Vinny wrote:
I guess the other point is that along with technology, society has changed enormously. Back in the day music was really important and usually front and centre of a young person’s life (it was either listen to records in your room or watch 3 channels on TV with mum and dad). These days there is so much more in the mix with Netflix, YouTube, Tic Toc, Social media etc that for my kids, although they enjoy music, there is definitely not the anticipation of a new release or the joy of sneaking a transistor radio to school for the chart run down.
But again there are benefits, I can now communicate with Roxy Music aficionados on the other side of the world and I can give Brian Eno’s latest ambient release a spin whereas I probably wouldn’t have back in the day.
All in all I guess I am now closer to part 3 of ‘If There Is Something’ than the start of the season, however as I do possess the song on vinyl, tape, cd, and the dvd of Flashbacks of a Fool plus access to Spotify and YouTube, I guess I’ll be OK.
Cher Vinny,
Windswept is sure that you will be more than fine.
That said, you appear to be an individual that uses technology selectively to enhance your life. W2 has a similar philosophy and we may be slightly typical of our vintage.
Other generations are much more myopic and are addicted to ‘The Beast’ as a sole source of entertainment and the medium just doesn’t encourage the same sought of knowledge, love or curiosity towards music as vinyl or other formats.
W2 fears we are loosing something important and that music as a profession is under threat.
Salutations,
Windswept