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Single Songs Versus Albums

You know those weeks where nothing seems to go right? I just had one.

But in other news, today’s idea for blog entry came from a conversation among me, Gaga Obsessee (who went to both Lady Gaga’s Melbourne shows), and Gaga Fan:

Gaga Fan: What was the highlight of the show?

Gaga Obsessee: Definitely “So Happy I Could Die”.

Me: Really? [as I learnt when I saw The Decemberists, show highlights can come from unexpected songs, but I was still incredulous.]

Gaga Fan: I don’t know that song.

Me: How do I know it and you don’t?

Gaga Obsessee: How do you know it?

My point is that people don’t listen to entire albums anymore, and it’s sad. What with the rise of the iTunes Store and peer-to-peer software, people mainly just listen to lead singles, which are really not always the best songs of the album. Albums should be listened to in full!

But anyway, I have sort of a reputation for listening to obscure music. In fact, Lady Gaga is the only thing I know about Top 40-type music. It’s hard not to know her music. Here’s an example conversation:

Friend: You know that “Sexy Bitch” song?

Me: No.

Friend: Oh…

I often listen to gapless albums, and concept albums; songs from which are not exactly meant to be listened to out of context. I do it anyway, but perhaps it’s another reason I find it disappointing that people aren’t listening to entire albums…

Focus Questions: What about you? Do you listen to entire albums, or just a few songs?

Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010 in Media, Thoughts · 7 Comments »

In Which I Present You With More Metablogging

Blogging from one of my university’s libraries like a boss.

The inspiration for today’s blog entry comes from a conversation that happened last night:

Mother, talking about Facebook, Twitter, blogs: “What surprises me is that people want to share everything with everyone.”

Sister: “What surprises me, is that they think people care enough to read it.”

Little do they know, am I right? I am right, because there is always someone who wants to read it.1 I have people who subscribe to and read this blog (albeit a small number), without me even having to hold them at gunpoint. I enjoy the fact that I’m writing to an audience. Writing for an audience, even.

Further, the more personal the blog is (i.e., the more details that are given out about the bloggers’ personal lives), the more interesting it generally is. Since being told I’m a bit elusive online, I’m endeavouring to talk about it more, continuing my “thoughts about random topics” approach I had when I began, but also sharing more personal thoughts and details. I’ve mentioned before that if I told Real Life friends about this blog, most of them wouldn’t understand the concept of blogging, and the speech I quoted above supports my hypothesis.

I guess you have to be a blogger to understand blogging.

  1. provided you can write with correct spelling and grammar, and can write something in at least a vaguely-interesting style, perhaps [↩]

Posted on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 in Internet and Websites, Thoughts · 6 Comments »

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