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I have basically every album/song I like from every era and every genre in digital form, all tagged. Why have any media, or why even stream? I stream from my own server, or just carry it portably.
The whole mess of 10,000 songs fits on one of these. If you had told me this back in the day when I was making cassettes from vinyl albums I would have laughed at you for 4 hours straight.
Quoted from John_I:All disks are dead. Give me a Blu Ray and I will rip it to my server library with full 7.1 sound and give the disk back to you.
But you need that disk to make that rip. This will be a problem one day I think for those of us that like to store the media files on our servers. If everything converts to streaming only it may be more difficult to create a local digital copy. Then again.....
Quoted from Mr68:No surprise that I was 0-3 on the test. Like I said before, I just don't have that sophisticated of an ear especially when it's mostly background music for me. I will admit I'm a bit envious of you guys that can detect the sound of groupie panties hitting the floor from the tour bus outside the studio.
I wouldn’t sweat it, just enjoy listening to the music. There are many that claim they can tell the difference. Many are so convinced that even after they fail double blind testing they still say “well I still know myself that I CAN tell the difference”. They can’t.
Quoted from Edenecho:One rally really really sad thing about the "non-Cd generation", is that concept albums is often missed...that is, people listen to the one or two songs they like, instead of takin the time to experience an album with a story from start from finish. For example Metropolis pt2 by Dream Theater, Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche, Seventh son of a seventh son by Iron Maiden (alrigth, its a loosely based concept album) or..who knows, maybe newcomers as "The Fields of Trauma" by frail grounds (only if you like a good mix of heavy, prog and a little extreme metal) but still... yeah... CDs had a major role in enforcing people to listen to something from A to Z in my opinion.
No doubt the idea of the concept album is probably gone. But that is counterbalanced by the rejoicing that occurred when people realized that they could buy just that one “good song” or two that they liked and not an entire album of songs they deemed was mostly filler. This is kind of forgotten now but it was a big thing back in the day when the digital music situation started slipping out of control.
Quoted from roffels:Why does physical property define whether or not a person is a "true fan"?
I mentioned bandcamp downloads earlier in the thread, and how more money goes toward the artist. Does supporting the artist through downloads make me less of a fan?
Pink Floyd got my money multiple times for the same music. I've seen video of David Gilmour at his house so I think he did OK 
. I bought the LP. I bought the CD. Now I don't have either, just digital versions of those songs floating around as 1s and 0s. Part of me wishes I kept the physical album and CD just for the coolness effect. But on the other hand, sometimes I get tired of "stuff" piled up all over the place, and I got rid of it all. I think I am still a pretty good fan. Been listening to that for 45 years.
150 or so record albums and who knows how many CDs are long gone. Those used CDs are worth next to nothing for the most part, but the LPs are probably worth a little bit with the resurgence. I had all that good 70s stuff on LP - Led Zep, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, and dozens of Jimi Hendrix albums, some never or rarely played. The ironic thing is I still have my original Pioneer turntable from the 70s. I do use it once in a great while to digitize some rare thing on an LP that can't be acquired digitally.
I have never heard those bands on the radio or on tv shows or anywhere else in the wild. All I hear is awful garbage like Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and endless miles of useless horrible hip hop/rap.
No one has heard of Greta Van Fleet, no one. When I ask people if they have heard Greta Van Fleet they just look at me like I am some kind of insane idiot.
Quoted from vid1900:They have the #9 song in the country right now....
https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks
and the #3 rock album:
https://www.billboard.com/charts/hard-rock-albums
I’m not totally up on these things but I’m not sure how relevant Billboard is these days. How about this?
YouTube:
Ed Sheeran just short of 30 million subscribers, just short of 13 billion video views
Taylor Swift 28+ million subscribers, almost 15 billion video views
Greta Van Fleet 11,000 subscribers, 2 million video views
Source: socialblade
Quoted from branlon8:well that’s just plain crazy talk there pardner.
Haha right. But, bless them for rocking out. Bless them. It gives you hope.
Quoted from vid1900:In the old days, Billboard would call (you know, on a phone) a group of record stores and ask them what they sold that week.
This of course allowed employees to report higher record sales to bands they liked, or allowed the mob to alter the reports in some markets.
But in 1990, Nielson switched over to Soundscan, and using barcode readers, tracked the actual unit sales. This brought Alternative, Hip Hop and Country music way up in the ranks.
Then there are the digital sales also. I looked up Billboard digital song sales, then I gave a listen to the top 4. Drake Nice For What, Cardi B I Like It, Drake God's Plan, Bebe Rexha Meant To Be.
I literally want to kill myself and not be part of society any more after listening to all that drivel.
What is worse, Tie a Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, or Nice For What by Drake? These are eternal questions that may never be answered
Also I am not convinced we have new trailblazers today hiding in the background like LZ, Kiss, Springsteen, and all those others. I will keep looking as much as I can though and have an open mind (I swear).
I just had to go run some errands in my car, and fortunately my iPod started me out with Iron Maiden Run To The Hills, followed by some Deep Purple, J Geils, Allman Brothers, ZZ Top, and then Megadeth. My ears were grateful.
Quoted from vid1900:Again, the worst songs of all time, and those are based on real sales figures.
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So when people talk about "how good music USED to be" or other nonsense, remind them that Led Zep, KISS, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Jimi Hendrix or Bob Dylan; never had a #1 song.
Maybe not # 1, but hey, they got close....
Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin Peaked at #4 on 1.31.1970
Beth/Detroit Rock City KISS Peaked at #7 on 12.4.1976
Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen Peaked at #2 on 6.30.1984
I Can See For Miles The Who Peaked at #9 on 11.25.1967
All Along The Watchtower The Jimi Hendrix Experience Peaked at #20 on 10.19.1968
Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan Peaked at #2 on 9.4.1965
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Bob Dylan Peaked at #2 on 5.21.1966
And how about these?
Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) Pink Floyd Peaked at #1 on 3.22.1980
The Loco-Motion Grand Funk Peaked at #1 on 5.4.1974
We're An American Band Grand Funk Peaked at #1 on 9.29.1973
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/Free Wheelin' Bachman-Turner Overdrive Peaked at #1 on 11.9.1974
Jump Van Halen Peaked at #1 on 2.25.1984
Why Can't This Be Love Van Halen Peaked at #3 on 5.17.1986
Smoke On The Water Deep Purple Peaked at #4 on 7.28.1973
Black Magic Woman Santana Peaked at #4 on 1.9.1971
School's Out Alice Cooper Peaked at #7 on 7.29.1972
AND our favorite -----
Ballroom Blitz Sweet Peaked at #5 on 10.18.1975
Quoted from vid1900:Easily KISS's worst song with the original lineup
Terrible song, made worse with that terrible synthesizer playing the melody. Bruce went from a Dylan wanabe, to a working class poet, down to assclown sellout (note the entire front cover is his ass). The absolute worst album ever made.
2nd worst VH song. Again the synth makes it so dated, so sucky. The end of the band, mercifully.
#1 worst Van Halen AND Sammy Hagar song, a career milestone for both of them. Lamer than 2 retarded kids fighting under a blanket.
~probably the worst of Floyd's popular songs. So banal. The one good this is that the howl at the beginning gives you just enough time to to change the station before the monotone voice starts droning.
One of Zep's worst rip offs, sanitized lyrics and all. Has absolutely no groove compared to the original
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Not arguing those points, but at least those bands made the charts, I thought that was something.
I never did care for Van Hagar much that's for sure.
I have all those old blues songs, they are the best.
I like Another Brick in the Wall because I know how to play it. I pull out that black American strat for that one so I can, you know, pretend to be DG. I still am a faker though with that same stupid white pick guard, need to change that...
Quoted from vid1900:You got to put in the card that makes the bridge pickup into a single coil for that one.
Cool will try that, I haven't swapped any of the cards yet. That should help with Comfortably Numb also I think, first solo. I can basically play it but searching for the tone...
Quoted from vid1900:When the apocalypse comes, everyone who did not buy all their music on vinyl media is going to be sad.
Well if there is still some form of power to run a turntable then there is power to charge my iPod battery. So I'll still be good to go with 10,000+ songs. I'll listen with headphones while slaughtering zombies.
Quoted from vid1900:DRC bombed as a single, in fact, the song sucked so bad, it did not even chart.
Beth was starting to be played in a few markets, so KISS re-released the single, with Beth as the A side instead.
The single with DRC as the A side is much more valuable today.
I will admit that a lot of the Kiss songs don’t hold up too well for longevity as great songs, although there definitely are a few. But still you can’t understate how big they were back in the day. If you are ancient enough you’ll remember it. They were hugely hugely popular. Their schtick and songwriting hit at just the right time.
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