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| Monsieur |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 06:27:42
I realize I am not that enthusiastic about music anymore. I still enjoy listening to my records and do it all the time. But I don't really feel like discovering new artists anymore. My last attempt was Laurie Anderson (thx apl) and I liked it a lot, but it is not exactly music, it's more like art in general.
I used to spend hours at the record store, during my highschool years. Those days are over. I still read a lot, though, and my interest in other forms of art, like painting or film, has not decreased that significantly.
Has this happened to other forum members, while getting in their more mature years (I'm 24)? Is it really a problem? Is this due to my growing up, or is it that the music is just too bad these days? |
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| The Champ |
Posted - 08/02/2004 : 17:26:17
Im so sick of whats new im looking to whats old, sometimes very old to find good songs, most of my music is 80's or older. |
| The Champ |
Posted - 08/02/2004 : 17:25:26
I would say that the quality of music has gone down alot over the past 10 years, this is most apparent i think in the pop culture scene, none of its good at all. Their are good bands that are not well known tho. I think this is why the pixies are having so much success , because they dont have much compition. |
| KimStanleyRobinson |
Posted - 08/02/2004 : 13:43:18
Not to resurrect a dead topic, but this from The Onion applies here:
CLEVELAND, OH—Sam Powers' lifelong passion for music ended this past weekend, when the 35-year-old camera-store assistant manager realized that he no longer derives pleasure from listening to and acquiring new music.
Above: Powers, who no longer has strong feelings for music, enjoys a quiet evening alone. "It's always sad when something you thought would last forever ends, but I simply don't have the energy to put into it anymore," Powers said Monday. "I'll always love music, but it's not going to be at the center of my life anymore. My priorities have changed, I guess."
Powers said he realized the love affair, which began in 1979 when his brother introduced him to the first Van Halen album, was over Saturday. While preparing spaghetti at his home, Powers chose silence over a TV On The Radio album his friend had burned him.
"Last week, my buddy went to see this band, but I just didn't feel like going out that night," Powers said. "I started to listen to their album, and even though it really seemed like my type of music—well, I didn't know any of the songs. I was just about to put Beck on when I realized that I'd rather be alone with my thoughts.'"
"Look," Powers added, holding the fingers of his right hand aloft. "My nails used to be worn to the quick from peeling off CD seals. Look at them now. I'm gonna have to use clippers."
While he said he will miss the deep bonds forged during a lengthy relationship based on respect and admiration, Powers declared the painful decision final.
"Things were running on autopilot for the past few years," Powers said, pulling a copy of the 1982 X album Under The Big Black Sun from his shelf and staring at it. "I went through the motions for a while—buying a few CDs off the critics' year-end lists and making it out to a show here and there. But really, that rush I used to feel was gone."
Powers said it was during the mid-'90s that his longtime flirtation with music developed into a serious involvement with the post-punk scene, one that some say bordered on obsession.
"If he wasn't at a show or a record store, he was at home listening to music," friend Keith Tellingham said. "Music and Sam were inseparable. He always had a CD player on him. You couldn't be around him for more than five minutes without him bringing up music. Man, he had it bad. I still remember the glow on his face at the Shellac/Tar/Six Finger Satellite show a decade ago."
In spite of reports like Tellingham's, Powers said he is now secure enough in his musical tastes to not need to chase down new bands like he did when he was younger.
"When I was 22, I felt I needed to find out who was out there and experiment with all different kinds of music," Powers said. "But I just don't have the stamina for that now. I can't get up the energy to seek it out anymore. I'd rather just listen to the bands I already know. If that, even."
As recently as 1996, Powers could express some familiarity with nearly every popular recording artist. Today, he draws a blank when asked to recall any current Top 10 single.
"The type is so tiny on these charts," Powers said. "What's 'Los Lonely Boys'? Are they like Los Lobos? What's with the 'Los'? 'Hoobastank'? Jesus. Probably some shit punk-metal band, right? No, on second thought, don't tell me. I don't even want to know."
Longtime friend Dean Halperin said that it was Powers' own refusal to commit sufficient time and energy to music that destroyed what was once a rewarding part of his life.
"This was a guy who was front and center for every important show in Cleveland," Halperin said. "During the Crooked Fingers concert I dragged him out to last January, Sam just sat at the back of the room wearing earplugs! I even caught him watching the infomercial airing above the bar. It's too bad that it ended this way, but it's hard to feel sorry for the guy. He just wasn't committed."
Powers' breakup with music dismayed and perplexed Michael Chaudhary, singer and lead guitarist for Same Four Guys, a local band Powers saw occasionally during the past several years.
"Fuck [Powers]," Chaudhary said. "What does he think? That he can drop me from his life, just like that? I should've known he was never going to get serious about being our fan. If he was, he would've done the right thing and bought one of our T-shirts a long time ago."
http://www.onion.com/news/index.php?issue=4030&n=3
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| VoVat |
Posted - 07/12/2004 : 11:01:00
I make good shit every time I sit on the can!
Seriously, I think it would be cool to be able to make my own music, but I have neither the skill nor the talent. Not that there aren't plenty of professional musicians out there who lack these things as well, but there's enough bad music without my contributing even more.
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 07/12/2004 : 09:49:43
i've gone through periods of not liking any new music, but have found it's just one of those things... then you suddenly hear about a band, check out a few songs, and hey presto, you have a new fave band and about 10 albums you now need to own... plus new bands come out who are pretty darn good. admittedly the kind of bands i like seem to be getting harder to find, but they're still out there, making good shit. anyone who says music has been uninteresting or boring or lame for the last however long needs to get out there a bit more and try discovering some decent shit. or heck, if it's that bad, get out there and make some good shit yourself!
And it's hard to be a human being, and it's harder as anything else, and I'm lonesome when you're around, and I'm never lonesome when I'm by myself, and I miss you when you're around. |
| Monsieur |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 15:02:42
Fuck you, Dr Simon ! ( )
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 14:51:21
quote:
Originally posted by Monsieur
PS : I see there has been a little argument about derailing topics here. Come on guys, you don't want me to post another topic about puppies and flowers, do you?
Hey, that wasn't you! Don't try to take the credit away from a great Frenchman, Monsieur.
Man, I miss Adnan...
Kind regards,
Dr. Simon
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| ShakeyShake |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 14:28:01
I'm not tired of music as is,I'm tired of music nowadays,there seem to be very few new bands that i can get into,but there's a whole world of older music for me to discover
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| floop |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 14:24:06
i would say music is an even bigger part of my life now. i've always been a music fan. but now that i'm older and have a job, i can actually afford to go to concerts / buy cd's etc.. it's not as often that i'm completely swept away by a band (like, in my more impressionable late-teens etc..), but it's still just as big a part of my life. i'm constantly listening to music and most of my friends are pretty big musical people.
"without music life would be a mistake" -nietzsche
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| Monsieur |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 14:07:07
PS : I see there has been a little argument about derailing topics here. Come on guys, you don't want me to post another topic about puppies and flowers, do you? |
| Monsieur |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 14:02:44
Hey, I didn't know so many of you would answer to my thread. Funny how you guys translated "tired of music" by "tired of life"...
Actually, I am not depressed at all, I was coming back from the beach when I posted that (I came back home only today), and had played tennis for 4 hours that day, so I was feeling really well. And it's not only the fact that I don't find "new stuff" that is weird, it's the fact that music doesn't play the same role in my life as before.
I guess I have to replace it in its context: since my childhood I had been really passionate about music (though I don't play any instruments). During high-school years, with a couple of friends, it was a way of distinguishing ourselves from the others, who didn't know who was David Byrne etc. At the age of 20, I realized I was almost exclusively with people who had more than 500 records in their collection, despising everyone, and I also realized that these friends were not that good after all. Today, I have many new friends who don't know shit about music, but who like litterature like me, or who share the same passion about the Nordic countries etc.
I am sorry to disappoint you people, but many of you are sometimes a little bit like these friends I used to have, and very often, music = name dropping. I'm not only talking about "indie" bands here. Come on, there is music outside this tiny world : I don't know much about jazz, but I think that the contribution of Bach, Mozart, Stockhausen or Mahler (name dropping again) is way more significant than that of Weezer (sorry HPM).
In fact, it's that attitude of compiling the records and finding obscure bands from the 60s or the hype bands from the 2000s that I can't stand anymore. The joy I once felt when listening to a new record is slowly going away.
Nietzsche (once my favorite philosopher) said that "without music, life would be an error". I am not that sure about it anymore... |
| VoVat |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 13:08:56
I'm not tired of music at all, but I sometimes worry that I'm stuck in a musical rut, and only listening to the same few bands. I haven't really discovered any new (whether in the sense of "new to me" or "new to existence") bands as of late. I also don't really have the money to buy albums by a lot of different bands, though.
As for the nonsense, I'm generally for it. I'd say there are different types of nonsense, some being fun and some being more annoying, but I realize the difference can be subtle. I can see how it would be frustrating for a thread you really care about to get a lot of replies that have nothing to do with the subject, but my own take is that off-topic replies are better than NO replies (unless it gets to the point where they make the thread hard to read, but I don't think that's happened on this particular thread). Besides, if a thread is kept alive with nonsense, more people might notice it and add on-topic replies. That's less likely to happen if the thread has been inactive for a long time. It's not like someone posting something that doesn't relate to the topic means no one else can make on-topic replies. I agree with what SpudBoy says about "re-railing," as well as about not turning forum threads into chat sessions. To me, the important issue isn't whether something is on-topic or makes sense as much as whether more than one or two other people are going to be interested in reading it. I understand that the moderators don't necessarily agree with me, but that's just my take on the situation.
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
| vigorstrength |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 10:28:52
27 and still lovin' music with the help of pitchforkmedia. Just download the best new music from Soulseek, and if you like it, by the album.
There is so much interesting, new music out there.
Rock: Muse, AC Newman, Mirah, Polyphonic Spree
Folk: Damien Rice, Sufjan Stevens, Loretta Lynn, Iron and Wine, M.Ward
Retro: Strokes, Velvet Revolver, Kings of Leon
Electro: Max Richter, Ulrich Schnauss
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www.againandagain.net - dynamic acoustic rock |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 05:08:02
What a great song. That alone affirms my faith in music.
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| LUTINS |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 05:02:51
I am tired of sex
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| n/a |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 04:55:47
coolio hoolio.... no ill will... all is good.... I love music today
Frank Black ate my Hamster
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 07/11/2004 : 03:26:00
I can understand yes. I just like to be silly. I'm a silly sausage. Or a "silly fucking sausage".
I just don't understand why Jim had to try and pick a fight about it. If he had a problem, he could have mailed me. I don't want to come here and fight.
I just wanna get along, I just wanna get along.
Anyway, I am listening to The Shins at the moment, so music just seems as great as ever to me right now.
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| TheCroutonFuton |
Posted - 07/10/2004 : 23:24:30
quote:
Originally posted by Tre
Threads get derailed.. it happens... it's fb.net not the UN guys... lighten up!
Hahaha, yeah, I know. I think it's just been the horrid amount of derailments and/or the huge amount of SPAM that has been getting to me. It's just so hard to have a serious conversation on this forum anymore. Anyone else notice that? Whenever a serious topic comes up it's quickly transformed into "harmless funniness". Haha, "transformed"...I make it seem like some type of genetic mutation. THE THREADS ARE TRANSFORMING! RUN! RUN!!
Again, the SPAM is annoying me like nothing else. "Try the new clear seal paint!" "We lay one horse per bet!" "Want your song on a record label?" "Check out my band. I'm not going to bother posting here but we need a larger fanbase...so..uh..here you go!"
Can you atleast understand our frustration and not take it as personal "fucking rudeness"?
"Freedom is a state of mind and the condition and position of your ass. Free your mind and your ass will follow." - Funkadelic |
| TheCroutonFuton |
Posted - 07/10/2004 : 23:08:04
Haha, I didn't try to be an asshole about it. I added the "bloody" for good fun and then felt that I added to the de-railment which is why I made my second comment. Didn't mean any harm. So I'm not sure what your "couldn't resist, could you?" comment was for. It was absolutely nothing personal despite what you think.
Ah, and now to post something on topic: I don't think I've ever grown old of music. Certain bands, yes. (ie: Weezer...I grew tired of them rather quickly.) But not "music" as a whole. I don't know what I'd do if I got sick of it...Because that's probably the most important thing in my life right now, to tell you the truth. If I'm not playing music I'm listening to it.
"Freedom is a state of mind and the condition and position of your ass. Free your mind and your ass will follow." - Funkadelic |
| betty |
Posted - 07/10/2004 : 21:19:07
i would wake you right up!
first, i'd encourage the inhalation of intoxicating vapours, then the the sailor songs would begin, and you'd be ensnared.
yup.
warm wishes and fond regards,
betty |
| SpudBoy |
Posted - 07/10/2004 : 07:55:00
Can we hit a happy medium? If the banter starts to read like an instant messaging session, hang back and take it to IM or email. If you are bothered by it, post something on topic. Try to re-rail the thread. I have at times both been annoyed by and contributed to the ugly signal to noise ratio here, but still come here for the insight and information first, witty remarks second.
So on that note, Another technique I have used to reinvigorate my passion for music is to mine old tapes, cds, vinyl, etc. Sometimes I run across things that I forgot I loved and get totally ramped up about it, and things like it, for the next 6 months. Then I burn out again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
*festoon* |
| n/a |
Posted - 07/10/2004 : 03:56:45
gee the immeasurable guilt of having a bit of a laugh is unbearable, oh the weight on my shoulders is crushing it really is....
Maybe it has annoyed you guys but it was just a bit of harmless funniness, and I was quite amused by it. I think both of you are just a mite fucking rude with your responses to be honest with you, I don't see the need to diverge from what was just banter to self righteous verbal abuse!
Threads get derailed.. it happens... it's fb.net not the UN guys... lighten up!
Frank Black ate my Hamster
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| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 07/10/2004 : 02:51:14
Homer, El Barto, I love you both... I reccomend you both delete your replies... do we need more negativity in this life?
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 07/10/2004 : 01:31:23
quote:
Originally posted by El Barto
Why do you guys have to fucking derail another thread with your stupid bullshit? Seriously? Make your own thread for your shit, it's getting old.
I guess I just wasn't made for these times.
What the fuck is your problem Jim? Anyone else you would like to have a go at this month? And don't repeat what you just already put, there's more to this than that. A lot of people have stuck up for you lately so show some fucking respect.
Why do all the arguments on this forum usually invole you? Time to have a look at yourself I think. Long and hard. Most people like to come here and get along with others, despite what slightly annoying traits they may have. They don't start having a go about it. Your out of order. Simple as.
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| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 22:14:07
I go through long phases... right now I couldn't be more into music if you shoved it up my ass
Phases man, phases... you never know what lies ahead.
Fuck me.
suce ma bite enculé de ta merehehehahhahehehaha |
| Opaque |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 20:49:39
Seems like I never get tired of music...
"My primitive words match my primitive heart..." - Mercury Rev |
| TheCroutonFuton |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 20:33:06
quote:
Originally posted by El Barto
Why do you guys have to fucking derail another thread with your stupid bullshit? Seriously? Make your own thread for your shit, it's getting old.
I guess I just wasn't made for these times.
Thankyou Jim. That's what my comment was for too, although now I feel like I just added to it.
"Freedom is a state of mind and the condition and position of your ass. Free your mind and your ass will follow." - Funkadelic |
| SpudBoy |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 20:20:33
Ok so back to the topic at the masthead, similar to other posters I have found that when I get exhausted it usually means that I am sifting through the slag at the bottom of a single genre-heap, or have burned out my sources of information.
Just the other day I found three great blues singers that are not nearly respected enough in the American blues pantheon - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, Big Jay McNeely, and Big Maybelle. Why do they all have "Big" in their name? Pure coincidence, I assure you.
Jason: If you want to try Cuban music, I highly recommend the Buena Vista Socail Club album as an introduction. Top notch.
In any case, divert yourself from your furrow. Sometimes the walls get so high you forget you're down in a rut, since you can't see anything else.
*festoon* |
| El Barto |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 20:13:02
Why do you guys have to fucking derail another thread with your stupid bullshit? Seriously? Make your own thread for your shit, it's getting old.
I guess I just wasn't made for these times. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 17:48:03
I know. No fucking need for that.
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| n/a |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 17:47:40
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
*holds up handbag*
Frank Black ate my Hamster
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| TheCroutonFuton |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 17:43:47
Shut the bloody fucking up?
"Freedom is a state of mind and the condition and position of your ass. Free your mind and your ass will follow." - Funkadelic |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 17:39:55
Smart bloody Alec.
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| n/a |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 17:37:26
clever bloody dick
Frank Black ate my Hamster
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 07/09/2004 : 17:26:15
Roots bloody roots.
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