Thinking about far too much music
Jul. 6th, 2020 07:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jbananaThere's an NME list of the best 500 albums. Obviously there's a lot of stuff on there I've never heard. So it occurred to me that I could listen to all of them. Today I started at number 500 with Stankonia by OutKast.
There's a lot of problems with this while idea. I won't see this through to the end (which, spoiler alert, is The Queen is Dead by The Smiths). I would have to listen to things I know I don't like (for example, I can tolerate but am unlikely to enjoy Bob Dylan; I can't stick Bruce Springsteen - both of them are on there). I have to overcome prejudices (which started right at the beginning - Outkast have funk elements that I'm enjoying, but hip-hop elements that I'm managing to sit through).
If were to listen for 8 hours a day, assuming 45 minutes per album, I could be done in about a month and a half. Why not play along at home?
Hmm, hip-hop. There are two things that bother me. Testosterone-fueled self aggrandisement, anger and mysogyny aren't something I want to hear. Outkast were asking me repeatedly if I "want to hear about the gangsta shit?" No, not much, and stop calling women bitches. I accept that this is me manifesting white privilege and having less to be angry about, but realising that doesn't make it enjoyable. The other thing is that I want rappers to stop rapping and sing. That's why the more funk parts of this album work for me. But then I suppose it wouldn't be hip-hop, would it?
If this ridiculous music experiment carries on for long, I'll be able to explain why I don't like a whole lot of other things too. The music industry must be trembling.
Edit: I'm moving these tofartoomuchmusic
There's a lot of problems with this while idea. I won't see this through to the end (which, spoiler alert, is The Queen is Dead by The Smiths). I would have to listen to things I know I don't like (for example, I can tolerate but am unlikely to enjoy Bob Dylan; I can't stick Bruce Springsteen - both of them are on there). I have to overcome prejudices (which started right at the beginning - Outkast have funk elements that I'm enjoying, but hip-hop elements that I'm managing to sit through).
If were to listen for 8 hours a day, assuming 45 minutes per album, I could be done in about a month and a half. Why not play along at home?
Hmm, hip-hop. There are two things that bother me. Testosterone-fueled self aggrandisement, anger and mysogyny aren't something I want to hear. Outkast were asking me repeatedly if I "want to hear about the gangsta shit?" No, not much, and stop calling women bitches. I accept that this is me manifesting white privilege and having less to be angry about, but realising that doesn't make it enjoyable. The other thing is that I want rappers to stop rapping and sing. That's why the more funk parts of this album work for me. But then I suppose it wouldn't be hip-hop, would it?
If this ridiculous music experiment carries on for long, I'll be able to explain why I don't like a whole lot of other things too. The music industry must be trembling.
Edit: I'm moving these to
fartoomuchmusic
