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Worst Decade of Music: 1960-2020

 
 
 
Anyway, I'm glad I discovered classical music. When I was about fifteen I listened to one of my Dad's classical records. It was Dvorak's New World Symphony. It didn't do much at first, but on repeated listens I began to love it. Opened a whole new world. Hey, look at that.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
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WAB said:
You were a kid in the 90s? Heck I thought you were much older.
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ideologyhunter said:
That'll make ya friends. You're supposed to say it tactfully: 'Were you born before or after 8-tracks?"
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Completely Automated Public Seniors Test To Tell Oldsters and Youngsters Apart (CAPSTOYA)
On what music format can two songs be heard simultaneously?
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Cassette tape, just that one song is much much much quieter.
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Okay, but how does that work?
 
Wait, you mean like when sometimes you could hear the ghost of a song that was on the other side?
 
WAB said:
Wait, you mean like when sometimes you could hear the ghost of a song that was on the other side?
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Yeah, that's all I got. As far as I know, it is the only media that effectively played two sides at once.

Records, 8-track, digital, CD is only reading one track at a time.
 
It happened all the time with 8-tracks!! When one song got to a soft passage, you could hear a louder song on the adjacent track. Probably happened as the machine got older and the tape head got residue buildup. Problem solved when the tape came apart at the silver tape patch (or your machine ate it.)

My best 8-track story: I was driving home late one night from a grad school class, playing an 80-minute tape I had made of Bessie Smith. I had just driven through lovely Williston, Ohio, and Bessie was singing: "I had a man for fifteen year, give him his room and -- morgle borgle orggg..." which was a clear sign that the tape was starting to get devoured. I pulled it out and could see that the tape at that spot was in accordion shape, and would never play again. I was in the mood to do something dumb, so I held on to the tape, pulled it a little farther out of the cartridge, then lowered the cartridge out the window. When it hit the pavement, it started to go clack-a-clack, and the tape began to play out. For the next mile or two I let the cartridge bounce behind me. I could hear it a hell of a long way back. It probably got 10 or 15 car lengths behind me. Ultimately I saw some headlights coming from behind me, and didn't want to get caught with Bessie Smith trailing out behind my car, so I let the tape go. Most fun I ever had littering.
 
I can't imagine how'd that would impact listening to Relayer (or Tales).

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ideologyhunter said:
It happened all the time with 8-tracks!! When one song got to a soft passage, you could hear a louder song on the adjacent track. Probably happened as the machine got older and the tape head got residue buildup. Problem solved when the tape came apart at the silver tape patch (or your machine ate it.)

My best 8-track story: I was driving home late one night from a grad school class, playing an 80-minute tape I had made of Bessie Smith. I had just driven through lovely Williston, Ohio, and Bessie was singing: "I had a man for fifteen year, give him his room and -- morgle borgle orggg..." which was a clear sign that the tape was starting to get devoured. I pulled it out and could see that the tape at that spot was in accordion shape, and would never play again. I was in the mood to do something dumb, so I held on to the tape, pulled it a little farther out of the cartridge, then lowered the cartridge out the window. When it hit the pavement, it started to go clack-a-clack, and the tape began to play out. For the next mile or two I let the cartridge bounce behind me. I could hear it a hell of a long way back. It probably got 10 or 15 car lengths behind me. Ultimately I saw some headlights coming from behind me, and didn't want to get caught with Bessie Smith trailing out behind my car, so I let the tape go. Most fun I ever had littering.
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Yes. It was particular to tape decks in cars. Track 1 would be playing and a quieter track 3 or could be heard or tracks 2/4. I thought it was the head getting knocked out of alignment from being constantly subjected to bad roads.
 
WAB said:
Anyway, I'm glad I discovered classical music. When I was about fifteen I listened to one of my Dad's classical records. It was Dvorak's New World Symphony. It didn't do much at first, but on repeated listens I began to love it. Opened a whole new world. Hey, look at that.
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It was Bugs Bunny that exposed me to classical and Charlie Brown to jazz.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
TV and credit cards said:
WAB said:
You were a kid in the 90s? Heck I thought you were much older.
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ideologyhunter said:
That'll make ya friends. You're supposed to say it tactfully: 'Were you born before or after 8-tracks?"
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Completely Automated Public Seniors Test To Tell Oldsters and Youngsters Apart (CAPSTOYA)
On what music format can two songs be heard simultaneously?
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Cassette tape, just that one song is much much much quieter.
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The first album I bought was Alice Cooper's "Killers" on cassette.
 
Your first stereo system?

Mine was a 25 WPC Sansui receiver, a Technics turntable, a Teac cassette recorder/player, and a pair of Bose 301s.
 
Using the measure "number of songs I like from that decade", the 60's are the worst decade out of the choices offered.

But it's not really fair, because I wasn't around to listen to 60's music when it came out, and I have little reason to go back to it.
 
bigfield said:
Using the measure "number of songs I like from that decade", the 60's are the worst decade out of the choices offered.

But it's not really fair, because I wasn't around to listen to 60's music when it came out, and I have little reason to go back to it.
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At least put it on your bucket list to explore the world of Stax. Get one juicy Otis Redding album -- Live in Europe or one of the greatest hits collections. Otis was the real deal.
 
ZiprHead said:
Your first stereo system?

Mine was a 25 WPC Sansui receiver, a Technics turntable, a Teac cassette recorder/player, and a pair of Bose 301s.
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KLH Model 11 here, from 1966. No cassettes yet (the aficionados had reel to reel machines) . I was 17. It had surprisingly good sound, for when it was produced. And portable to boot. Came with detachable speakers with enough wire to be placed ten or fifteen feet apart as I recall.
 

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With matching power amp and an AR manual turntable.
 
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