winjim
Smash the cistern
I'm not spending £150 just to listen to adverts...
How do we buy music these days?....
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I'm not spending £150 just to listen to adverts...
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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Vinyl is for collectors. People spend lots of money on postage stamps* yet have no intention of sticking them on a mother's day card**.
*other collectible items are available
**other occasions are available
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I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Perhaps, now this thread has inevitably wandered off topic, I should clarify my music listening preferences?
In my car, I want my music. On my bike, I want my music. At home I listen to various radio stations depending on mood (there are lots to choose from in this digital age) or I stream for free via Amazon and my Alexa devices of mixed Powerage that are dotted around the house (against my better judgement, they are listening, get the foil hats on, etc). I like being able to say 'Alexa, play me cowboy songs' or 'Alexa, play me 90s hard dance music' (got to say I am not entirely convinced by their 1920s mix!).
I do this for free and tolerate/mentally block out the adverts (Although the constant, intrusive, repetitive 'want to listen to music ad free' adverts that Amazon run, sometimes multiple times in a single and break, can get a bit wearing!) so on the whole I don't see why I need to subscribe to anything to achieve more than this?
In my car, I want my music. On my bike, I want my music. At home I listen to various radio stations depending on mood (there are lots to choose from in this digital age) or I stream for free via Amazon and my Alexa devices of mixed Powerage that are dotted around the house (against my better judgement, they are listening, get the foil hats on, etc). I like being able to say 'Alexa, play me cowboy songs' or 'Alexa, play me 90s hard dance music' (got to say I am not entirely convinced by their 1920s mix!).
I do this for free and tolerate/mentally block out the adverts (Although the constant, intrusive, repetitive 'want to listen to music ad free' adverts that Amazon run, sometimes multiple times in a single and break, can get a bit wearing!) so on the whole I don't see why I need to subscribe to anything to achieve more than this?
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I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Just got to say, very upset now Gold have stopped Friday night 50s.....
Amazon 1950s music isn't quite the same
Amazon 1950s music isn't quite the same
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I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
The ads are on the free tier not the subscription
DRM
Guru
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- West Yorks
If you really want your mind blowing, Robert Fripp & Toyah Wilcox have their Sunday Lunch channel on You Tube, I don't know where they get their energy from! expect the odd B*ll*cks from Robert too, perhaps he'll add that into the next King Crimson Gig
View: https://youtu.be/xEKUjaCUtyU
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I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
She's still got it.
winjim
Smash the cistern
Yes the advice was to use the free service.
Clearly. But the conversation was predicated on vinyl being better to listen to than other formats.
Grant Fondo
Guru
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- Cheshire
another good choice.
just to add one more thing about Spotify .... they do tend to have the 'deluxe' editions and anniversary editions of famous records, Beatles Abbey Rd, Revolver, Let It Be etc spring to mind .... buying these can cost £££'s and LP's hundreds of £££'s (Dark Side .... anniversary boxset is 250 quid
) .... so this is where it does represent great value i think, although i would love to have the actual records.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Yes, still going strong
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I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
It's slightly funny/unsettling/inexplainable how in older life I have settled on music that spans from well before my birth right up to current time (although the last decade has mostly been meh!)
I guess good music is just good regardless, while 'popular' is very much a moving feast that changes as the wind blows?
Rolling Stones still good today despite being popular at the time so has very much stood the test of time.
Lyrics are important, I keep telling SWMBO to listen to the words. A catchy tune may be good in the moment but a story is eternal.
Rolf Harris 'Two little boys' might be controversial but listen to the story and try not to cry! Likewise 'Cats in the Cradle' from Harry Chapin. If you have sons try to listen to that without getting a wet eye....
I guess good music is just good regardless, while 'popular' is very much a moving feast that changes as the wind blows?
Rolling Stones still good today despite being popular at the time so has very much stood the test of time.
Lyrics are important, I keep telling SWMBO to listen to the words. A catchy tune may be good in the moment but a story is eternal.
Rolf Harris 'Two little boys' might be controversial but listen to the story and try not to cry! Likewise 'Cats in the Cradle' from Harry Chapin. If you have sons try to listen to that without getting a wet eye....
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
IIRC He did Who do you think you are, his Grandfather & Great Uncle joined the ANZAC's going off to WW1, mirroring the song, after all the bad things came to light, it's disappeared forever, similar to myself I did some genealogy and found 2 of my Grandads cousins enlisted in the ANZAC's in NSW, their service numbers followed on, wound up in Gallipoli, then they were split up, one fought in the Western Front, the other was in Palestine fighting the Turks & Germans
