I buy a lot of music on CD in charity shops - I still like physical CDs, and unlike when you're in a record shop you tend to come across stuff you're not actually looking for... or certainly wouldn't feel like trying at £10+ if you didn't know it was any good. I've discovered a lot of interesting music that I otherwise wouldn't have at all this way - you very often *can* judge an album by its cover, and I would say I've got a success rate of at least 90% when I'm buying stuff I know nothing about. It does help that I'm fairly eclectic in my tastes, but it helps to know that at £1-£2 an album the worst that can happen is it goes in the donation bag for next time...
Anyone else do this sort of thing? If so, what have you discovered this way?
This week's for me - Lissie, Catching A Tiger
I'd never heard of her, and from the cover I wasn't sure if it was going to be horribly commercial or quite interestingly alternative. Turned out to be much closer to the latter - quirky country-ish pop, nicely produced and with some good songs.
And failures... the all-time top of the list is Train. I bought their first album before I'd discovered what they were like. I don't think I even made it all the way through, which I usually try to.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Random music finds come for me via Spotify. My fave so far came when I was after some oud music. What I got suggested was The Spy from Cairo which is dub reggae bass and beats, middle eastern strings, the oud playing all the melodies, all performed by (I think) an italian gypsy based in New York.
Vive le difference.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Yes, nice FM cover here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OltcXMV-9Vk
Only 50 odd years behind the times.
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I said maybe.....
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
like The black keys - but better.