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Burning Down · 06-11-2010, 05:04 PM

I like to listen to mainstream artists, but I dig deep into their catalogues to find the stuff that's not played on the radio. Album cuts (or whatever you'd like to call them) are generally better in my opinion - they're usually more genuine because the artist or band is not making the song to fit the cookie-cutter standards of a radio hit. For example, from REM's album Out of Time, I much prefer the album cut "Texarkana" over the poppy cheesy-ness that is "Shiny Happy People." Even the band stopped playing this one live during the Monster tour in 1994 and haven't played it live since then.

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Over the past couple of years I've gotten more into classical and jazz, both of which are FAR from mainstream. Of course there's the more popular classical music from Beethoven, Mozart, et al, and the more popular jazz musicians like Coltrane or Davis.

I still like mainstream music, but I think people should learn to enjoy the deeper cuts and less popular stuff as well.

06-11-2010, 05:04 PM	#30 (permalink)
Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	I like to listen to mainstream artists, but I dig deep into their catalogues to find the stuff that's not played on the radio. Album cuts (or whatever you'd like to call them) are generally better in my opinion - they're usually more genuine because the artist or band is not making the song to fit the cookie-cutter standards of a radio hit. For example, from REM's album Out of Time, I much prefer the album cut "Texarkana" over the poppy cheesy-ness that is "Shiny Happy People." Even the band stopped playing this one live during the Monster tour in 1994 and haven't played it live since then. versus Over the past couple of years I've gotten more into classical and jazz, both of which are FAR from mainstream. Of course there's the more popular classical music from Beethoven, Mozart, et al, and the more popular jazz musicians like Coltrane or Davis. I still like mainstream music, but I think people should learn to enjoy the deeper cuts and less popular stuff as well.