Musicbanter Taught Me Something

RVCA · 10-08-2010, 07:03 PM

Limewire is awful. keyword: torrents

Music Banter has changed my musical life in big ways. Perhaps the biggest change is the fact that I no longer listen to a couple songs from an album (usually the singles) and then judge entire albums/bands from only a couple minutes while disregarding the rest of their work. Everything is an album experience now, aside from the occasional shuffle of familiar songs.

Dayvan Cowboy · 10-08-2010, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

Limewire is awful. keyword: torrents

Music Banter has changed my musical life in big ways. Perhaps the biggest change is the fact that I no longer listen to a couple songs from an album (usually the singles) and then judge entire albums/bands from only a couple minutes while disregarding the rest of their work. Everything is an album experience now, aside from the occasional shuffle of familiar songs.

I learned that too, except I've made the jump from torrents to mediafire.

I used to only care about singles but now I've got entire albums filling up my MP3 player. I used to think having more than three days worth of music was absurd, but now I've got a lot more than that. also:

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Originally Posted by kayleigh.

I'll work you into electronica. One day...

I'm only well versed in IDM and Trip hop, but I'd love to see what electronica you have up your sleeve. I only like Deadmau5 so far, but I have a feeling that I should be listening to a lot more.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-08-2010, 07:12 PM

Music Banter has taught me that there are a hell of a lot of sheep around who will just blindly follow the next trend and who will also acquire the same handful of albums as everybody else of a particular genre just to say they know about it.

That in return has shown me I have nothing to fear about listening to music and that I don't really care what people think about what I listen to. I don't care if an album has sold 20 copies or 20 million copies, if I like it I like it.

It has also taught me to appreciate people with their own minds, regardless of whether they like the same music as me or not as they are few & far between.

jackhammer · 10-08-2010, 07:16 PM

I hope I am not one of those sheep despite liking the Fall

I was hoping that my unashamed love for old school Metal rekindled your interest

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-08-2010, 07:19 PM

Oh it has

I was sorting out my cd collection the other day & uploaded a load of old Sepultura, Suicidal Tendencies, Megadeth, Cathedral, Danzig & Samhain albums.

I might even go find my old Testament & Exodus albums and do those too.
Oh and I downloaded that Death Angel album you said I should give another chance to.

LoathsomePete · 10-08-2010, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Music Banter has taught me that there are a hell of a lot of sheep around who will just blindly follow the next trend and who will also acquire the same handful of albums as everybody else of a particular genre just to say they know about it.

That in return has shown me I have nothing to fear about listening to music and that I don't really care what people think about what I listen to. I don't care if an album has sold 20 copies or 20 million copies, if I like it I like it.

It has also taught me to appreciate people with their own minds, regardless of whether they like the same music as me or not as they are few & far between.

That's kind of how I'm beginning to feel. Besides The Fall I really haven't discovered much in the way of artists through this site, that is artists with whom I have a strong desire to explore their entire discography. I've gotten a lot of albums "just to say [I] know about it" from this website but in the last few months I've really began to analyze myself from a musical standpoint and I've come to this conclusion, I'm a metalhead at heart. While I think I did the right thing by exploring indie rock this year, I got a decent bounty of albums, but metal is where I belong.

**Janszoon** · 10-08-2010, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Music Banter has taught me that there are a hell of a lot of sheep around who will just blindly follow the next trend and who will also acquire the same handful of albums as everybody else of a particular genre just to say they know about it.

That in return has shown me I have nothing to fear about listening to music and that I don't really care what people think about what I listen to. I don't care if an album has sold 20 copies or 20 million copies, if I like it I like it.

It has also taught me to appreciate people with their own minds, regardless of whether they like the same music as me or not as they are few & far between.

Bah.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-08-2010, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

That's kind of how I'm beginning to feel. Besides The Fall I really haven't discovered much in the way of artists through this site, that is artists with whom I have a strong desire to explore their entire discography. I've gotten a lot of albums "just to say [I] know about it" from this website but in the last few months I've really began to analyze myself from a musical standpoint and I've come to this conclusion, I'm a metalhead at heart. While I think I did the right thing by exploring indie rock this year, I got a decent bounty of albums, but metal is where I belong.

I know how you feel.
I got to the stage at some point during mid 2008 when I swear I would have killed someone at having to listen to another psychedelic indie folk album just so I could claim to be up to date with what was coming out.

In the end I just thought fuck it, I can't be bothered anymore.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Bah.

Dayvan Cowboy · 10-08-2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I got to the stage at some point during mid 2008 when I swear I would have killed someone at having to listen to another psychedelic indie folk album

Speaking of which, I also learned that liking Animal Collective is socially unacceptable.

RVCA · 10-08-2010, 07:42 PM

MB has also taught me that no matter what you could possibly think about an album/artist, there is someone out there with the exact opposite opinion.

10-08-2010, 07:12 PM	#13 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Music Banter has taught me that there are a hell of a lot of sheep around who will just blindly follow the next trend and who will also acquire the same handful of albums as everybody else of a particular genre just to say they know about it. That in return has shown me I have nothing to fear about listening to music and that I don't really care what people think about what I listen to. I don't care if an album has sold 20 copies or 20 million copies, if I like it I like it. It has also taught me to appreciate people with their own minds, regardless of whether they like the same music as me or not as they are few & far between. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

10-08-2010, 07:16 PM	#14 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I hope I am not one of those sheep despite liking the Fall I was hoping that my unashamed love for old school Metal rekindled your interest __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

10-08-2010, 07:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Oh it has I was sorting out my cd collection the other day & uploaded a load of old Sepultura, Suicidal Tendencies, Megadeth, Cathedral, Danzig & Samhain albums. I might even go find my old Testament & Exodus albums and do those too. Oh and I downloaded that Death Angel album you said I should give another chance to. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

10-08-2010, 07:03 PM	#11 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	Limewire is awful. keyword: torrents Music Banter has changed my musical life in big ways. Perhaps the biggest change is the fact that I no longer listen to a couple songs from an album (usually the singles) and then judge entire albums/bands from only a couple minutes while disregarding the rest of their work. Everything is an album experience now, aside from the occasional shuffle of familiar songs.

10-08-2010, 07:42 PM	#20 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	MB has also taught me that no matter what you could possibly think about an album/artist, there is someone out there with the exact opposite opinion.