Robot wrote:
quoted 3 lines You know, this whole argument is about as silly as my roommate getting upset> You know, this whole argument is about as silly as my roommate getting upset
> over letter-boxed movies on video/cable because as he says, "they're not
> using the whole screen."
How is that a silly argument? Us old folks with poor vision would like to
be able to see the whole thing, not squished down into some tiny quadrant
that's hard to see. Aspect ratio be damned.
quoted 2 lines Get over the format and listen to the content. People buy CD singles all> Get over the format and listen to the content. People buy CD singles all
> the time and those are the same damn discs as a full length.
And - guess what - THEY COST LESS! Imagine that ...
quoted 2 lines All you have to do is imagine CD's are of limitless length and then you'll> All you have to do is imagine CD's are of limitless length and then you'll
> listen to the music and not get all hot and bothered about how long it is.
Unfortunately, they aren't. Deal with reality (and your wallet) please.
quoted 2 lines I think the Kraftwerk analogy is pretty decent. Those guys spent 2-3 years> I think the Kraftwerk analogy is pretty decent. Those guys spent 2-3 years
> on a 30-40min release. It's all about quality and not quantity.
And gee, 30-40 minute releases were pretty optimal for single-vinyl LPs then.
I recently threw back the 12" of Carl Craig's "Bug In The Bassbin" because,
even though it was a killer track, it was a one-sided 12" (gee, half the
medium's capacity, sounds familiar) and yet it was still full price. I do
not feel like paying US $10 for one track, no matter what the "quality".
Let's make this a reductio ad absurdum:
If anyone came out with a CD that was 15 minutes long and contained 10 tracks,
all averaging 1:30 or so in length, and the shops charged full price, would
you still say the same thing?
The issue is not, for me, the length. (Goes into closet, blows off 10 layers
of dust from his Ramones "Leave Home" and Wire's "Pink Flag" ... ) It's the
fact that full price is being asked for a recording which is merely half the
medium's standard length.
- Greg