Changing the order of tracks and/or skipping some

Finnforest wrote: cstack3 wrote: When TFTO first came out, I used to listen to Side One (Revealing Science of God), flip the disc to Side Two (The Remembering), and then move on to another band like Genesis. Basically, I was "Yessed out!" I actually never heard sides 3 and 4 for some time!   As far as I’m concerned, an ideal revised TFTO would be either sides 1 and 2, or sides 1 and 4. I really love “The Remembering,” although I know it is not the favorite of many on PA. I really love all four sides. They are each different legs of the journey and bring their own personality, but they have a synergy as well. ...

Hi,

I listen to all of it, just like I would a Beethoven Symphony, or Tchaikovsky Symphony, or Mahler Symphony.

It is really strange to me, that music is being segmented and dismissed after such a very good history, only to find that rock music couldn't careless about music, and/or respect a lot of the music history.

History is about all kinds of changes, so (in reality) no issue there, but a fan, deciding that the rest of the piece is not worthy is kinda strange to me, and suggests another idea about the appreciation of music, though these days, it is really hard to tell what is the case.

I'm fine with people not liking this or that, but simply because technology has made it easy for us to censor and cut and paste all kinds of music to the way we want, instead of the way it is ... is very scary ... I think in the end, we are intimidating folks that end up having some far out and nice ideas and create something neat and special ... only to find it cut up and dismantled by fans. I kinda look at it as a disrespect for the art form ... we don't do that to painting, for example (hahahaha!!!!) or literature, though the days of Cliff Notes are replaced by Wiki and such, and in the end, the appreciation for the art form, and the work itself is damaged. TFTO is all 4 sides, and they come together beautifully, and I can relate to Side 3, though it seems many don't ... and a tough, scary and weird side is perfect for the "story" and "study" of TFTO, where there would always be a portion that is not exactly as smooth and easy to learn and get through as the rest of the work was ... so in my book, I find the idea rather bad, but I'm not smug enough or distorted to not allow for folks to look, think and feel otherwise ... but the internal search, is not always all wine and roses, and you get your head banged up now and then, and this might just be what the curry man didn't like ... more than likely, which ended up with him trashing the whole thing so his own work would look/feel better and more "composed" than what TFTO was showing ... as if improvisation and experimentation was not such a large portion of 20th century music, which makes one wonder what the cape man (caveman???) really studied and learned in school!

Why does rock music have to ignore music history and just make "hits"?