Random Music Thoughts

This goes for music or any other form of media - film, books, etc.

As most if not all of the regulars are 50+ years old, wondering if anyone else ever thinks of their favorite album or film and wonders "I wonder how many more times I'll get to listen/watch _______" in my life. Kind of morbid I guess (and granted I suppose I could choose to watch, say, Casablanca or listen to Abbey Road at an unnatural frequency this year to counteract it. It's just a sentiment that sometimes creeps in my mind of late

Anyone else?....No.:oops: Oh well, move along then. Nothing to see here
 
Zeeba Neighba said:
This goes for music or any other form of media - film, books, etc.

As most if not all of the regulars are 50+ years old, wondering if anyone else ever thinks of their favorite album or film and wonders "I wonder how many more times I'll get to listen/watch _______" in my life. Kind of morbid I guess (and granted I suppose I could choose to watch, say, Casablanca or listen to Abbey Road at an unnatural frequency this year to counteract it. It's just a sentiment that sometimes creeps in my mind of late

Anyone else?....No.:oops: Oh well, move along then. Nothing to see here
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Lately, it seems like it's a good time to get listening in for all one's favorite albums.
 
Zeeba Neighba said:
As most if not all of the regulars are 50+ years old, wondering if anyone else ever thinks of their favorite album or film and wonders "I wonder how many more times I'll get to listen/watch _______" in my life.
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Just what are you trying to tell me?

Wait... This ends? NO. My life? Shit! :oops:

Another side of the conundrum is, "Should I try to spend my time listening to as much music as possible?"

I had a friend once ask me, after casually contemplating my collection of CDs and vinyl, "Do you expect to listen to all of this?"

I'd like to tell you of my snappy comeback. I think it was more along the lines of, "No, but that's really not the point, either."

I could simply retreat to nihilism, but that does not sound like too much fun.

Q: What does sound like fun?

A: Listening to music.

Q: New music or old music?

A: Of course!
 
Unsomnambulist said:
Well, after the first guy tried and failed to make sure the fire was out, maybe they wanted to make sure?
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I'm quite sure that was the case. But my slanted observation was funnier. Also, the first guy didn't try that hard. Also, dude never stops singing, doesn't miss a beat. Pretty amazing stage ownership there.
 
Unsomnambulist said:
You mean he followed the rule of law? Some current politicians should take note...
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Neil Young Pens Open Letter to Donald Trump: 'You Are a Disgrace to My Country'

Neil Young penned on his official website a long, scathing open letter to Donald Trump, in which he calls him "a disgrace to my country."
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He’s particularly irked by Trump’s usage of his song “Rockin’ in the Free World” at his rallies. Young has asked him to stop this practice numerous times while acknowledging he has no legal recourse to force him. “[It] is not a song you can trot out at one of your rallies,” he writes.
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axolotl said:
I had a friend once ask me, after casually contemplating my collection of CDs and vinyl, "Do you expect to listen to all of this?"

I'd like to tell you of my snappy comeback. I think it was more along the lines of, "No, but that's really not the point, either."

I could simply retreat to nihilism, but that does not sound like too much fun.

Q: What does sound like fun?

A: Listening to music.

Q: New music or old music?

A: Of course!
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I've been asked that by old friends. An acquaintancem who'd visited my home office for the first time a couple of weeks ago, saw my CD collection and said something along the lines of that question.

I sometimes ask myself if I will listen to every CD at least once more before I die. I'm sure that barring a listening project where I force myself, I will not.

I just hope my music collection doesn't go the way of my Comic Book collection. It went from most beloved thing in the world that I relinquish only when dead, to under consideration for liquidation "if the price is right". I always thought I'd return to the comics in an old age where I ate nothing but doughnuts, bananas, and wine. Or that at least one of my kids would be salivating at the chance to call the collection their own. Neither of those is happening, so every year the consideration to sell grows.

Luckily, I still engage with my CD collection so I've never considered selling them. Besides, CDs are now virtually worthless, so I might as well keep them.
 
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JazzyRandy said:
I've been asked that by old friends. An acquaintancem who'd visited my home office for the first time a couple of weeks ago, saw my CD collection and said something along the lines of that question.

I sometimes as myself if I will listen to every CD at least once more before I die. I'm sure that barring a listening project where I force myself, I will not.

I just hope my music collection doesn't go the way of my Comic Book collection. It went from most beloved thing in the world that I relinquish only when dead, to under consideration for liquidation "if the price is right". I always thought I'd return to the comics in an old age where I ate nothing but doughnuts, bananas, and wine. Or that at least one of my kids would be salivating at the chance to call the collection their own. Neither of those is happening, so every year the consideration to sell grows.

Luckily, I still engage with my CD collection so I've never considered selling them. Besides, CDs are now virtually worthless, so I might as well keep them.
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Just like vinyl, CDs could become valuable again.
 
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