From Alistair White Sent Tue, Oct 19th 1999, 17:45
From Alistair White Sent Tue, Oct 19th 1999, 17:45
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Irene McC wrote:
->might *appreciate* it more, understand its intricacies, etc. but on
->an emotional level, I don't think my enjoyment will increase if I
->didn't immediately find something there - some spark.
i'm usually wary of albums with a high initial gee-whiz factor. case in
point, say, Loop Guru - Loop Bites Dog. very high gee whiz value on first
listen... after approx. 3 listens... BO-RING!!!!! also on the emotional
issue.. i don't think it's necessarily a "love at first sight" thing.
it's more the moment when you have an epiphany-like moment with a certain
cd, from then on you have an emotional attachment. it could be a day
after purchase or years after purchase. that's why it's hard, sometimes,
to turn a friend on to what you consider to be a fantastic album - they
simply have not experienced that epihany-like moment yet.. and it's kind
of hard to quickly scan to 14:32 in a thirty minute track and say "LOOK!
RIGHT THERE!! DID YOU HEAR THAT??" anyway for this reason, when i'm
scanning a new cd to gauge it, i don't really look for that "spark" of
an emotional fit with me - it's too soon. the best i can do is, from my
knowledge of past favorites, to gauge it's 'potential' to give me an
emotional experience later on. and then listen to it about 50 times with
the lights off :) i've noticed my most favorite albums are the ones it
took me the longest to come around to.
-Alistair White
www.ire.org/~al