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Originally Posted by Frownland
Didn't you ask if this was the next battle? I mentioned that I threw it out as a joke but I guess we could keep MMM, if only to piss YD off  . |
Yeah I did ask, cos I wasn't sure if you were being serious and then people started talking about it. So which one is it? If it's TMR, you know where my vote goes! Actually, you don't: this isn't necessarily about whether or not you like the album, but whether it deserves to be called a classic. I might hate, say,
Thriller, but I would never suggest it should not be considered a classic.
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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle
That's the first time I've ever seen Hotel California's album cover
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Seriously????
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Have you ever listened to Metal Machine Music? If not, I won't rec it for your Love/Hate thread, since I don't see you enjoying it at all, but it's still one of those albums you should listen to, if for no other reason than that it's just a historical artifact that everyone should hear at least once. (Though if you hate the style of Merzbow on principle, then it's not going to win you over.)
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I have never listened to it, but to be fair I don't listen to albums just because they "should be listened to". As I've said many times, my main criterion for listening to music is that I want to enjoy it, and if I already know, or have a good idea that I'm not going to enjoy it, why bother? It's like they say about books: definition of a classic is a book everyone wants to have read, but nobody wants to read. I suffered through a short part of
Moby Dick and then could take no more. I treat music in the same way; if it doesn't engage me, then I don't care how popular, essential or classic it is, I have no interest in listening to it. Except maybe on a dare.
@ Frownland re Masada: good. I hope for once I'll enjoy one of your recs.