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Originally posted by Morgeruat:
Yorik what you're saying is more akin to taking bits of a single song out that you don't like, many of the prepackaged artists (britney, N'Sync, etc) have no greater meaning in their songs and no deep message to impart in their album, I know the vast majority of people with cds, unless the cd's are custom cuts with only tracks they want, tand to skip the songs that they don't like, in favor of hearing only the ones they do.
I know there are some artists who arrange their songs to deliver a certain effect, but most top 40's albums don't.
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I stand by what I say. Lifting songs from a CD is like lifting scenes from a film.
Of the records made on the planet, how many are in the top 40? If the top 40 is your only measure, then classical and Jazz no longer exist. Neither does world music, new age/relaxation, celtic, most hardcore funk, dance and a plethora of heavier music styles.
The album, is the artists primary expressive vehical at the moment, alongside the instantaneous expression of live performance.
A 'single' has historically been lifted to promote an album. Like a few scenes of a film made into a trailer.
Bands like Led Zepplin never released singles, they only released albums. The aforementioned independent Jazz genre rarley release singles.
You are quite mistaken if you believe denying artists the full album as an artform is the way of the future.
As I said, if listeners persist in lifting single songs off albums, I guarantee you'll find artists doing longer and longer songs that merge 'movements'.
I love it how you write off the Britney/NSync albums too. Do you even know the name Max Martin? DO you understand what he even does? The guy is a genius. Working within the constraints of pop music is a very challenging art, and he time and again does wonders within those constraints.
[ 04-11-2003, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: Yorick ]