| Current music: | Big Star - Third |
Music. Not reviewed.
I have finally finished going through my music. For the first time in years, I've actually listened to all the songs in my collection. I'm kinda proud of that. I'm doing a second pass over everything now, alphabetically, and have gotten as far as Boffa Longo.
I'm tempted to write a review of the various albums, but I probably won't. The famous bands I listen to (Argent, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Big Star), everyone's already heard of. The not-famous bands (Ace of Cups, Aggregation, The Blossom Toes), nobody's heard of.
I dislike it when critics make lists of hidden things - you know, "Here are ten great songs that you'll never be able to hear". "Here are the five best books that are out of print - you could spend years looking and not find any of them". It just seems like they're showing off and mocking us. I mean, a list of the best local restaurants that've closed down? That doesn't do anybody any good.
Also, I'm hesitant to review things for two other reasons. Firstly, it'd require the reader to have heard the album to really understand me. How many people have listened to an album by The British North America Act or Autosalvage or The 23rd Turnoff? How many of those people are on-line, much less researching things?
Secondly, I prefer my information centralized. I like having things in one place. I don't want to have to search through ten Geocities sites knowing that six won't exist any more, three will just be collections of links, and one will have nothing but a few lyrics and a lot of broken images. That's to say nothing of bands like The Attack or Audience, which are effectively impossible to search for online. Allmusic is spotty and erratic when it comes to 60s bands. There are a few very good sites, like Julian Cope's Head Heritage, but nothing really comprehensive. The best source of information for psychedelic music, Borderline Books, went offline a few years ago and has no intention of coming back. So it may just be the laziness talking. It may just be that I can't think of anything really worthwhile to say about Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue (filed under Beach Boys, naturally). It appeals to me, aesthetically, to not write up much detail about it
I'm still proud of having listened to my stash of music, though. It's what I've been doing for the last several months.
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