Why do you own all those records (was: Re: Les Paul over IP)

bendy bendy at example.org
Sun Jan 4 10:02:36 EST 2004


paok wrote:

> dead milkmen is the band that i owned but not sure why.  

Yeah, this is what I'm talking about. Someone on this list must have the 
complete works of Dread Zepplin. Or two of their records.

Also, this applies to artists you _want_ to like, but they just never 
gel for you, no matter how much you listen. I've got way more Zappa 
records, for instance, especially the 80s records. He satisfied a type 
of alienation I was feeling, before I found punk rock, and in the early 
80s, the great Mother's of Invention records were impossible to find 
(unless you ordered a $200 box set directly from him). But those 80s 
records go a bit heavy on the marimba sounds, even when the satire is 
intact. Zappa still feels like a cool uncle to me, but I don't visit 
much. And I kept consuming Pete Townshend product well past it's 1979 
expiration date. And I wish I had the first couple of Roxy Music albums, 
not the last couple.

Pete's not a child molester anymore, right?

On the other hand, X didn't really click for me until about six years 
ago, and now they're one my favorite bands. So all those early listens 
paid off.

Bendy




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