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Adam Piontek
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Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:19:06 -0500
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Re: [idm] Why CD is better.
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Hidden tracks of any kind are stupid, especially the "before track 1" kind. CDs are great. Vinyl is great. If you can no longer enjoy NIN, I weep for you. -Adam P. clive-harris wrote:
quoted 22 lines What I like about CDs:> What I like about CDs: > > The sound quality (sometimes!) > > The durability (sometimes!) > > The fact that I can wrap them up in a plasic bag (or two!), pop them in my > coat pocket and take them down the pub, for a friend to borrow - something I > would *never* countenance with vinyl!!! > > Errr... that's it, I think! > > As for the "hidden tracks" stuff, I think that's pretentious bollocks! The > only time I've found that fun was with (...Father, forgive me!) Nine Inch > Nails'* "Broken", which had a track listing that went something like: 7 > tracks of music, 91 small tracks of silence, then one very noisy hidden > track. I used to like scaring myself by turning the volume up, putting my > CD player on "random" and seeing what would happen! :-) > > Clive > * - Hey, I was young and impressionable! We all mistakes! I just want to > try to put it all behind me and get on with the rest of my life!
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