
| Date | Tue, 9 Dec 2003 15:29:09 -0500 |
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Oh yeah, Remain In Light...
I think the advent of the CD player changed listening behavior toward
hopping from song to song. In the vinyl age, I rarely picked up the needle
once a side began. The CD made it easy to skip the track you didn't care
for, and then to go one further and program for yourself.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Groove Disques" <info@groovedisques.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:50 AM
Subject: Re: albums, albums, where are you?
> I consider myself a subscriber to short-attention span theater, but you
may
> take the cake, Jim K:) Plenty of great *albums* have been made since the
> days of the Beatles. I won't further "correct" you on the particular
Beatles
> albums that people pointed out, but a few of the great, cohesive albums
that
> I've loved over the last 25 years include Talking Heads' Fear of Music,
Sam
> Phillips' Martinis and Bikinis, Paul Simon's Rhythm of the Saints, Elvis
> Costello and the Attractions' Imperial Bedroom, blah blah blah. I think
> people often look for some grand "concept" album to satisfy the concept of
> an album, but I would argue that's not necessarily the point.
>
> Jim
> http://www.groovedisques.com
>
>
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