Corpsey
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What were your jams?
My top 100 of the 2010s (1 choon per artist) is still in flux but here it is atm
Compiling this has led me to think about how music has changed over ten years for me - from something I was personally invested in (making/writing about/going out to listen to) to something I have a passive relationship with. The role of the Internet and my beloved Spotify in that.
Really I need to write notes for this top 100 as many choices require a sort of explanation. Anyway, as it stands all these ones either mean something to me or are just what I consider standout songs. (Hate on me for the Calvin Harris by all means.)
Which brings me onto another observation - how mainstream my taste has become, probably in line with the penning in of Spotify etc. I've listened to a wider variety of music this decade than ever before. I've fallen in love with music that it's doubtful I'd have heard without streaming, let alone without the internet.
But is my engagement more shallow now? I'm not into a genre anymore, so I skim things, and avoid deviations from the norm. Well, either that or my taste has been sharpened to a fine point and I can tell in a minute if something has what I want.
I think writing about music might be of no interest to anyone else but is worth doing for oneself to maintain an engagement.
Anyway, I'm very interested in knowing your best ofs, especially those of you with special genre knowledge of the sort that I had up until maybe 2015 or so and now have foresworn.
My top 100 of the 2010s (1 choon per artist) is still in flux but here it is atm
Compiling this has led me to think about how music has changed over ten years for me - from something I was personally invested in (making/writing about/going out to listen to) to something I have a passive relationship with. The role of the Internet and my beloved Spotify in that.
Really I need to write notes for this top 100 as many choices require a sort of explanation. Anyway, as it stands all these ones either mean something to me or are just what I consider standout songs. (Hate on me for the Calvin Harris by all means.)
Which brings me onto another observation - how mainstream my taste has become, probably in line with the penning in of Spotify etc. I've listened to a wider variety of music this decade than ever before. I've fallen in love with music that it's doubtful I'd have heard without streaming, let alone without the internet.
But is my engagement more shallow now? I'm not into a genre anymore, so I skim things, and avoid deviations from the norm. Well, either that or my taste has been sharpened to a fine point and I can tell in a minute if something has what I want.
I think writing about music might be of no interest to anyone else but is worth doing for oneself to maintain an engagement.
Anyway, I'm very interested in knowing your best ofs, especially those of you with special genre knowledge of the sort that I had up until maybe 2015 or so and now have foresworn.
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