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Post by durandrum on Dec 9, 2010 10:15:15 GMT -5
I am pleased that I am old enough to remember returning home from the record store, excitedly clutching my new Duran Duran (or anyone else for that matter) album on vinyl.
Then taking my time to carefully remove the inner sleeve and look at the lyrics sheet (when provided) place the record on the deck and place the needle on the first track....Then and only then would I hear the full album for the first time.
Of course back in the day, a lead single may well have been released a month or so before the long player, but aside from possibly a couple of tracks you would listen to the album in full that first time YOU played it!!!
Of course the Internet has made things a lot more excisable, but having heard 4 of the 9 nine tracks I have no inclination to listen to anymore specially in a compressed state.
So....I want the album to be fresh as it can be when I play it in full .....
Then if we wanted to discus the album we would chat among st our friends who were fans of the same music or we would write letters to Smash Hits or the like!!!
Can you imagine if the Internet had of been around in the 80's when Rio was released, I bet there would have been a few deriding the album and calling it all the names under the sun!!!!
Progress huh!!!
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Post by alfa24 on Dec 9, 2010 10:21:57 GMT -5
"I am pleased that I am old enough to remember returning home from the record store, excitedly clutching my new Duran Duran (or anyone else for that matter) album on vinyl"...
I share the exact same memories... an italian fan a
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Post by nitetiger on Dec 9, 2010 10:25:14 GMT -5
yes...i remember those days. ah...now i am going to go put on some 45's. crap! i cannot do that at work.
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Post by Blank on Dec 9, 2010 10:26:01 GMT -5
yeah, the internet has kinda spoiled that feeling of ownership, that hour when you'd do nothing else but give your undivided attention to that record.
but it's exciting in another way.
lets not get all golden oldie geezers reminiscing about the good ol'times.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2010 10:26:52 GMT -5
I feel the same....
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Post by Blank on Dec 9, 2010 10:34:04 GMT -5
allow me to quote nick in his recent interview:
“I'm really not into nostalgia. In a way that's what's behind the title of All You Need Is Now.”
look forward, not back.
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Post by durandrum on Dec 9, 2010 10:43:32 GMT -5
allow me to quote nick in his recent interview: “I'm really not into nostalgia. In a way that's what's behind the title of All You Need Is Now.” look forward, not back. Isn't that kinda at odds with Mark Ronson saying he wants this album to be the imaginary follow up to ''Rio'' and the band using techniques they haven't used in recording for nearly 3 decades? It's also at odds with a number of us fans wanting/hoping that this new album has recaptured in some shape or form what made the band great in the first place.... I know I'm hoping that the sound the band produce has that classic element all be it with a modern twist. All you need may well be now, however a number of us yearn for the time when life was easier and simpler and Duran Duran ruled the airwaves....only with the Internet thrown in for good measure
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Post by durandrum on Dec 9, 2010 10:49:11 GMT -5
yeah, the Internet has kinda spoiled that feeling of ownership, that hour when you'd do nothing else but give your undivided attention to that record. but it's exciting in another way. lets not get all golden oldie geezers reminiscing about the good ol'times. Thats a product of the throwaway generation, and kids today don't appear to have the concentration span to actually sit still and listen to an album of ten songs from start to finish. iTunes, indeed the whole downloading culture has made the art of listening to an album a lost joy. People, specially younger generations want to pick and choose which track they want to download from an album, rather than the complete product.
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Post by bloodshift on Dec 9, 2010 19:38:15 GMT -5
One other thing I miss: Having a second new song to listen to on the B-side.
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Post by minanda on Dec 9, 2010 21:51:16 GMT -5
allow me to quote nick in his recent interview: “I'm really not into nostalgia. In a way that's what's behind the title of All You Need Is Now.” look forward, not back. Isn't that kinda at odds with Mark Ronson saying he wants this album to be the imaginary follow up to ''Rio'' and the band using techniques they haven't used in recording for nearly 3 decades? It's also at odds with a number of us fans wanting/hoping that this new album has recaptured in some shape or form what made the band great in the first place.... I know I'm hoping that the sound the band produce has that classic element all be it with a modern twist. All you need may well be now, however a number of us yearn for the time when life was easier and simpler and Duran Duran ruled the airwaves....only with the Internet thrown in for good measure Well, Duran of the past was very much of the philosophy of embracing the present or what is current. So in a way, this album might be a return to an "old" philosophy but one that isn't into looking back. It really is rather circular!
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