what other artists are you obsessed with
- VonOfterdingen
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I believe that there are people who are prone to obsession with things and there are people who merely like things very much. Obsession is a personality trait. Personally, I am not obsessed by anything. I like Elvis very much, but if I was told I could never listen to him again I would get past it. I like listening to music very much, every genre of music, but if I was told I could not listen to music anymore I believe I could structure my life differently so that absense of music would be bearable.
I do own more EC cds than any other artist in my collection followed by XTC.
OBSESSION: a persistant disturbing preoccupation with an idea or a feeling: also: an emotion or idea causing such a preoccupation
I do own more EC cds than any other artist in my collection followed by XTC.
OBSESSION: a persistant disturbing preoccupation with an idea or a feeling: also: an emotion or idea causing such a preoccupation
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To bamboo: I have most of the Beatles and a lot of the Stones but I'm not completist. I will probably buy the three Beatles albums I'm missing some day (Meet the Beatles for sure, perhaps Yellow Submarine and Let It Be), but as with Bowie, I'll try to forget the Stones' eighties. With many other bands I have all the records but don't really care about as much as those I listed (eg. Nick Cave, the Smiths, Beck, the Walkabouts, the Wallflowers, lots of old metal...). And then there's Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra, etc. who I love but don't have the money or time to be completist about.
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- crash8_durham
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No, so far I have been living off the songs you sent me. I really should go get some more. I haven't bought a cd for a long time. I have been on these music site where I post my stuff and have been trading cds with a bunch of other anonomous people. It would be hard to find any Forbert work in this dinky Mayberry like town. Next time I get out into the world I will have to look a little harder.El Vez wrote:Dude, you're totally welcome! Have you picked up any other Forbert albums after Mission of The Crossroad Palms?crash8_durham wrote: and Vez has me hooked on Steve Forbert.
By the way, I still love and have shared the Dan Reeder cd with a number of friends. Thanks for that one too.
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Well then, I believe OBSESSED is not the correct word to describe how I feel about Elvis. How about ENTHRALLED?ice nine wrote: OBSESSION: a persistant disturbing preoccupation with an idea or a feeling: also: an emotion or idea causing such a preoccupation
ENTHRALL: to hold spellbound; to charm.
I like that much better. It has a happier connotation as opposed to OBSESSED, don't you think?
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I have the obsessive gene from my father (though I'm not a patch on him!), but I tend not to be completist, or rather I can train myself not to be. People I have pretty much everything by and will buy anything new by:
Bowie
EC
Joy Division
New Order
Ron Sexsmith
Lloyd Cole
People of whom I would like to have the complete body of work right now:
The Fall
Dylan
Both are very unlikely to happen.
Bowie
EC
Joy Division
New Order
Ron Sexsmith
Lloyd Cole
People of whom I would like to have the complete body of work right now:
The Fall
Dylan
Both are very unlikely to happen.
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Tier One (no particular order):
Elvis Costello
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Tier Two (no particular order):
The Band
Alfred Hitchcock
Joel and Ethan Coen
Paul Auster
David Bowie
The Kinks
Tom Waits
Elvis Costello
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Tier Two (no particular order):
The Band
Alfred Hitchcock
Joel and Ethan Coen
Paul Auster
David Bowie
The Kinks
Tom Waits
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I agree
This is a much better way for me to describe what my musical likes are also. These are the bands (bedside EC) that I can listen to over and over forever and not get tired of them.SweetPear wrote:Well then, I believe OBSESSED is not the correct word to describe how I feel about Elvis. How about ENTHRALLED?ice nine wrote: OBSESSION: a persistant disturbing preoccupation with an idea or a feeling: also: an emotion or idea causing such a preoccupation
ENTHRALL: to hold spellbound; to charm.
I like that much better. It has a happier connotation as opposed to OBSESSED, don't you think?
In no order.....
The Style Council
The Jam
The Beatles
Elliott Smith
The Cramps
Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Smiths
Morrissey
Duran Duran
Cocteau Twins
Kate Bush
Stevie Wonder
Patsy Cline
Aretha Franklin
Split Enz
Neil Finn
Talk Talk
Sade
I'll stop there because I could go on and on......
Where have you all been all my life? You all have the best taste in music ever!
I love it!
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