Tuesday, September 13, 2011

How many Links is Too many Links?

The other day I was looking though my music collection, and I started thinking about how I have been neglecting many of my albums. Some of my CD's have gone years without being played. I think a big part of it has to do with my changing tastes. When I was in my late teens early twenties for example, I really got into the punk scene, so all have a bunch of albums by bands like the Damned, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Wire, Gang of Four, and some stuff that came from a bit later, like the Wipers, and the Replacements. These bands are all awesome, I just never really feel like listening to them anymore. If I heard a song by one of them randomly I'd probably note that it was cool that they were being played, I just never take the albums of the shelf anymore. And, it's not just punk there are a lot of other bands collecting dust. I'm not even sure why I've been making the choices I have been. I listened to this band called Urge Overkill the the other day, and I hadn't in forever. I guess that's a problem inherent to collecting things, at one point or another, the collection starts to get too big to manage.

1 comment:

  1. iTunes has changed the way we consume music - we don't give whole albums a listen anymore (or at least, as much). Imagine how much fun it'll be to manage your singles collection 20 years from now!

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