Comments on: On Thom Yorke http://www.jonathan-hardesty.com/2009/08/27/on-thom-yorke/ Probably Not A Good Idea Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:57:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: movieguyjon http://www.jonathan-hardesty.com/2009/08/27/on-thom-yorke/comment-page-1/#comment-75 movieguyjon Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:42:06 +0000 http://www.jonathan-hardesty.com/?p=460#comment-75 I've found that more often than not the bands I listen to tend to come out with some interesting stuff when they stick to the 9-15 track album. Granted, the songs might vary in quality, but it allows the band to explore and conceptualize their songs a bit more than if they were just trying to get a single into the mainstream. More often than not, I find that I tend to like some of these "less-than" tracks to be more interesting than the main single anyway.<br><br>But that's my music snootery, which you can take or leave, of course. :P I've found that more often than not the bands I listen to tend to come out with some interesting stuff when they stick to the 9-15 track album. Granted, the songs might vary in quality, but it allows the band to explore and conceptualize their songs a bit more than if they were just trying to get a single into the mainstream. More often than not, I find that I tend to like some of these “less-than” tracks to be more interesting than the main single anyway.

But that's my music snootery, which you can take or leave, of course. :P

]]> By: Sam http://www.jonathan-hardesty.com/2009/08/27/on-thom-yorke/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Sam Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:36:17 +0000 http://www.jonathan-hardesty.com/?p=460#comment-71 I'm gonna put this out there... Singles, back in the day, were the only things released with one or two B-Sides. I always thought that the pressure to release 9-15 made most artists crank out some pretty iffy stuff just to fill a quota, and after albums began doing so poorly I wondered why artists didn't go back to releasing singles... So in that sense, I am glad that it is happening. However, whiny excuse - not so much a fan. I'm gonna put this out there… Singles, back in the day, were the only things released with one or two B-Sides. I always thought that the pressure to release 9-15 made most artists crank out some pretty iffy stuff just to fill a quota, and after albums began doing so poorly I wondered why artists didn't go back to releasing singles… So in that sense, I am glad that it is happening. However, whiny excuse – not so much a fan.

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