More than half of my 26 now listens have happened between 6- 10:30 on my porch with slippers and coffee
deleting a song from the album that you don't like or care for is exactly the same as just skipping it in a full listen. if you have no care to hear the song, why have it there? who cares? why does this topic seem to always generate such firey debate? listen to shit the way you want and let others listen the way they want.
I'm not the biggest fan of this band, but I always listen through their albums at least once, and there's usually 3-4 songs I'll throw on a playlist. I haven't really been keeping up with this one though, so going in mostly blind, I think. So wow this is really starting off with a Greta speech, huh?
I agree with what most people have said. I'll listen to an album, add the songs I really enjoy to a playlist, listen to the shit out of them and almost pretend like the others don't exist.
@Sean Murphy agreed. People around these parts always gotta make things into arguments. Really enjoying the record. I think it has a collection of some of their best songs and also some that couldve been better left off.
like for fucks sake even the planets most iconic artists would probably have a few misses on a 22 song album lol
the real question is, do i go right into this now, or do a 1975 dive all day ending with this new one?
Or give it three proper (that’s the sweet spot) to earn an appreciation as it’s own thing and then get all nostalgic and shit
I personally don't like editing albums because I do view them as a finished, concrete piece of work. To change that means altering my perception of a piece in a way unintended by the creator. I wouldn't alter a painting or a film to make it more to my taste; I'd just lament the missed opportunity. I wouldn't want to full myself into thinking I love something by an artist when I was the one that further crafted it to suit my specific taste. I guess it's stupid to fault others for doing so because this view is subjective and ultimately trivial, but I'd rather not love something than edit it until I do.
This is an honest question, have you ever listened to a song on its own outside the context of the album it’s on? If you have, what’s the difference?
I may never listen to the Greta intro again. What’s anyone gonna do about it? I’m not a big fan of personally skipping around records. But sometimes I’ll start a record halfway through because I don’t always have time to sit through an entire record (because life and kids and shit) and I don’t want to keep starting from track 1. my preference is to start from track 1. That’s not always feasible. I’m not a big playlist guy and I hate shuffle but man I can’t tell people they can’t do that. That’s crazy. Once you release art it’s no longer yours.