Why listen to mediocre prog if you not a collector

                     

Guldbamsen wrote: ^That I can understand, but as mentioned many times in this thread - sometimes those masterpieces don't instantly reveal themselves to you - plus tastes change and what may have sounded like sonic faeces when you first heard it, may just be a real humdinger now. Who knows? If you don't risk listening to other music than what you deem safe and you already know to be great, then the possibilities for new discoveries will drastically decline. Sorry for taking that further than what you probably meant I too don't buy every release from my favourite acts - far too much mediocre stuff. I really don't get those collectors that keep buying material just because it's Genesis, Crimson, Floyd insert name with big discography here

We are talking about two different things here, over the years i have been very adventurous, I can also tell you that it is a sado-masochistic journey.  I've sold most of my disapointments to collectors, who value them in some way that I don't.
I am an old fart, but always ready to listen to something new, original & innovative, regardless of age or country of  origin.
No offence taken[

^ Right then, since I have heard three of those and agree wholeheartedly - I needn't bother with Giant for a Day then  thanks in advamce for saving me Time & Money Love Beach is possibly the worst album by a top notch progband...unless anybody has a better shout....

M27Barney wrote: ^ Right then, since I have heard three of those and agree wholeheartedly - I needn't bother with Giant for a Day then  thanks in advamce for saving me Time & Money Love Beach is possibly the worst album by a top notch progband...unless anybody has a better shout....

I like Love Beach, specially for the cover - no, kidding! I like it but not for being prog, as pop shot its nice. And I think Big Generator is far disgraceful.

Aquiring the Taste wrote:                       Guldbamsen wrote: ^That I can understand, but as mentioned many times in this thread - sometimes those masterpieces don't instantly reveal themselves to you - plus tastes change and what may have sounded like sonic faeces when you first heard it, may just be a real humdinger now. Who knows? If you don't risk listening to other music than what you deem safe and you already know to be great, then the possibilities for new discoveries will drastically decline. Sorry for taking that further than what you probably meant I too don't buy every release from my favourite acts - far too much mediocre stuff. I really don't get those collectors that keep buying material just because it's Genesis, Crimson, Floyd insert name with big discography here We are talking about two different things here, over the years i have been very adventurous, I can also tell you that it is a sado-masochistic journey.  I've sold most of my disapointments to collectors, who value them in some way that I don't. I am an old fart, but always ready to listen to something new, original & innovative, regardless of age or country of  origin. No offence taken[

This is pretty much how I feel about music in general. At one point I just started to feel like listening to anything that isn't truly fantastic just isn't a worthy investment of my time when there's so much really great music I can always find that I really find it hard to bother with things I don't really dig. 

timothy leary wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: timothy leary wrote: [QUOTE=Guldbamsen] "Plastic surgery attack victim claims he had his ears replaced in the darkness of night" Edit: I was aiming at Mr Leary here [/QUOTE} How could you tell? Those awful stitchings Actually my wife probably sees the Sennheiser Hd 595's as my ears as much as they are on my head. We are big on hand signals.

Lol. I'm the laughing stock at my house where by I wear the giant salad bowls that are the Sennheiser HD 800's. I live in those cans of heaven!!

The fact that an album is not considered a "masterpiece" does not mean is not good or that it won't be a pleasurable experience to listen too. Many albums that are not so important and considered mediocre have a lot to offer too, and you can enjoy the sincere efforts by a band/artist to put it together, specially when you know how hard it is to write a piece of music, arrange it, orchestrate it, etc. It takes way more than you might think, and if you appreciate the sincere efforts put by an artist to write an album, you'll have a great time listening, and will make you appreciate your masterpieces much more.

Manuel wrote: The fact that an album is not considered a "masterpiece" does not mean is not good or that it won't be a pleasurable experience to listen too. Many albums that are not so important and considered mediocre have a lot to offer too, and you can enjoy the sincere efforts by a band/artist to put it together, specially when you know how hard it is to write a piece of music, arrange it, orchestrate it, etc. It takes way more than you might think, and if you appreciate the sincere efforts put by an artist to write an album, you'll have a great time listening, and will make you appreciate your masterpieces much more.

this, too, is kinda what I meant.

smartpatrol wrote: So far I consider 44 albums to be perfect  masterpieces. I'd get pretty bored of music if I only listened to 44 albums.

Which 44?