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Post by Velkontés on Jul 31, 2013 13:15:42 GMT -5
I read an article that said Nirvana's "In Utero" album is getting a 20th Annniversary deluxe reissue later in the year. (Apparently it will have 70 bonus tracks too. Gay.)
I like Nirvana. They're not my favourite band ever or anything, but they did a bunch of stuff that I liked when I was a kid and I still like hearing some of their songs now.
So yeah, first of all I feel old because obviously I remember when "Heart-Shaped Box" was first released and that is now TWENTY fucking years ago.
But one of the commenters on the article pointed out that these deluxe re-issues will soon be a thing of the past because people don't really buy actual, physical copies of music much any more. Nobody is going to buy a 20th anniversay reissue of an album released today because everyone buys the MP3 or whatever rather than a disc or a record or a cassette tape (remember them!). So we have less "attachment" to the concept of an album.
This isn't a new observation, because this has been happening for years now, but it did make me stop and think. When I was younger I used to buy lots of CDs (I probably have about 300 albums and 50 singles), but I have maybe purchased 5 CDs in the last 6-7 years. Because I download them too (sometimes legally sometimes not) or listen to last.fm or go to youtube. I guess the extent to which this has changed hasn't really sunk in, and I guess this is one tiny little way I feel a slight cultural disconnect from the zeitgeist (as opposed to not giving a shit about Facebook, which would be a larger disconnect).
In short: I feel fucking old.
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Post by MasterSnit on Aug 7, 2013 15:35:43 GMT -5
You're not alone in feeling that way about music, or even entertainment in general. I've also only bought a handful of actual physical CDs or vinyl in the last so many years because almost everything is so easily accessible on Youtube or whatever. Having to work harder seemed to make the music better back when we'd have to go out and buy it on CD. I remember how I used to get so excited about getting home and finally being able to listen to the whole of whatever CD I had bought, or to see the film on the DVD I bought. Now, it's possible to listen to anything, new or old, via a phone and some earphones while sitting on a bus. I sometimes find myself appreciating things a little less if it's too easy to access. Maybe that's why I refuse to get a smartphone.
I also liked Nirvana but not when they were super popular and alive as I was a little too young to fully appreciate them in the early 90s. So maybe I look on bands like them a little differently, but I like that they only had 3 studio albums and not 10 or 20. Now suddenly there is essentially another 6 or 7 albums? I don't know, it just sort of dilutes things for me.
It definitely is hard to grasp things as we get older though. I think in these times getting a firm grip on the world can be hard for many people because of the way the world is constantly and quickly changing. I mean, even just a little over 100 years ago, the only thing most people had to contend with was whatever was happening in their little town, or small group of family and friends. It seems now everyone is expected to stay on top of everything that is going on throughout the world, how their hundreds of friends are doing, how they can be more like this or less like that, how they can get more of this and look more like that, etc. I think our attempts of trying to juggle so many thoughts, feelings, ambitions, fears, etc can be very tiring and can make people feel old and disconnected.
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Post by Velkontés on Aug 11, 2013 6:46:46 GMT -5
Oh hey, here's my second entry in this thread I was a little too young to fully appreciate them in the early 90s. Jesus Mastersnit. Thanks! I actually mentioned this at work earlier in the week, and there were a couple of kids (18 or 19) on the next table who literally were not alive when that album came out. In fact, The Young People At Work is probably going to be a future entry in this thread. I mean, God, this girl I know is getting married next week, she's been with her fiance nearly 10 years, has a couple of kids... and I'm nearly 10 years older than her. Arrghh! It's interesting you mention about enjoying things if they take more effort to get. I remember there being a few rare albums that I literally couldn't find in any record store. Well, I found them all on the Internet years ago. It's the same with songs that I've only got on cheap cassettes that I taped off the radio, or heard once and remembered the title. I can just find them on youtube, no matter how obscure it seems to be. I'm not sure I have the same feeling about working harder for it though. I like playing last.fm for two hours and maybe hearing one track that I really like, and then finding it on youtube so I can hear it again. But that would have been impossible 15 years ago. So it's not as though I haven't adapted to the changing way we listen to music. It just makes me stop and think that I've got 300 CDs, and those kids at work might never have bought one. They've only ever known downloading. CDs to them probably seem as antiquated as vinyl records did to me as a teenager. Sure, I knew they existed, but buying them for the purposes of listening to music seemed silly. You could shuffle the tracks on a CD! And skip the shitty tracks with the press of a button! A few years ago I acquired the expanded editions of Pavement's albums. There are about 150 extra tracks across 4 releases, and I maybe like 30 of those tracks. 30 out of 150. And that's from one of my favourite bands. So I don't like the odds on 70 bonus Nirvana tracks. |
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Post by MasterSnit on Aug 13, 2013 17:44:10 GMT -5
I was a little too young to fully appreciate them in the early 90s. LOL! Sorry V, I just couldn't help myself. You teed it up too deliciously for me to resist. I also enjoy listening to the radio or jumping through Youtube to find some new things that I'll like. Maybe it's not really the working harder for things that increases my enjoyment, but the clearer focus on the music and somewhat limited choice you have when you decide to invest your time and effort in one or two things. On Youtube it can be too easy to listen to one or two songs from maybe a dozen or so artists in one sitting, and enjoy it, but the following day the chances are you'll have forgotten most of the bits and pieces of new stuff you have listened to. I find if I take the time to listen to a whole album all the way through I will get more out of it than I would skipping from one random song or artist to another on the internet. That's just me though. Are you still a social media outsider V? No facebook, twitter, etc? I am. One thing I have observed is that people who do spend much of their time on such sites often become frustrated with the experience. Whether they are unhappy with someone they are following, or whatever, I don't think the experience is as enjoyable as it is made to appear. I've seen profiles and updates of people I know and by reading it you would think they lived their lives in a constant state of bliss, yet when I talk to them in person it quickly highlights the exaggerations that exist with their online persona. It can be annoying though because so many people exist and spend a large amount of their time in cyberspace and people who don't are often considered strange. When I tell people I don't have a smartphone or facebook they look at me like I'm some sort of oddity. It's a sair fecht. |
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Post by Champ on Aug 14, 2013 11:35:13 GMT -5
plain and simple, you know what made me feel old this week? I was listening to the classic rock station and they played, Pearl Jam  |
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Aug 17, 2013 18:55:01 GMT -5
Every Olympic athlete is younger than me, except in Curling and other obscure stuff. Actresses BORN the year I graduated high school are now over the hill  Nirvana is timeless though. I wish I could eat your cancer when, you turn black timeless. |
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Post by Naitch on Aug 18, 2013 12:20:16 GMT -5
You want to feel old, join the military at 19, shoot ahead 13 years, then you can shake your head at all the new kids with there pussified boot camp with there time out cards. They also get to keep cell phones in basic now.
The radio makes me feel old, just because what is getting played on the classic rock stations now.
Sports make me feel old because I'm older then most players.
My friends from high school make me feel old because they just sit around drinking all day every day.
The fact that I'm 32 and still don't have my college degree makes me feel old. But this one is going away soon, I'm finished with classes in 6 weeks.
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Aug 21, 2013 19:01:25 GMT -5
& one of the guys in Naitchs signature pic is now the showoff Dolph Ziggler.
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Post by Naitch on Aug 21, 2013 21:00:32 GMT -5
& one of the guys in Naitchs signature pic is now the showoff Dolph Ziggler. Ha! Only one person in my banner is still wrestling on TV. |
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Post by Champ on Aug 24, 2013 20:42:03 GMT -5
What's crazy to me too is hulk hogan was 33 when he body slammed Andre at wrestlemania 3 and today I'm 34. I can't believe I'm officially older than the balding superhero that body slammed Andre the giant when I was 7
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Aug 27, 2013 21:12:41 GMT -5
Yeah you are older than over the hill athletes. But look on the bright side, Tebow is over the hill and hes like 24.
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Post by Velkontés on Feb 16, 2014 15:14:09 GMT -5
So I was pleased to see that Lita is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. I kinda think the HOF is a bit silly in general, but I do like that they are recognising her contributions as being comparable to Trish Stratus. Also, although she wasn't the smoothest in the ring, she was always a favourite of mine. It was alway fun watching her a few years ago, when... hang on... wait a minute... OVER SEVEN FUCKING YEARS AGO? ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS SHIT?
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Post by MasterSnit on Feb 21, 2014 16:05:54 GMT -5
You posted that on the day of my 30th birthday, you son of a pregnant dog.  Relax though, it's only the second month of the whole year. Yeah, I'm trying to look on the bright side of things. |
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Post by Champ on Feb 21, 2014 19:51:57 GMT -5
You posted that on the day of my 30th birthday, you son of a pregnant dog. Really, and no one even put up a thread about not giving a shit about that day? We will have to fix that this week MS and yeah, no fucking kidding because I remember when MS turned 21! Wtf has it really been that long? When snitsky debuted I was 25 and I'm turning 35 this august! I can't believe Lita is gone over 7 years either. Time is getting scary now |
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Post by Velkontés on Feb 22, 2014 14:08:39 GMT -5
Oh dang, I didn't notice. I blame the new board layout. Or, as someone once put it a few years ago (10 years ago)... It wasn't my fault.
To make up for it MS, here is Scotland winning the World Cup. Let us all bask in the glory one more time:
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