Unpopular opinions.

[Dee Man]

6 hours ago, Quiet Riot said:

Anybody who uses Spotify or any of the other streaming services obviously doesn't care about music.  The sound quality is appalling.  If a song is worth listening to then it's worth buying the CD.

Wat.

You can change the sound quality in settings. 

[MONKMAN]

The Lathums.... [emoji106]

Outstanding band.

[Derry Alli]

5 hours ago, Munter said:

Clearly nonsense. Tidal offers (as one example) “master” recordings at better than CD sample rates if you are prepared to pay for the top monthly subscription. 

I've tried to get Tidal working on my iPad and on my phone I take to gym or on runs. It won't work on either. It's - twice - been free trials I've 'bought' off Groupon so that might have something to do with it but there's a few folk I know who have had exactly the same problems with the service. 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

13 hours ago, throbber said:

A town called Phallus would be a good idea for my next sketch. 

Followed by Balls Come Tumbling Down by the Style Council 

IMO

[jamamafegan]

Clearly nonsense. Tidal offers (as one example) “master” recordings at better than CD sample rates if you are prepared to pay for the top monthly subscription. 

See, this is my issue with music these days - paying for subscriptions. Not only do we have standard subscriptions but we’ve got premium ones as well! Folk just don’t seem interested in owning music anymore. I still make a point of buying CD’s of albums I really like. I like actually owning a hard copy, something I can hold in my hand and look at. If I want to get into new bands I’ll listen on YouTube first. If I find myself listening to them often I’ll then buy their music.

I despise subscription culture. People will just pay money for the rest of their days for things that they will never own.

[Gaz FFC]

7 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said:

True. Same with Liverpudlians, Mancunians and the Irish.

Have you met Cockneys?

[coprolite]

11 minutes ago, jamamafegan said:

 

See, this is my issue with music these days - paying for subscriptions. Not only do we have standard subscriptions but we’ve got premium ones as well! Folk just don’t seem interested in owning music anymore. I still make a point of buying CD’s of albums I really like. I like actually owning a hard copy, something I can hold in my hand and look at. If I want to get into new bands I’ll listen on YouTube first. If I find myself listening to them often I’ll then buy their music.

I despise subscription culture. People will just pay money for the rest of their days for things that they will never own.

 

You don't own the music. You own a bit of plastic. 

[Dan Steele]

9 hours ago, Quiet Riot said:

Anybody who uses Spotify or any of the other streaming services obviously doesn't care about music.  The sound quality is appalling.  If a song is worth listening to then it's worth buying the CD.

Rubbish. A streaming service played through a really good streamer, amp and speaker set up is outstanding. The sound quality will be appalling if played through stuff not fit for purpose. Still nothing to beat playing LPs through a good system, though.

[jamamafegan]

You don't own the music. You own a bit of plastic. 

Sakes man, must you be so petty. You know what I mean.

Say I’ve got visitors round for a few drinks. I’m hardly going to say “would you like to see my Spotify playlist that I’ve made?” On the other hand I could have a CD or record collection sitting there which people can actually look at, look at the front and back covers or open it up and read the booklet. It makes music more enjoyable IMO.

[A96]

14 hours ago, throbber said:

A town called Phallus would be a good idea for my next sketch. 

Down in the Lube Station at Midnight

[A96]

Having heard Richard Foster a few times on Sportsound lately , he seems to be a fairly decent , and reasonably intelligent and articulate sort of bloke.

[coprolite]

22 minutes ago, jamamafegan said:

 

Sakes man, must you be so petty. You know what I mean.

Say I’ve got visitors round for a few drinks. I’m hardly going to say “would you like to see my Spotify playlist that I’ve made?” On the other hand I could have a CD or record collection sitting there which people can actually look at, look at the front and back covers or open it up and read the booklet. It makes music more enjoyable IMO.

 

I do like the paraphernalia that comes with physical media: the cover art, the track info etc and i appreciate that you can't skin up on an mp3file. 

There's upsides to subscription too. I'd say about half of the tracks i have on my sd card are also on cds that are in my attic and only have a couple of listenable songs due to scratches and cracks. About a quarter are tracks i' d never have encountered without random playlists and probably wouldn't ever buy a whole album of. So less fragile, more diverse. 

[Stellaboz]

Having heard Richard Foster a few times on Sportsound lately , he seems to be a fairly decent , and reasonably intelligent and articulate sort of bloke.

Shame his wife is a fucking dick

[stevieKTID]

1 hour ago, jamamafegan said:

 

See, this is my issue with music these days - paying for subscriptions. Not only do we have standard subscriptions but we’ve got premium ones as well! Folk just don’t seem interested in owning music anymore. I still make a point of buying CD’s of albums I really like. I like actually owning a hard copy, something I can hold in my hand and look at. If I want to get into new bands I’ll listen on YouTube first. If I find myself listening to them often I’ll then buy their music.

I despise subscription culture. People will just pay money for the rest of their days for things that they will never own.

 

In my opinion you simply can't beat owning a physical copy of an album, i buy a lot of vinyl and can spend hours looking at the artwork and reading the sleeve notes whilst listening to the music. 

[Miguel Sanchez]

1 hour ago, jamamafegan said:

 

See, this is my issue with music these days - paying for subscriptions. Not only do we have standard subscriptions but we’ve got premium ones as well! Folk just don’t seem interested in owning music anymore. I still make a point of buying CD’s of albums I really like. I like actually owning a hard copy, something I can hold in my hand and look at. If I want to get into new bands I’ll listen on YouTube first. If I find myself listening to them often I’ll then buy their music.

I despise subscription culture. People will just pay money for the rest of their days for things that they will never own.

 

@DA Baracus

[hearthammer]

10 minutes ago, stevieKTID said:

In my opinion you simply can't beat owning a physical copy of an album, i buy a lot of vinyl and can spend hours looking at the artwork and reading the sleeve notes whilst listening to the music. 

The inside cover of the fantastic album     Man -  Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day.    Case in point

[Shandon Par]

I used to love getting albums and poring over the sleeve notes and artwork but have grown to really like streaming instead. I use Apple Music and it is good to be paying something to go back into the artists’ pockets and fantastic to have access to so much music. Sitting in the  car and pressing a button to bring up recommendations or talking to it and asking it to play certain songs would have seemed so outlandish not that long ago. 
 

 

[Bert Raccoon]

Uses to live going into Fopp on a Friday and buying a new album, some great, some shite but there was just something enjoyable about going in and browsing the selection.

[Shotgun]

3 hours ago, stevieKTID said:

In my opinion you simply can't beat owning a physical copy of an album, i buy a lot of vinyl and can spend hours looking at the artwork and reading the sleeve notes whilst listening to the music. 

 

2 hours ago, Shandon Par said:

I used to love getting albums and poring over the sleeve notes and artwork 

Some of the fondest memories of my youth involve coming home with a new LP. You'd maybe only heard 1 or 2 of the tracks before and usually, not even that, so it was a voyage of discovery. Had your hard earned £3.99 been well spent or not? And then spending ages pouring over the artwork and reading every word of the sleeve notes. It's hard to imagine now but even when it was a friend who'd got the new album, you were still involved. Often sitting on the floor with him to listen, or phoning him to hear about it. Golden days. 

[NotThePars]

The last record I bought without pre listening was Dananananakroyd's album and it was shit. Which was great cause I was also like 17 and also had nae money. Streaming is much better.