A Turd In The Hand Vs. The Bush Twins
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Rock-A-Logic Rant #264
As you get older I guess one of two things can happen.....you get cranky and dislike most of the things around you or you learn how to appreciate even the small things that can bring you fleeting pleasure.
When you're young you think you're gonna find that perfect partner. One that will make you happy for the rest of your life, always be perfect and you'l never tire of each other. Some folks actually accomplish this???..most don't.
What happens quite often though is you think you've found your perfect match, and things go well for a while but then you start to get bored and start looking for something different???.more exciting??????or the relationship begins to require more work than you want to invest???..things just don't go as smoothly as they used to???..or worse case scenario, something bad happens and you never want to see that person again.
In my experience records are the same way???..you start off looking for that perfect record???.something you can play from beginning to end and never get tired of???.a record that brings a smile to your face and warms your soul everytime you hear it. Like finding the perfect partner, some people find that record and they are satisfied???.most of us record collectors never do though.
We start looking for new excitement???.something different??????a little "strange" on the side, only your records don't get jealous and in some respects are the perfect partner. So you start looking for other "perfect" records??????that record you can settle down with and be satisfied with happily ever after. Except it's like chasing that first drag from a crack pipe???..you are NEVER satisfied.
When you're young you're out there only looking for "10's"???..hoping to find that perfect blend of mind, body and personality that will allow you to live the life you always dreamed of. As you get older you start widening the playing field, realizing that there is a lot more to a relationship than superficial things???..you start to look deeper into people to find those qualities you have learned to appreciate over the years.
I've had this same relationship with records??????I've owned most of the sexy slabs of vinyl that people consider a "10" and in most cases I grew tired and bored with them???..sure they were great the first 50 times but after a while listening to them was like the same old boring Missionary position time after time and I needed something new.
And after 30+ years I find that I get my kicks in smaller doses and from more unlikely places. You know that "turd" of an LP that only has one good cut???..finding that for me is like having that cute 25 year old waitress wink at me???.it won't mean much a couple of days from now but it gave me five minutes of happiness that those 20+ year old worn out "10's" just don't do for me any more.
Maybe I'm musically jaded like Hugh Hefner is with blond triplets??????or maybe the older you get the cheaper the kicks???.but that one tracker turd is putting a smile on my face while you're "10" is having an affair with the Pool Boy behind your back.
As you get older I guess one of two things can happen.....you get cranky and dislike most of the things around you or you learn how to appreciate even the small things that can bring you fleeting pleasure.
When you're young you think you're gonna find that perfect partner. One that will make you happy for the rest of your life, always be perfect and you'l never tire of each other. Some folks actually accomplish this???..most don't.
What happens quite often though is you think you've found your perfect match, and things go well for a while but then you start to get bored and start looking for something different???.more exciting??????or the relationship begins to require more work than you want to invest???..things just don't go as smoothly as they used to???..or worse case scenario, something bad happens and you never want to see that person again.
In my experience records are the same way???..you start off looking for that perfect record???.something you can play from beginning to end and never get tired of???.a record that brings a smile to your face and warms your soul everytime you hear it. Like finding the perfect partner, some people find that record and they are satisfied???.most of us record collectors never do though.
We start looking for new excitement???.something different??????a little "strange" on the side, only your records don't get jealous and in some respects are the perfect partner. So you start looking for other "perfect" records??????that record you can settle down with and be satisfied with happily ever after. Except it's like chasing that first drag from a crack pipe???..you are NEVER satisfied.
When you're young you're out there only looking for "10's"???..hoping to find that perfect blend of mind, body and personality that will allow you to live the life you always dreamed of. As you get older you start widening the playing field, realizing that there is a lot more to a relationship than superficial things???..you start to look deeper into people to find those qualities you have learned to appreciate over the years.
I've had this same relationship with records??????I've owned most of the sexy slabs of vinyl that people consider a "10" and in most cases I grew tired and bored with them???..sure they were great the first 50 times but after a while listening to them was like the same old boring Missionary position time after time and I needed something new.
And after 30+ years I find that I get my kicks in smaller doses and from more unlikely places. You know that "turd" of an LP that only has one good cut???..finding that for me is like having that cute 25 year old waitress wink at me???.it won't mean much a couple of days from now but it gave me five minutes of happiness that those 20+ year old worn out "10's" just don't do for me any more.
Maybe I'm musically jaded like Hugh Hefner is with blond triplets??????or maybe the older you get the cheaper the kicks???.but that one tracker turd is putting a smile on my face while you're "10" is having an affair with the Pool Boy behind your back.
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Maybe so.....serves me right for trying to justify my turd appreciation.
Just put me in the Nursing Home Hugh Hefner's in.
Reunited and it feels so good. :real_headz:
i think a lot of us that came up like that have now regressed/progressed into wanting whole albums to shine. i know i have. i went from having 4000+ records to about 1200 and i'd like to cut that in half.
point is... distinguishing turds from diamonds has become more important with age.
*a lot of those "10s" wind up being miserable whiney turdevoirs.
WOULD RATHER WATCH THE POOL BOY FUCK HIS RECORDS
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I'm all about records I can listen to front to back. I think of it as "music I can bake bread to" because I don't want to be in the middle of something with my hands all messy and then a turd starts blasting all up in my business. But I guess when I'm twenty years along I very well may feel differently about it.