Why listen to mediocre prog if you not a collector

No. I listen to dozens of albums that are not masterpieces. Just because something is not a masterpiece does not mean it is not enjoyable and satisfying, particularly if you are in a particular mood.

If we only listened to masterpieces, we would have very little to choose from and variety is the spice of life.

This is what happens when music gets reduced to something quantifiable... 

Keep your ears open. I rarely listen to the masterpieces. 

I am 63 but I want to hear every single prog rock genre. My ears may be younger than me.

Well, of course I rarely listen to albums that I have already decided I don't like. That is natural. But when exploring new music, you have no way of knowing beforehand if it's gonna be good or not.

HarbouringTheSoul wrote: Well, of course I rarely listen to albums that I have already decided I don't like. That is natural. But when exploring new music, you have no way of knowing beforehand if it's gonna be good or not.

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?

I love listening to stuff that I know sucks.  It's all part of my grand educational project.  Then again, I am a collector, so I'd still fit in the scheme of the OP's premise.   I can't speak for more casual consumers.

Edited by HolyMoly - November 03 2012 at 12:02

Well, despite talking about masterpieces from a personal perspective, I wouldn't think of all of the albums I listen to as masterpieces.  Getting away from semantics regarding the therm "masterpiece", really most of the music I listen to I do find really excellent, and it's rare that I pick up an album that I don't find excellent.   So, yeah, personal enjoyment wise, I commonly only listen to albums that would be four and five stars for me.  What's great does rather depend on my mood, but when I pick up albums I pick ones that I feel will fit my mood, and when I return to albums it's based on my mood.  So in a sense, I could say that I mostly only listen to albums that I find to be masterpieces (of extremely good quality).  What I find interesting is seeing people who have a bunch of one and two star ratings.  I have very rarely picked up an album that I don't love, or grow to love.  I might lose interest in it at some time, but then I don't play it any more (I follow my urges).  And on those rare occasions (used to happen more frequently, but now I know music better and more what to expect) that I have picked up an album I thought poor or didn't hold my interest at all, well I just neglect those.  Not worth it for me giving it enough attention to rate such ones.

Being redundant:  So, I almost always listen to masterpieces or near masterpieces (masterpiece not in the sense of being the best work by an artist, but in being an album I  find terrific).


Edited by Logan - November 03 2012 at 12:03

HolyMoly wrote: I love listening to stuff that I know sucks.  It's all part of my grand educational project.  Then again, I am a collector, so I'd still fit in the scheme of the OP's premise.   I can't speak for more casual consumers.

I'd like to get some more so-bad-they're-great albums (have before).  Sort of the the masterpieces of bad music