Who do I have to thank for The Parasites? I came across it tonight and have been listening to it over and over. For hours. Must have come from one of you bastards. So who? It has punk energy, but with pop sensibility, simply great.
You're welcome. I have no recollection of how or why I bought the album, just that I had it when I moved to Memphis and decided to basically base my whole musical life on it.
I should have remembered this as a seminal influence on your career, Dave. Again, thanks for introducing me to it, even though it took me a while to get it.
Not sure whether this is a related phenomenon or not, but one sad aspect of the mp3 revolution for me is that if folks are not buying and listening to entire albums, but instead purchasing songs a la carte, they are (a) much less likely to take the time to get to know and love some of the less immediately catchy tunes on an album (if they ever hear them in the first place), (b) less likely to give a few more listens to a record they initially didn't take to but later come to love, just because I-spent-$20-on-this-and-I'm-damn-well-going-to-try-to-like-it, and (c) possibly relevant to this thread, less likely to be familiar with a band's entire catalog, and be bored during the unpleasant interludes between the 5 songs with videos on youtube. If there is any truth to this last suggestion, it would explain the difference between younger and older crowds, not in terms of "respect" or anything like that, but simply in terms of the likelihood that the older crowd bought and listened to the band's albums in toto.
Of course, the more plausible explanation is that young people are scum.
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You're welcome. I have no recollection of how or why I bought the album, just that I had it when I moved to Memphis and decided to basically base my whole musical life on it.
I should have remembered this as a seminal influence on your career, Dave. Again, thanks for introducing me to it, even though it took me a while to get it.
That is a great one. I can't believe they never came across the radar sooner. They've been around since the '80s!
Not sure whether this is a related phenomenon or not, but one sad aspect of the mp3 revolution for me is that if folks are not buying and listening to entire albums, but instead purchasing songs a la carte, they are (a) much less likely to take the time to get to know and love some of the less immediately catchy tunes on an album (if they ever hear them in the first place), (b) less likely to give a few more listens to a record they initially didn't take to but later come to love, just because I-spent-$20-on-this-and-I'm-damn-well-going-to-try-to-like-it, and (c) possibly relevant to this thread, less likely to be familiar with a band's entire catalog, and be bored during the unpleasant interludes between the 5 songs with videos on youtube. If there is any truth to this last suggestion, it would explain the difference between younger and older crowds, not in terms of "respect" or anything like that, but simply in terms of the likelihood that the older crowd bought and listened to the band's albums in toto.
Of course, the more plausible explanation is that young people are scum.
Good points, but sounds familiar for some reason.
Re-reading this post this morning, my first thought was Mayuri. "Who do I have to thank for the parasites?"
(It's an Indian restaurant, non-Memphibians.)
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