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    a thing of the past

    in Someone Else's Song

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    And yes I know WILCO or Ryan Adams or Scarf Rock Band # 34 put out actuall vinly albums - but I don't see Mary and John Smith trucking down to Cool Hand Duke of Prune's Record Store to buy such a thing. Most people I know think I am insane to have as much music as I have - they are content to listen to the radio in their car and maybe get a cd at Christmas or some such thing.

     

    The reason I think cds are going to go is because like most things the music business is geared toward the youth of today So when Sally Smith wants the new Pussycats Dolls Pitch Corrected Opus Number 5, is she going to go get it at WalMart? Maybe - but more likely than not - Mary and John are just going to give her the old credit card number or whatever it takes - so she can grab it off of itunes. Why? Becasue that is what all of her friends are doing.

     

    Or as a freshman once said to me in the library - "Dude, how do you operate this record thing?"

     

    Think about it - 78s went, reel to reel went, cassettes went, mini-disc went (did they ever catch on?), etc.

    a thing of the past

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    :wave I buy cds, and then albums I really love I'll buy on vinyl too.

     

    As for iTunes, I've only bought 2 full albums from there, and I'll probably never do it again. Yeah, the price is right and you get the music immediately, but I hated not having tangible liner notes and the "cd art". :rolleyes So I don't see downloading ever replacing record stores for me.

     

     

    Some day, that is all there will be. Maybe in our lifetime, maybe not. I am like you - I prefer the real thing. I have a list and I get what is on that list.

    a thing of the past

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I don't see anyone buying vinly unless you are some sort of music freak. Hell, even I don't buy vinly records - unless they are some old thing from time to time. I know some bands are putting them out - but I am old enough to recall when record stores were actually full of new records. That ain't gonna happen again. Same with cassettes and cds. The way of the future is digital over the internet, no artwork, small sound files, etc. I don't like it - I feel like I sold out when I started buying cds - but that is the way it is. If you dudes live in a big enough city that can support a real music store - that is great. I think places such as GEMM will be or are the new indie place for the rest of us. At least, that is what I have been told.

    one song

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Where do you walk on sunny times

    When the rivers gleam and the buildings shine

    How do you feel goin' up hallowed halls

    And the summer clothes brighten gloomy halls

     

    And they're all in love

    And they're all in love

     

    Where do you fit in zzzzip magazine

    Where the past is the hero and the present a queen

    Just tell me right now where do you fit in

    With mud in your eye and a passion for gin

     

    And they're all in love

    And they're all in love

     

    Hey, goodbye all you punks

    Stay young and stay high

    Hand me my checkbook

    And I'll crawl off to die

     

    But like a woman in childbirth

    Grown ugly in a flash

    I'm seen magic and fame

    Now I'm recycling trash

     

    And they're all in love

    And they're all in love

    And they're all in love

    And they're all in love

    a thing of the past

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    We have not had one for many years now - nor a bookstore. And I live in a college town. As I mentioned somewhere else - some dude opened one a few months ago - but he has next to nothing in there - seems to be mainly a place for rappers/djs to hang out. I don't see him staying in business very long.

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