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Old 04-11-2003, 07:08 PM   #39
Yorick
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Join Date: January 7, 2001
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Quote:
Originally posted by realbinky:
To support morgeruat, albums by top 40 "packaged" bands are sold such that a few songs are hyped and popular, and other songs are filler. Why should I be forced to buy songs I DON'T WANT. That is what they are doing.
Fillers?

How many albums have you recorded realbinky?

So just because you don't like a song, it's called a filler? And what if the songs you don't like, don't correspond with the songs others don't like. Would that make the whole album one of fillers? Why release an album at all?

Secondly, have you ever heard of songs "growing on you"? Songs "taking some effort" to understand and enjoy?

Singles are generally the most ACCESSIBLE, not the best from an album. Often the most expressive work on a record is the one least likely to be a single, and the one that takes more to eventually like. It widens your pallette.

Put it another way.

If you went to a show, to see an artist, do they give you the option of them skipping the songs you don't want to hear, and only playing your personal favorites? No. Their audience is bigger than just you, and they also release things for THEMSELVES. If you don't like a few songs tough cheddar.

[ 04-11-2003, 07:09 PM: Message edited by: Yorick ]
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