What do you listen to when you don't know what to listen to?

gmku · 04.11.2008, 11:44 AM

You know those moments. Lots of hesitation in front of the record shelves. Nothing quite jumps out at you. Nothing seems quite right for the mood or time. What do you fall back on?

I think for me it's almost always the Velvet Underground. I find the 1969 live thing especially is good for overcoming those lulls.

04.11.2008, 11:47 AM

The Rolling Stones

uhler · 04.11.2008, 11:49 AM

nothing

Toilet & Bowels · 04.11.2008, 11:50 AM

i look through my collection & see whatever catches my eye

king_buzzo · 04.11.2008, 11:51 AM

i had that like half an hour ago.

GravitySlips · 04.11.2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

i look through my collection & see whatever catches my eye

this.

marleypumpkin · 04.11.2008, 11:55 AM

I'll almost always go to the S section to listen to SY, but sometimes I just put my CD player on All Disc Shuffle.

GravitySlips · 04.11.2008, 11:57 AM

It happened to me earlier and I put on Broadcast, so I guess them.

gmku · 04.11.2008, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

The Rolling Stones

Serious responses only, please.

uhler · 04.11.2008, 12:13 PM

the doors

SuperCreep · 04.11.2008, 12:22 PM

The Fall.

jimbrim · 04.11.2008, 12:41 PM

boards of canada

Rob Instigator · 04.11.2008, 12:59 PM

good question. this happens regularly. Ussualy I opt for something older, something I love and have listened to for a couple of decades or so. More "classic" stuff.
This way I re-discover why I loved so-and-so

the ikara cult · 04.11.2008, 01:10 PM

try and find something new on the internet
But i dont do this enough.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 04.11.2008, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmku

You know those moments. Lots of hesitation in front of the record shelves. Nothing quite jumps out at you. Nothing seems quite right for the mood or time. What do you fall back on?

I think for me it's almost always the Velvet Underground. I find the 1969 live thing especially is good for overcoming those lulls.

grateful dead bootlegs...

http://www.archive.org

PAULYBEE2656 · 04.11.2008, 01:13 PM

piper at the gates of dawn, bubble and scrape, surfer rosa or something else ive loved for years but havent heard in a while....

Dead-Air · 04.11.2008, 01:41 PM

I can't believe I'm the first to say Sonic Youth.

Lately, I fall back on listening to the environment as if it were a musical composition a bit more, but if I need to put actual music on and I don't want to think about the choice it's usually SY. If I'm trying to be quiet though, it'd probably be Eno.

marleypumpkin · 04.11.2008, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dead-Air

I can't believe I'm the first to say Sonic Youth.

Lately, I fall back on listening to the environment as if it were a musical composition a bit more, but if I need to put actual music on and I don't want to think about the choice it's usually SY. If I'm trying to be quiet though, it'd probably be Eno.

Hate to correct you but...

Quote:

Originally Posted by marleypumpkin

I'll almost always go to the S section to listen to SY, but sometimes I just put my CD player on All Disc Shuffle.

pbradley · 04.11.2008, 01:48 PM

I fall into Heideggerian boredom, let it resonate, and let my own Dasein become apparent to myself. -___-

Just kidding, probably who I've been listening most recently.

avantgarde1 · 04.11.2008, 02:01 PM

almost always sonic youth... often it's demonlover.

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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	You know those moments. Lots of hesitation in front of the record shelves. Nothing quite jumps out at you. Nothing seems quite right for the mood or time. What do you fall back on? I think for me it's almost always the Velvet Underground. I find the 1969 live thing especially is good for overcoming those lulls. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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sarramkrop Posts: n/a	The Rolling Stones
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marleypumpkin invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 3,193	I'll almost always go to the S section to listen to SY, but sometimes I just put my CD player on All Disc Shuffle. __________________ "It takes 2 fingers to make the peace sign. Just like it takes 2 people to make love. When you go like this , you're jerking off." -George Carlin
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GravitySlips children of satan Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 373	It happened to me earlier and I put on Broadcast, so I guess them.
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	The Fall. __________________
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jimbrim expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,308	boards of canada
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	good question. this happens regularly. Ussualy I opt for something older, something I love and have listened to for a couple of decades or so. More "classic" stuff. This way I re-discover why I loved so-and-so __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	try and find something new on the internet But i dont do this enough. __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	piper at the gates of dawn, bubble and scrape, surfer rosa or something else ive loved for years but havent heard in a while.... __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	I can't believe I'm the first to say Sonic Youth. Lately, I fall back on listening to the environment as if it were a musical composition a bit more, but if I need to put actual music on and I don't want to think about the choice it's usually SY. If I'm trying to be quiet though, it'd probably be Eno. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I fall into Heideggerian boredom, let it resonate, and let my own Dasein become apparent to myself. -___- Just kidding, probably who I've been listening most recently.
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avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	almost always sonic youth... often it's demonlover. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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