Would you rather... (tough question)

Trouserpress wrote: What I'd say is a far more interesting poser is: A) Would you stick with buying music from the last 100 years and never have the option of buying ANY albums released after today. or... B) Would you keep what you have from the last 100 years and NEVER GET ANYTHING ELSE FROM THAT PERIOD, instead relying on new releases for all future music purchases. Now that's a tough one.

I'm gonna surprise everyone here. I would go for option "B" in this case

Man Overboard wrote: Trouser:  Did you freaking read my mind?  That was the original question I had turning over in my head, I ended up deciding to make it infinitely harder...  a double-or-nothing, so to speak.

Hehe... Well personally I'd find the "original" question much harder. I KNOW I couldn't live without what I already have... but would I rather carry on plumbing the depths of the 60s and 70s or see what future curiosos could arise? I honestly don't know!

Trouser:  Did you freaking read my mind?  That was the original question I had turning over in my head, I ended up deciding to make it infinitely harder...  a double-or-nothing, so to speak. 

I'm gonna live dangerous and go B!................Hey what happened to the stereo!

After much debate, and it absolutely kills me to do this...

I'm going to have to choose B.  Our progressive pioneers certainly "chose B" in their own way.

Now don't get me wrong, I love the early progressive rock more than anything else, but...

The music that interests me the most comes from the past 40 years.  The previous 60 gave me little to love, except jazz.  However, I'm willing to risk it all to see what's coming in the next 100.  Considering even the "new" prog bands are either peaked or close to peaking, I'd be losing that just as much as I'd be losing King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, and other favorites.  But..  who knows what's to come? 

I don't know, probably option A. Although I am very interested in what's to become of this genus, I could never think about abandoning my current collection.

Yes I can and the answer is A - the last 100 years.

Why? Because there is already HUGE amount made from that time period that I know and love (and a lot I've yet to discover but no doubt will too). The future is uncertain... it could be good, it could be atrocious, but at least with 1905-2005 I know I'm guarenteed a staggering amount of good music.

I'm not a prog fan who loathes modern prog, far from it, but I'd still like to play safe on this one and go with what I know I love.

Now this is a tough one.

Okay, you have a choice with two options.

You are guaranteed to live for 100 more years, in good health, without aging.

You can:

a)  Listen ONLY to music written/recorded in the past 100 years.  The cutoff date is TODAY.  You will never hear anything outside of that period, nor will you hear about it or read about it.  Basically, music ceases to exist with the exception of the past 100 years.

b)  Listen ONLY to music made from now until 100 years in the future.  The start date is TODAY.  You will have no memory of previous music, only the music that exists from today, onward.

These choices only impact you.  Forthcoming artists will still be influenced by past artists and put out the music they'd put out anyway, should you choose the latter.

Can you decide?