if it grab's me by the booboo, I'll listen to it.
Lol. Don't go all philosophical on me now. Good one.if it grab's me by the booboo, I'll listen to it.
For me it's the sound first. If I hear a new song playing, I can tell if like it right away. If I do, I'll U-tube it, grab my guitar and try playing along and then I get the chords and lyrics from the internet. Many times I'm playing and singing the song before I even know what the lyrics are about. Sound quality only comes into play if I want to add it to my play list.For me, here is an important message about the relationship between music and gear. What is the music about? How is it expressed? Does it sound good? In that order, I think, for me.
What do you think? Everybody has a different take on the importance of lyrics, arrangement, performance, sound quality.
I'm with the Kapn, though I'd reorder that a bit - 'does it sound good,' as the most superficial element, comes first just because it is the first thing you perceive (before the lyrics start). However if it's horrible lyrically somehow, or even just banal, I lose interest. Occasionally a song can transcend my usual tastes if the content is meaningful, or funny, or otherwise appealing in some way (and in turn may cause my tastes to expand or allow for other approaches - e.g. 'good' production vs 'lofi'). This is what happened to me with the Smiths; tween me was like "this sounds like shitty old person music; there isn't even any distortion," but because the older (alt-rock/[post]punk) kids were always playing it, eventually I caught some of the lyrics (and to be fair, the guitar work) and went "now hold on there a minute."For me, here is an important message about the relationship between music and gear. What is the music about? How is it expressed? Does it sound good? In that order, I think, for me.
I don't think it was the store's motto, per se. I think it was the corporate slogan of Rust-oleum. Of course anyone working in a paint store would have been aware of the slogan, and possibly taken a shine to it. It IS kinda catchy, after all.Sound, feel, vibe and probably some X factor that i can't pinpoint which what makes some music magical. I treat vocals like another instrument and rarely listen to the lyrics (my wife and daughter retain lyrics immediately which always amazes me).
Neil Young did a Much Music segment in the late 90's and took questions from a small audience. A woman asked him about "Rust Never sleeps" and Young told the story of him jamming with the guys from Devo. Booji-Boy kept blurting out "Rust Never Sleeps" while they were playing and Young stopped and asked "what did you say?". It ends up Booji-Boy worked in a paint store in Ohio and their motto was rust never sleeps. love it.
some movies, comedy etc just doesn't stand the test of time.Way back in the day, I stayed up late to watch a movie on my 13" black and and white TV. I'm not going to name it.
But I sat there terrified during a scene where a blinking light on a monitor approached a stationary light on the monitor, and the actors were all screaming: "Get out of there! Get out of there."
On a thirteen-inch black and white.
Decades later a friend treated me to a viewing of his highdef TV with elaborate sound system. I was really impressed at first. Then I thought that the movie was kinda dumb. I lost all interest in twenty minutes.
For me, here is an important message about the relationship between music and gear. What is the music about? How is it expressed? Does it sound good? In that order, I think, for me.
What do you think? Everybody has a different take on the importance of lyrics, arrangement, performance, sound quality.
Ha! Guessed it.ALIEN