Rude Boy wrote:
> It will be SO awesome to walk into a shop on release day and pick up the new Kate Bush album, fuck all this downloading bollocks!
Indeed, a pleasure lost to many these days. Lovely sleeve art too.
Kate Bush's "King of the Hill" video
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The Last Word
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"Let's do it..."
Re: Kate Bush's "King of the Hill" video
"Lovely sleeve art too"
Exactly, it's all part of the deal. It may sound totally nerdy but I really dig reading which musicians played on each particular track on an album and all the other details, sleeve art and portraits of the band or artist. That's what turns me off about downloading and those bleedin' ipod things. It reduces music to mere froth, throwaway entertainment for a generation with no soul. I've got numerous examples of albums that took me literally years to fully appreciate, David Bowie's "Ouside" and Roger Waters' "Amused to Death" are two good examples of albums that reveal their secrets over time and reward the listener's patience. In both cases the sleeve art and lyrics are hugely important to the experience as a whole.
As a fan passionate about music in many styles, from Kate Bush to Lynryd Skynyrd, I say bollocks to downloading!
Exactly, it's all part of the deal. It may sound totally nerdy but I really dig reading which musicians played on each particular track on an album and all the other details, sleeve art and portraits of the band or artist. That's what turns me off about downloading and those bleedin' ipod things. It reduces music to mere froth, throwaway entertainment for a generation with no soul. I've got numerous examples of albums that took me literally years to fully appreciate, David Bowie's "Ouside" and Roger Waters' "Amused to Death" are two good examples of albums that reveal their secrets over time and reward the listener's patience. In both cases the sleeve art and lyrics are hugely important to the experience as a whole.
As a fan passionate about music in many styles, from Kate Bush to Lynryd Skynyrd, I say bollocks to downloading!
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I agree there is no substitue for a decent Album clover with an inserted sleeve that includes lyrics for all the songs
Anything less is a rip-off
AND CDs give a superior playback and last forever even if you attack them with anything-Its what people were led to believe which is why a few tried it
The way I see it is that it is a giant marketing ploy
Rather than buying 1 product(the album) and knowing everything now you need to by the CD,IPOD/CD player to play it & connect to the internet to know what the hell the lyrics actually are
cheers
B....OZ
Anything less is a rip-off
AND CDs give a superior playback and last forever even if you attack them with anything-Its what people were led to believe which is why a few tried it
The way I see it is that it is a giant marketing ploy
Rather than buying 1 product(the album) and knowing everything now you need to by the CD,IPOD/CD player to play it & connect to the internet to know what the hell the lyrics actually are
cheers
B....OZ
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Re: Kate Bush's "King of the Hill" video
Rude Boy wrote:
>In both cases the sleeve art and lyrics are hugely important to the experience as a whole.
Very true. Sleeve art was perhaps more important in the past as it was one of the few (and sometimes only) visual gateways to the artist. I don't suppose people pore over them and their elusive credits/lyrics as much as they once did because there's no need to what with the websites and media coverage acts get these days.
But they're still a powerful marketing tool. Read any of the sleeve art threads on this (or any) forum and you'll find people saying the best sleeves are the ones wrapped around their favourite albums.
>In both cases the sleeve art and lyrics are hugely important to the experience as a whole.
Very true. Sleeve art was perhaps more important in the past as it was one of the few (and sometimes only) visual gateways to the artist. I don't suppose people pore over them and their elusive credits/lyrics as much as they once did because there's no need to what with the websites and media coverage acts get these days.
But they're still a powerful marketing tool. Read any of the sleeve art threads on this (or any) forum and you'll find people saying the best sleeves are the ones wrapped around their favourite albums.
"Let's do it..."