I recently (yesterday) obtained the last track ID I had outstanding. The one track that had bugged me for years. Funny story really. About 18 years ago My mate had his car set on fire, accidently, on purpose, to claim insurance. In the tape deck was a tape from a night I was present at. I got the tape the night after the event, and knew it was rare as shit, because no tapes ever came out of this organiser. So when it was destroyed I was gutted. I found links of me asking for this set going back to 2001. Last night I found this set online, and found the track I was looking for, I now have EVERY single track ID I ever wanted. I have at one point owned, bought and sold, every track ID i have wanted. I know the name of all my favourite tracks, I have them all on mp3, and now do not need to search for anything anymore, It's taken a fucking long time, and so many dead ends, false hopes, ups, downs, times of euphoria and happiness, times of smacking myself in the head for wanting to know a B side i already owned, or something so obvious I overlooked it or ignored it, times of joy when you find the tune and buy it straight away, times of frustration when you know you knew it, times of regret when you know you saw it when flicking through in a store but dismissed it, the gutted feeling when you saw how much it sells for, and all the feelings you get from really caring about music and wanting it all to be complete.
Has anyone else ever completed their wantslist? It's a strange feeling tbh. I feel a bit lost. I thought I would feel happy naming every tune id ever wanted, but now I feel content, but sad. Content because I have achieved what I set out to do, but sad because now I wont have to search anymore. Sad because I wont get that "eureka" feeling again, and sad because now the internet, to me, has lost its primary function, the function that allured me to it in the first place. Is all that's left just porn, twitter and facebook? Or talking about arse fisting with Bunkerhead on msn>