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So the opening track thread made me think I'm a bit weird in how I listen to music.

If I hear a really good song on the radio I go out and buy the entire album and listen to that. And I had guessed that the millennials got most of their music from YouTube or other on-demand free single dispensers, but I would've thought that older generations (Languish included) still stuck to the album format.

So what is it? :elvis:  :punk:

I havent bought an "album" for well over 10 years.

I only buy albums, on occasion I'll buy an MP3 album if it's something I'm not too bothered about or is hard to find on CD. 

Depends on the band. Some do proper albums, others just make albums that are a collection of singles and tat.

I listen to the sort of bands that make albums, so I still listen to albums.

I hate albums.  There are usually only one or two songs per CD that I want to listen to.  Either I want to listen to it over and over, or I don't want to bother with it.  So it was my childhood dream to collect all the songs that I want to listen to in a playlist, because I find it too troublesome to listen to one song on a CD, then switch to another CD, then another...

I don't think I have ever listened to a CD from beginning to the end.  I usually give each song one minute max - if it doesn't pass the "do I want to listen to it over and over for the rest of my life" test, I skip it. 

I am, however, willing to buy an album if it means getting a single song that I really want and I can't get that song by...other methods.  I've done it many times.

"Buy"????? Spotify rules.

I think nowadays I stream 90% of the music I listen; I still do buy "great" albums from time to time for collecting sake, but I made the mental switch almost a couple years ago of not owning most of the music I sample.

That said, I do stream a lot of full albums, since most of the bands I like, I like them because they make albums, not two radio-able hit songs + filler.

I bought the latest Eminem album on CD a few months ago, and from an actual brick-and-mortar store.  I don't remember the last one before that, but I haven't bought/stole/acquired any other music in that time period either.

When I do listen to my own music library I do tend to listen to it as albums and in the released order.  I do stream quite a bit of music too.  I mostly listen to sports talk radio and pod casts anymore though.

I've never bought a single track on its own. Whole albums or nothing.

Quote from: Monoriu on August 06, 2014, 06:10:39 PMI usually give each song one minute max - if it doesn't pass the "do I want to listen to it over and over for the rest of my life until it burns out" test, I skip it. 

:yes:

I've never done singles, though I have been known to pick up the occasional EP when I'm really into a group.  I grew up with vinyl, cassettes, and an 8-track player, so I don't think I ever got over the magic of being able to pop in a CD and not having to switch sides halfway through.

Granted, by the time our record player had worn out, I had gotten really good at reading the grooves on the albums to cue up exactly the song I wanted, but even when I'm popping something into Grooveshark, I'm likely to cue up the whole album and let it play.

For the best music I listen to, if you aren't at least a minute in, it's still the overture/intro/nothing happened yet. You have to go three or four tracks before you really know.

Always full albums or you miss too much. If it's not good enough to buy the album it's not good enough to buy. Period.

Quote from: celedhring on August 06, 2014, 06:18:14 PM
"Buy"????? Spotify rules.

I think nowadays I stream 90% of the music I listen; I still do buy "great" albums from time to time for collecting sake, but I made the mental switch almost a couple years ago of not owning most of the music I sample.

That said, I do stream a lot of full albums, since most of the bands I like, I like them because they make albums, not two radio-able hit songs + filler.

Very much this.

Obviously I use Spotify. Buying albums? For reals?

I buy albums of music I like after I've listened to it.
And I buy them from a b&m store in my town.

I am: Ned Ludd.

L.

Quote from: The Brain on August 07, 2014, 01:06:00 AM
Obviously I use Spotify. Buying albums? For reals?

The question was more how do you listen to new music not so much how you get by listening to it. But yes, Spotify is indeed awesome.

A favourite tactic of mine is to look at other people's playlists.  If I see some familiar songs on the playlist, I'll try to get a copy of it, then listen to each song on Youtube.  If I like it, I'll get a digital copy of the song.  Somehow  :ph34r:

One or two songs?  I expect nothing less from Generation Assburger. 

instant gratification + attention span of gnats = worst generation ever

How old is mono?

I only buy CDs. I like albums, which is probably why I can't stand radio.

Quote from: Maladict on August 07, 2014, 05:13:25 PM
I only buy CDs. I like albums, which is probably why I can't stand radio.

Some songs only really make sense in the context of the other songs they are supposed to go with.

Another Brick in the Wall, Run Like Hell and Comfortably Numb are all great songs on their own, but you don't really get it unless you listen to the whole album.

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 07, 2014, 05:18:48 PM

Quote from: Maladict on August 07, 2014, 05:13:25 PM
I only buy CDs. I like albums, which is probably why I can't stand radio.

Some songs only really make sense in the context of the other songs they are supposed to go with.

Another Brick in the Wall, Run Like Hell and Comfortably Numb are all great songs on their own, but you don't really get it unless you listen to the whole album.

I largely agree with you, but sometimes a single will take on a significance all of it's own, separate from the album.

For instance 'Another Brick in the Wall' was released as a single in the months preceding my year leaving school, it became 'our' anthem.
And fitted well the first year of school children to 'graduate' into the developing wasteland of the Thatcherite/monetarist recession. 

I buy a lot of albums. Rarely from anybody new though

Quote from: Liep on August 07, 2014, 03:35:19 PM
How old is mono?

The question is irrelevant. He's part of the hive.

Quote from: Liep on August 07, 2014, 03:35:19 PM
How old is mono?

Pretty old. Stereo pretty much became the norm by the late 60s

I listen to a lot of albums at home, but for on the go I prefer mixed playlists.

Quote from: Syt on August 08, 2014, 07:10:24 AM
I listen to a lot of albums at home, but for on the go I prefer mixed playlists.

Fair enough.  As much as Seedy's complaining about millennials and the instant gratification bug, he's conveniently ignoring the 70s-80s phenomenon of mix tapes.