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    Posted: June 05 2005 at 08:14
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?
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I'd choose to live a normal life, for another year hopefully longer and listen to whatever will be released and have been released
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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.
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Tuxon:  YOU ARE NOT GIVEN THAT CHOICE!  WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?




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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.
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A, without question. The same reason as Trouserpress gave.
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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? 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 05 2005 at 08:34
Option A, plesae  I can't live without "Tales from Topografic oceans"
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I'm gonna live dangerous and go B!................Hey what happened to the stereo!
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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.
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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. 
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But I don't want to live for another 100 years, oh the agony of having to deal with this earthly hell for another 100 years

 

But if the choise have to be made I'd choose the latter. All new music, I also like to live dangerously



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Originally posted by Man Overboard 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!
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Both choices leave J.S. Bach out! I don't want to live anymore!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 05 2005 at 08:44

Originally posted by Trouserpress 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

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Originally posted by flowerchild flowerchild wrote:

Originally posted by Trouserpress 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




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Originally posted by Man Overboard Man Overboard wrote:

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.


If I have no memory of previous music, I can't really miss anything, can I? So, I choose B.
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I'd take the last 100. Even though I'd miss out on anything new (some people say there is nothing new under the sun anyway) I really believe that we have lived through the greatest changes we are going to see. So much music today is derivative and thats not to say that someone cannot be original, however it stands to reason that everyone does what Isaac Newton recognised in science and mathematics, when he said that 'if I have seen further it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.' He was just recognising and respecting the work that had come before. The 'giants' of prog rock owe alot to the forefathers of their musical era as well. 

Anyway I would be happy to regurgitate an already abundant supply of music cause I like blues, jazz, symphprog, progmetal etc. Have you ever heard Aaron Neville sing Ave Maria. It is a sublime experience.  Anita Baker, Miles Davis, Mr John, john coltrane, sonny rollins. Everything from Yes, to Dead Soul Tribe. I love DT and PT stuff as well as Muse. So I am a happy camper right now. I think we have truly been blessed and yep a renaissance of sorts in the last ten years.

Besides, you never said anything about making your own music and I sing and play acc guitar and piano so, if I ever get bored with listening for awhile, I can do that.  

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Originally posted by JCProg JCProg wrote:

Originally posted by Man Overboard Man Overboard wrote:

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.


If I have no memory of previous music, I can't really miss anything, can I? So, I choose B.

Correct answer!

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Originally posted by barbs barbs wrote:

I'd take the last 100. Even though I'd miss out on anything new (some people say there is nothing new under the sun anyway) I really believe that we have lived through the greatest changes we are going to see. So much music today is derivative and thats not to say that someone cannot be original, however it stands to reason that everyone does what Isaac Newton recognised in science and mathematics, when he said that 'if I have seen further it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.' He was just recognising and respecting the work that had come before. The 'giants' of prog rock owe alot to the forefathers of their musical era as well. 

Anyway I would be happy to regurgitate an already abundant supply of music cause I like blues, jazz, symphprog, progmetal etc. Have you ever heard Aaron Neville sing Ave Maria. It is a sublime experience.  Anita Baker, Miles Davis, Mr John, john coltrane, sonny rollins. Everything from Yes, to Dead Soul Tribe. I love DT and PT stuff as well as Muse. So I am a happy camper right now. I think we have truly been blessed and yep a renaissance of sorts in the last ten years.

Besides, you never said anything about making your own music and I sing and play acc guitar and piano so, if I ever get bored with listening for awhile, I can do that.  

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