Poll: Old or New? What do you listen to more and why? (funk, albums)

simplephysics · 03-08-2009, 12:31 PM

I really like the anticipation of new releases, and generally enjoy listening to music that emerged in the last 2 decades a bit more, but that doesn't mean I don't respect/enjoy/acknowledge music made before my lifetime.

Rainard Jalen · 03-08-2009, 12:31 PM

interesting how the live element is very important to some, and almost completely irrelevant to others.

i guess in many senses the essence of the musical experience is hearing and witnessing a live performance. myself, though, i prefer listening to recorded forms. interesting how people are so split on this matter.

Anteater · 03-08-2009, 12:34 PM

That's partly because (ticket-costs and money issues in general aside) some people are able to go out and see live performances of their favorite bands without too much of a hassle, while others can't go out to a live whenever they feel like it.

I hate this city!!! Bands never come here!!

swim · 03-08-2009, 12:36 PM

I feel your pain. It's a good hour plus drive whenever I go to a show. It's just way more fun than putting a record on. It's a different feeling and to me it's worth it.

jackhammer · 03-08-2009, 12:48 PM

I predominantly listen to older music. This is not because I think new music sucks. Far from it. I just seem to constantly find great albums that I have missed along the years. I have just checked my collection though and I have well over 100 albums from 2008 so I obviously do hear new albums.

Rainard Jalen · 03-08-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I predominantly listen to older music. This is not because I think new music sucks. Far from it. I just seem to constantly find great albums that I have missed along the years. I have just checked my collection though and I have well over 100 albums from 2008 so I obviously do hear new albums.

100 albums from 2008? Dude. You've got 280 albums from just Feb 09. Ah, but i guess many of those were probably old stuff.

jackhammer · 03-08-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

100 albums from 2008? Dude. You've got 280 albums from just Feb 09. Ah, but i guess many of those were probably old stuff.

yeah 200 were Frank Zappa and Tangerine Dream.

**Janszoon** · 03-08-2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

interesting how the live element is very important to some, and almost completely irrelevant to others.

I think I fall into the "almost completely irrelevant" category when it comes to live music. I like live music, but my most emotionally involving experiences with music are always with recorded music.

As far as what I listen to, I'd definitely say older. I listen to plenty of new music, but there's so much more music that's old compared to how much music is new it's hard for me to imagine how someone could focus so much on the narrow category of new music.

dac · 03-08-2009, 01:00 PM

I'm right down the middle. Both are great. People that say new stuff sucks and that it's just a rehash of stuff already done are idiots. They can't help the fact that they weren't born in 1950. Good music is good music, no matter what the year.

adidasss · 03-08-2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Lol; people who can't appreciate music from before 1980 need a nice kick in the back of the head, as most of what you guys seem to like/appreciate is either diluted, derivative of, or simply influenced heavily from what was done back in the late 60's and 70's anyway (across ALL genres), so what's stopping you from spelunking some and seeing what you might have missed?

Because new bands have improved upon it, not to mention the production which was non-existent then....

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ersonally, I'm also somewhere in the middle. I keep an eye what comes out regularly, but I don't make-believe that there isn't forty to fifty years of great music behind this generation either.

I don't either, I just don't like (almost) any of it...:\

03-08-2009, 12:36 PM	#14 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	I feel your pain. It's a good hour plus drive whenever I go to a show. It's just way more fun than putting a record on. It's a different feeling and to me it's worth it. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I predominantly listen to older music. This is not because I think new music sucks. Far from it. I just seem to constantly find great albums that I have missed along the years. I have just checked my collection though and I have well over 100 albums from 2008 so I obviously do hear new albums. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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dac MB's Biggest Fanboy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 2,852	I'm right down the middle. Both are great. People that say new stuff sucks and that it's just a rehash of stuff already done are idiots. They can't help the fact that they weren't born in 1950. Good music is good music, no matter what the year. __________________

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Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	interesting how the live element is very important to some, and almost completely irrelevant to others. i guess in many senses the essence of the musical experience is hearing and witnessing a live performance. myself, though, i prefer listening to recorded forms. interesting how people are so split on this matter.