We used to be able to touch music. We held the records and tapes in our hands. We tired to get them. They were expensive, and hard to find. You'd go through tens of shops for maybe years, to find that ONE album, perhaps for that ONE song, that one refrain, that one line.
But it was worth it...
Each song required effort. Rewinding and forwarding was an investment. And when you reached that point you wanted, it felt great...
Music was hard to get, harder to go through. and we had less of it, which made us appreciate what we had even more. I could subsist on a single album for months. Listen to every song, every lyric, every fault in editing or recording, all engraved into my spirit.
And the album art was treated as, well, art. We went through the pictures. What did they mean? What did each word mean? We read the dedications, the trivia, the notes, and stared at the pictures.
Now I have 100,000 songs on a machine the size of cigarette lighter...
But music just doesn't feel the same...
It's easier to produce, easier to find, easier to go through, and easier to throw away and skip...
Throw away? We need to throw away those mp3 players. They ruined music...
But it was worth it...
Each song required effort. Rewinding and forwarding was an investment. And when you reached that point you wanted, it felt great...
Music was hard to get, harder to go through. and we had less of it, which made us appreciate what we had even more. I could subsist on a single album for months. Listen to every song, every lyric, every fault in editing or recording, all engraved into my spirit.
And the album art was treated as, well, art. We went through the pictures. What did they mean? What did each word mean? We read the dedications, the trivia, the notes, and stared at the pictures.
Now I have 100,000 songs on a machine the size of cigarette lighter...
But music just doesn't feel the same...
It's easier to produce, easier to find, easier to go through, and easier to throw away and skip...
Throw away? We need to throw away those mp3 players. They ruined music...
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