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]]> http://mypoproks.com/2008/07/09/albumoftheweek-beck-modern-guilt/comment-page-1/#comment-380 george of erehwon Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:13:50 +0000 http://mypoproks.wordpress.com/?p=1337#comment-380 haven't heard the record yet...but I like the short album thoughts. Since the advent of the CD, youngsters have expected 15 songs and an hour of material on a disc. This is unnatural. 30-45 minutes is proper because you can dig it, and still use the powder room and get a sandwich, or call your mom. So many pieces of symphonic classical music "just happen" to fall into the 45 minute range. that was no accident...these guys knew what they were doing. Beethoven had no idea that a few hundred years later, people would want to hear an opus without getting up to flip the record over ( you're too young for this.) But he did know that people went to the bathroom, ate sandwiches, and called their moms. ( back then, it was known as YELLING, 'cuz there were no phones.) Most importantly, there's no room for filler material on an album. I like an album to be cohesive, jump up, kick my ass, then end and leave me wanting more. A good record is like a chick on a beer commercial...she's comes out hot, commands attention, delivers the message, then she's gone. you wish she would have stuck around for more, but she probably would have pissed you off if she did. So now you have time to go to the bathroom, have a sandwich and call your mom. haven’t heard the record yet…but I like the short album thoughts. Since the advent of the CD, youngsters have expected 15 songs and an hour of material on a disc. This is unnatural. 30-45 minutes is proper because you can dig it, and still use the powder room and get a sandwich, or call your mom. So many pieces of symphonic classical music “just happen” to fall into the 45 minute range. that was no accident…these guys knew what they were doing. Beethoven had no idea that a few hundred years later, people would want to hear an opus without getting up to flip the record over ( you’re too young for this.) But he did know that people went to the bathroom, ate sandwiches, and called their moms. ( back then, it was known as YELLING, ‘cuz there were no phones.) Most importantly, there’s no room for filler material on an album. I like an album to be cohesive, jump up, kick my ass, then end and leave me wanting more. A good record is like a chick on a beer commercial…she’s comes out hot, commands attention, delivers the message, then she’s gone. you wish she would have stuck around for more, but she probably would have pissed you off if she did. So now you have time to go to the bathroom, have a sandwich and call your mom.

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