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Originally Posted by Terrapin_Station
No, I wasn't being sarcastic at all. Part of it is that I have extremely broad tastes and I'm fairly easy to please. I truly like most music at least a bit. But even being pickier, so that it would exclude the vast majority of stuff on commercial radio, say, I can easily find plenty of newly-released music every year that I like a lot. It's just that it's extremely rare for me to find something that I like as much as my favorite artists, most of whom were well-established by the 70s.
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I think discovering music now is different then discovering music when I was younger. When I was younger I only had a few albums and I played them over and over till I got tired of them. Then I put them away until I was in the mood to listen to them. I knew them backwards forwards and upside-down. Now if I find something I like I play it a few times, but I move on to discover new music. If anything, I usually find myself a particular song I really like, and vaguely knowing the rest of their music.
I think it takes time to find the right artist and explore music, imo. Then it take time for their music kinda to sink in become a favorite artist. Time doesn't matter when the music was made. Time only matters when you are listening to your favorite music.
Anyway, I thought I share my circa 70s/pre-70s artist and my post-70s artist I really like. Tell me what you think, does the
circa 70s/pre 70s artists crush the post-70s artists, or are they on the same level music-wise? You be the judge.
circa 70s/pre 70s artists:
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Jim Croce - Photographs and Memories
Post-70s artists:
The Actual Tigers - Testimony
Gregory and the Hawk - Oats We Sow
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Originally Posted by mord
Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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