slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (10/11/85)
>>> Thanks for the list of oldies (basically) top records, now how >>>about today's music. Gee, it looks as if a 70's revival is upon us. >> >>I think the outcome of this survey demonstrates >>the *general* degeneration of popular music after the early 70's. >> >> - John Lipinski > >Or, instead it could demonstrate once again how the general trend is for people >to latch on to certain periods in music and not really want to hear anything >else. > > - Paul Kirsch How about another reason? If someone is selecting for a list of best albums, they are likely to pick those that have withstood the test of time. I know there are quite a few modern albums that I have bought within the last few months that I like a lot and play a lot. I would be very hesitant to put them on a list of my favorite albums, though, until I've had them for a year or more. ("Brothers in Arms" comes to mind.) The reason is that sometimes you will find an album you think is great, and a year later is nothing. The really good ones get better. -- Sue Brezden Real World: Room 1B17 Net World: ihnp4!drutx!slb AT&T Information Systems 11900 North Pecos Westminster, Co. 80234 (303)538-3829 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I march to the beat of a different drummer, whose identity, location, and musical ability are as yet unknown. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch) (10/14/85)
In article <223@drutx.UUCP> slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) writes: >>>> Thanks for the list of oldies (basically) top records, now how >>>>about today's music. Gee, it looks as if a 70's revival is upon us. >>> >>>I think the outcome of this survey demonstrates >>>the *general* degeneration of popular music after the early 70's. >>> >>> - John Lipinski >> >>Or, instead it could demonstrate once again how the general trend is for people >>to latch on to certain periods in music and not really want to hear anything >>else. >> >> - Paul Kirsch > >How about another reason? If someone is selecting for a list of best albums, >they are likely to pick those that have withstood the test of time. I know >there are quite a few modern albums that I have bought within the last few >months that I like a lot and play a lot. I would be very hesitant to put >them on a list of my favorite albums, though, until I've had them for a >year or more. ("Brothers in Arms" comes to mind.) The reason is that >sometimes you will find an album you think is great, and a year later is >nothing. The really good ones get better. >-- > > Sue Brezden I can agree with you to a point Sue but, I also think it has to do with the age of the average person that is on the net. I can think of a lot of "new" albums that I would consider in my "favorites" list. Examples include Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures and Echo and the Bunnymen's first album. I didn't mean my comment regarding "not wanting to listen to anything else" as bad-- I just think it's a fact that people get used to certain things and tend not to want to change to something new. -- Another wunnerful letter from the semi-intelligent rotting brain of: Paul Kirsch St. Joseph's University Philadelphia, Pa { astrovax | allegra | bpa | burdvax } !sjuvax!kirsch I'm outside right now...do you know where your children are ? (snicker)
oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster) (10/17/85)
In article <2381@sjuvax.UUCP> kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch) writes: > >I can agree with you to a point Sue but, I also think it has to do with the >age of the average person that is on the net. I can think of a lot of "new" >albums that I would consider in my "favorites" list. Examples include Joy >Division's Unknown Pleasures and Echo and the Bunnymen's first album. I didn't >mean my comment regarding "not wanting to listen to anything else" as bad-- >I just think it's a fact that people get used to certain things and tend not >to want to change to something new. > Has anybody stated the obvious yet? Nearly everybody has recent albums that they enjoy enough to put in their top ten list. Nearly everyone has older albums in that list. There are a helluvalot more "old" albums than recent albums. There are certain albums which enjoy widespread popularity, for whatever reason (could it be that they contain good music with lasting value?), and continue to be enjoyed over the years. Since more than a couple people would list those albums *somewhere* on the list, they would get a high score in the poll even if it was number 10 on each list, and the top nine were divided among the thousands of albums released in, say, the last 3 years. Personally, several of my top picks made it to the "One vote" list, while most others were not in the top 20. However, down there at number ten was Dark Side of The Moon, because I couldn't *not* put it on the list (however, I've since listened to "Meddle" and "Wish You Were Here" again, and consider them better than DSM). Another lesser issue has been brought up. That's the fact that trying to pick ten definite "top" albums is extremely difficult for most people (me included), and trying to order them is even worse. I think if we were to rerun the poll (that's NOT a suggestion), giving people the current poll results to help jog their memories, things would be a bit different (but just a bit). - joel "vo" plutchak {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster Can you say "opinion"? I *knew* you could!