Does it ever make you sad that a lot of great music will eventually disappear...

LostInAnomie

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Fri Jul-25-08 05:34 PM
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Does it ever make you sad that a lot of great music will eventually disappear...

Edited on Fri Jul-25-08 05:34 PM by LostInAnomie

... because people won't remember them? All the artists that never made it big but made great music will eventually fall down the memory hole and disappear forever.

I listen to a lot of music, and I have fairly eclectic tastes. So, every time I hear a great, old song from an artist I've never heard before, I always get a little depressed because I know that most people haven't heard it either. I know that eventually the people that know of the song will get fewer and fewer until no one remembers it anymore.

That shit is depressing!

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DarkTirade

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Fri Jul-25-08 05:45 PM
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1. And one day the pyramids will be worn down to sand.

But that day is not today.

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RadiationTherapy

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Fri Jul-25-08 07:38 PM
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2. I think that is less likely than in the past.

It is easy to immortalize one's self online.

Check out my sig *winkwink*

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NV Whino

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Fri Jul-25-08 10:34 PM
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3. Yes, and I get sad about the lost art, too.

And the multitude of creatures that will go extinct... in my lifetime. And the local wineries that are now foreign-owned. And that diners are all but extinct. And... well, change happens.

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derby378

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Fri Jul-25-08 10:42 PM
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4. Are you thinking of going the packrat route?

If so, I can't blame you. I have those spells, myself.

Here's one song for you: My Rainbow Life by Dekoboko Hajime (aka John Zorn) and Yamantaka Eye on the Tzadik CD Nani Nani. 99% of DUers have never even heard of this CD. But the song I mentioned is one of the most avant-garde yet poignant jazz pieces I've ever heard. It takes you into a piano bar at 3 in the morning where you hear the one remaining patron still trying to be the life of a party that has already left, with only the band and the bartender left to bask in his presence. At least that's how the song reaches me.

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applegrove

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Sat Jul-26-08 12:30 PM
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5. Do you think in 50 years they will still have radio stations devote to

the 60s & 70s? I do. That stuff never gets old.

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