'MUSIC was better when we were kids," says Danger Mouse, which is odd coming from someone who's just made a fantastic album. But then most things about the DJ-producer are pretty strange, including Gnarls Barkley, the group he's formed with singer Cee-Lo Green, who sits nodding beside him.
"We had longer attention spans back then," Danger Mouse continues. "When we were young we had tapes, and you listened to every track. You didn't fast forward in case you overshot. And songs you didn't like turned out to be your favourites, because the album became a person. It grew on you. Now, if kids don't like the first few bars, they're gone. You've got to grab them."
Not so much on the music being better, but more so on the patience to fall in love with an album through learning to appreciate the slow burners as much as the instant favourites. The patience to appreciate a 10 - 20 minute epic and enjoy listening to it repeatedly so that you hear something different each time.
Maybe I'm getting old...
This ain't no party
This ain't no disco
This ain't no foolin' around
'MUSIC was better when we were kids," says Danger Mouse, which is odd coming from someone who's just made a fantastic album. But then most things about the DJ-producer are pretty strange, including Gnarls Barkley, the group he's formed with singer Cee-Lo Green, who sits nodding beside him.
"We had longer attention spans back then," Danger Mouse continues. "When we were young we had tapes, and you listened to every track. You didn't fast forward in case you overshot. And songs you didn't like turned out to be your favourites, because the album became a person. It grew on you. Now, if kids don't like the first few bars, they're gone. You've got to grab them."
Not so much on the music being better, but more so on the patience to fall in love with an album through learning to appreciate the slow burners as much as the instant favourites. The patience to appreciate a 10 - 20 minute epic and enjoy listening to it repeatedly so that you hear something different each time.
Maybe I'm getting old...
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I agree...it was all about the 'ad lib to fade'. You heard EVERYTHING!!
Totally agree. I often get pissed off with myself as i'm not as patient with music as I used to be, and as a result I know I miss out on some great musical experiences.
Now, if kids don't like the first few bars, they're gone. You've got to grab them."
Im more this way inclined, and I think I always have been. But when I do find a song I do like I kill it with a stick on repeat (case in point - Crazy).
Hardy wrote:Totally agree. I often get pissed off with myself as i'm not as patient with music as I used to be, and as a result I know I miss out on some great musical experiences.
Oath, I shit myself to tears. Maybe I should copy everything to tape.
This ain't no party
This ain't no disco
This ain't no foolin' around
Agree with this, to a point. I am still all about 'discovering' an album :wankalert:, and the more difficult the album, the more time I will give it. Guess I am like the rat in the cage with the electric shocks and food rewards... inconsistent conditioning has me listening with patience to all sorts o' crap in the hope that I will hit on that album/song that I Have To Listen To or I Will Go Postal.
Those albums/songs tend to be the ones that take the most time.
I love that about music. Except the electric shock bit. I don't like that.
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I read this article today, and I am curious about these guys.
Word on the music when you were young.
I would often do the really painful thing and slowly wrote down the lyrics of my favourite songs, by rewinding/fast-forwarding, would take about 20 minutes for say a 4 minute song.
Usually the sadder songs.
This was of course if I didnt have the lyrics on the sleeve/cd.
flippo wrote:problem for me is I have access to soo much music, that its only the absolute cream of the crop that I become very farmiliar with.
i am very luck and spoilt and don't think that i take it foregranted and don't appreciated.... but... i am sent 20 + albums per week and it's hard to give them all even one proper listen let alone having time to play things over and over and really familiarise myself with it. or have time to listen to old favourites...
spazz wrote:I read this article today, and I am curious about these guys.
Word on the music when you were young.
I would often do the really painful thing and slowly wrote down the lyrics of my favourite songs, by rewinding/fast-forwarding, would take about 20 minutes for say a 4 minute song.
Usually the sadder songs.
This was of course if I didnt have the lyrics on the sleeve/cd.
I absolutely did the same thing, even made tapes of my own mock radio show and used to back announce tracks with amusing segues from the previous tracks. I still have a vast collection of tapes and listen to them regularly in the car.
Agreed on the difficult albums to CIA, often they are the true gems because you will suddenly listen to them in the right mindset and it all falls into place. I absolutely love that moment when a track you didn't get makes complete sense, one of the joys of music...
:geekhat:
This ain't no party
This ain't no disco
This ain't no foolin' around
You are ritht, I also used to know albums back to front and love listening to them over and over. I sometimes think that I miss it but then I just think.......
flippo wrote:problem for me is I have access to soo much music, that its only the absolute cream of the crop that I become very farmiliar with.
i am very luck and spoilt and don't think that i take it foregranted and don't appreciated.... but... i am sent 20 + albums per week and it's hard to give them all even one proper listen let alone having time to play things over and over and really familiarise myself with it. or have time to listen to old favourites...
I still get that buzz. Not so much with electronic music (still does, though) but I definitely love getting that album and listening to every track, pretty much every time. In fact, I'm still pissed if there's more than one dud track on an album.
But then I am an old fart.
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