Subj : Re: Tapes
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : n2qfd
Date : Thu May 16 2024 11:26:22

 pF> What I liked about cassettes, especially, was the sequential aspect of
 pF> listening to music on them. It made more sense to rewind it, put it in,
 pF> and listen to music in the order it was on the LP.

  Right, it wasn't just the individual songs that the artist was creating but the album if the label would let them. 

   Queen's News of the World had All Dead All Dead which is a fantastic song that I don't think got the time it deserved. By the time we were kids there were best-ofs coming out and we were being told which songs were the best instead of finding them. Then the Napster to iTunes revolution made al la cart a thing. I used to make great mix CD's when Napster was alive. That transitioned into playlists. Something about the scale changed though and we didn't have to listen though it. It's like when you bicycle a route after you've been driving it for months and it just seems to take forever even if you know you're making a good speed. Your sense of scale has been re-written to something new. The Digital Age has brought us to a speed that makes cultivating patients difficult. In that rush we've lost something I think. 

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