Comments on: Are you happy? http://www.visitthesaint.com/2006/10/18/are-you-happy/ Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Saint http://www.visitthesaint.com/2006/10/18/are-you-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-101 The Saint Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:51:28 +0000 http://www.visitthesaint.com/blog/?p=78#comment-101 I definitely agree with you about the concept of an album. Less than 13% of all the music I own (about 2150 tracks) are tracks that are just on there own, not accompanied by the album they were released with. If I find myself hitting the skip button it's generally done numerous times as it is because I don't feel like listening to the album right now. I picked stand out tracks because I suck about talking critically about music. I can tell you I like this, I don't like that, I like this more, but you have to press hard to get me to be able to make those this' and that's to be specific parts of music as opposed to the example I will give and then let you infer what I am talking about. My comment about picking the stand out tracks by listening to a few seconds isn't exactly literal. Off the top of my head, I can't tell you the track list of The Fragile or Make Yourself (two of my favorite albums), but when I am actually listening to them I can know what the opening beat is for the next song when one ends. I have a terrible memory, but very good recall when prompted. So as I listen to a few seconds, I can pull back what I was thinking when I was initially listening to the song. I could very easily have named half the songs off each album, but I had to stop somewhere. So don't take too much offense about the lack of Rocky Raccoon and Revolution #1. But seriously, The White Album is 30 tracks long, you want to try naming 6 tracks and not feel like you left something off? Hendrix is amazing, I own Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Electric Ladyland, and a bunch of other assorted tracks. Feel free to recommend other bands I "need" to listen to. Worst case, I already know they are awesome. I definitely agree with you about the concept of an album. Less than 13% of all the music I own (about 2150 tracks) are tracks that are just on there own, not accompanied by the album they were released with. If I find myself hitting the skip button it’s generally done numerous times as it is because I don’t feel like listening to the album right now.

I picked stand out tracks because I suck about talking critically about music. I can tell you I like this, I don’t like that, I like this more, but you have to press hard to get me to be able to make those this’ and that’s to be specific parts of music as opposed to the example I will give and then let you infer what I am talking about. My comment about picking the stand out tracks by listening to a few seconds isn’t exactly literal. Off the top of my head, I can’t tell you the track list of The Fragile or Make Yourself (two of my favorite albums), but when I am actually listening to them I can know what the opening beat is for the next song when one ends. I have a terrible memory, but very good recall when prompted. So as I listen to a few seconds, I can pull back what I was thinking when I was initially listening to the song.

I could very easily have named half the songs off each album, but I had to stop somewhere. So don’t take too much offense about the lack of Rocky Raccoon and Revolution #1. But seriously, The White Album is 30 tracks long, you want to try naming 6 tracks and not feel like you left something off?

Hendrix is amazing, I own Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Electric Ladyland, and a bunch of other assorted tracks. Feel free to recommend other bands I “need” to listen to. Worst case, I already know they are awesome.

]]> By: joepro http://www.visitthesaint.com/2006/10/18/are-you-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-100 joepro Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:50:41 +0000 http://www.visitthesaint.com/blog/?p=78#comment-100 That's cool that you like Jimi. Here's a new band for you <a href="www.myspace.com/thruitall" rel="nofollow">www.myspace.com/thruitall</a> ltr That’s cool that you like Jimi. Here’s a new band for you

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]]> By: joepro http://www.visitthesaint.com/2006/10/18/are-you-happy/comment-page-1/#comment-99 joepro Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:49:57 +0000 http://www.visitthesaint.com/blog/?p=78#comment-99 I think this is some of the greatest music ever. The four "albums" you mentioned are four of the greatest albums ever, imo. I put albums in quotes, because you just don't hear the word used much any more, although you said it first, which was encouraging to me. In my time, albums were black vinyl with a cardboard case, period. Then came cd's, but they are still albums to me. These four that you mentioned are meant to be listened from beginning to end. Each one tells a story, has a common theme, is an entity unto itself. You do these albums a little bit of injustice by breaking them down into individual songs. I know that's normal, but you are missing the whole hippie thing or whatever you call it by just sitting there in your bedroom with a bunch of friends hanging out and not hitting the fast forward skip button one time, the entire hour or so. They don't put songs like "Revolution #9" on an album hoping that it will become a hit song on the pop charts. (I can't believe you did not mention Revolution #1 or Rocky Raccoon from the white album.) Regardless, I'm glad you are listening to the beatles, they really did pave the way in the industry, and they never sold out their music for corporate profit. May I also recommend you listen to literally all the rock music put out between 1967-1975, the golden era of rock imo. Jimi Hendrix was around for like three years, yet put out some of the most amazing music we will ever know, including covers of beatles songs. Put Jimi's "Are You Experienced?" on your listening list. I think this is some of the greatest music ever. The four “albums” you mentioned are four of the greatest albums ever, imo. I put albums in quotes, because you just don’t hear the word used much any more, although you said it first, which was encouraging to me. In my time, albums were black vinyl with a cardboard case, period. Then came cd’s, but they are still albums to me.

These four that you mentioned are meant to be listened from beginning to end. Each one tells a story, has a common theme, is an entity unto itself. You do these albums a little bit of injustice by breaking them down into individual songs. I know that’s normal, but you are missing the whole hippie thing or whatever you call it by just sitting there in your bedroom with a bunch of friends hanging out and not hitting the fast forward skip button one time, the entire hour or so. They don’t put songs like “Revolution #9″ on an album hoping that it will become a hit song on the pop charts. (I can’t believe you did not mention Revolution #1 or Rocky Raccoon from the white album.) Regardless, I’m glad you are listening to the beatles, they really did pave the way in the industry, and they never sold out their music for corporate profit. May I also recommend you listen to literally all the rock music put out between 1967-1975, the golden era of rock imo. Jimi Hendrix was around for like three years, yet put out some of the most amazing music we will ever know, including covers of beatles songs. Put Jimi’s “Are You Experienced?” on your listening list.

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