The previous post...

[hmpf]

probably exposes my astounding ignorance about all things musical. Which I will readily admit to (and which, let's face it, is probably obvious from everything music-related I've ever posted here. *g*)

I've lived under a rock, for most of my life. So, chances are I just didn't notice great bands and so on before because of that, and not because they weren't around.

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[herdivineshadow]

Kinda sad to realise that, isn't it? Like I'm not developing at all. But, I dunno, my relationship with music has always been a bit weird. I've always been searching for something elusive yet very particular that could turn up in any genre - though perhaps more frequently in rock and its subgenres than elsewhere, and the thing I've been searching for really hasn't changed in all these years.

I don't know that it's sad - some people know exactly what they like to hear (even if they can't quantify what it is about what they like, that they like) and are happy listening to what they like. Which I guess on some levels is one of those things that should be obvious but isn't. Some people are constantly on the lookout for something new or groundbreaking or challenging to listen to...and I suspect this is touted as something to strive for because that way music magazines have something to write about and people who are into this kind of thing can appear cool. I say, if you like indie rock and only indie rock...well, what's the point in forcing yourself to like speedmetal or feeling bad that you don't really want to listen to the latest Jessie J song. :)

In the 90s, I'd buy an album because I'd heard a couple of songs somewhere, and more often than not, the album as a whole would disappoint me (I was mostly too nervous in music shops to actually listen to an album there. I hated music shops and the "coolness police" atmosphere that seemed to prevail there).

I think for me, my totally oblivious nature helped with the listening to music in the shop. That and I only ever could get to Virgin Megastore rather than a possibly more intimidating indie music shop.

Country is one of the few genres I haven't discovered an example of that I like yet.

I am pretty much restricted to Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline for the country CDs that I will buy, but I'm open to listening to anything else in that genre.

>I'm just glad that CDs are about half the price they were when I started getting into music.

Are they?! They seem as expensive to me as ever.

OMG yes. When I was buying CDs as a 12 year old, they were usually priced around £15.99 - £18.99, sometimes more (that 99p was a mean trick to make me feel like I wasn't spending as much). Now? For a brand new, just released album I can usually spend about £7 or £8 online and maybe a pound more in an actual non-internet-based shop.