The Beatles Bible - Topic: Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Long John Silver on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57176 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57176

The Walrus said
I was 10. I didn't listen to the album for years.

To me a bigger problem was that I wasn't that much into music as I am today, but I changed a lot in last few years :) .

]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:53:23 +0100 meanmistermustard on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57174 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57174 Why thanks INTSWD. It was a spur of the moment thing last night but will probably last a day or so before something else comes along and replaces it.

]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:41:15 +0100 Into the Sky with Diamonds on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57168 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57168 Whoa, meanmisternustard, didn't recognize you. Welcome to the new avatar.

]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:03:28 +0100 The Walrus on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57160 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57160 I was 10. I didn't listen to the album for years.

]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:01:35 +0100 Long John Silver on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57146 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57146 I didn't know you were that young... how old were you when debut Arctic Monkey album came out?

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:49:25 +0100 The Walrus on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57141 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57141 In my life, I have basically never experienced a "buzz" around a new album. I was too young to get excited about Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, by the Arctic Monkeys, which was probably the last album people outside of music critics got really excited about as soon as it was released. I only have a vague awareness of excitement surrounding American Idiot.

As a result, there's no more to get swept away by when I listen to, say, Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized, which is my favourite album of the year, than when I ...]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:25:06 +0100 Long John Silver on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57088 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57088 Yeah that one is great.  Also new song by Muse - Madness :) .

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:57:18 +0100 FlyOn13 on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57085 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57085 I like a lot of modern music... The most beautiful song I've heard in the last year is "The A-Team" by Ed Sheeren...it is SO AMAZING!!!! a-hard-days-night-ringo-10

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:51:16 +0100 GeorgeTSimpson on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57081 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57081 There's very few music which is new and which I really like. I love most new mccartney songs and very few modern songs one example is summer paradise by simple plan and sean paul i think imo a nice song (not as great as any beatles or wings song but nice)

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:45:46 +0100 Dipsy on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57078 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57078

mr. Sun king coming together said 

I'm going to have to say no to this - at least if you're a sensible person. If Justin Bieber put out a masterpiece tomorrow, I'd applaud it. It's asinine to reject an artist without reason.

Exactly. I've had a moment very similar to this example about four months ago. I, personally, am in no way a Taylor Swift fan: I almost always cringe at the first listen of her newest songs seemingly written with a middle school mentality (like, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"...really?!). However, I was pleasantly surprised to discover a song ...]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:28:02 +0100 meanmistermustard on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57070 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57070

mr. Sun king coming together said
Even that crap.You can have expectations, or even preconceived notions. But it's wrong to write someone off and then say a song is bad just because of who it is

I wouldnt write it off as bad without hearing it, just wouldnt go anywhere near it without a nudge.

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:14:52 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57068 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57068 Even that crap.You can have expectations, or even preconceived notions. But it's wrong to write someone off and then say a song is bad just because of who it is

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:06:08 +0100 meanmistermustard on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57067 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57067

mr. Sun king coming together said
When it comes out. If you hear something for the first time 40 years after release (Sgt. Pepper, say) you have 40 years of expectations, and it almost always comes up short. Or, you can expect nothing, and not truly recognize the awesomeness it is or contains. 

ITS:

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
On the other hand...

At the time of a song's release, you can't help but be influenced by your general thoughts concerning the artist.

If you think a performer obnoxious/juvenile, or otherwise unlikeable, you'll not be inclined to like his/her ...]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:57:54 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57061 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57061 When it comes out. If you hear something for the first time 40 years after release (Sgt. Pepper, say) you have 40 years of expectations, and it almost always comes up short. Or, you can expect nothing, and not truly recognize the awesomeness it is or contains. 

ITS:

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
On the other hand...

At the time of a song's release, you can't help but be influenced by your general thoughts concerning the artist.

If you think a performer obnoxious/juvenile, or otherwise unlikeable, you'll not be inclined to like his/her songs.

I'm going to have to say no ...]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:42:28 +0100 meanmistermustard on Is it better to first hear a song when it comes out ... or much later? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57056 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/is-it-better-to-first-hear-a-song-when-it-comes-out-or-much-later/#p57056 Im an oldie despite not being old and the music i listen to is 95% not of this generation. A lot of that will be down to preconception; i used to have to listen to the main radio stations (mainly namely Clyde 1) and the music was, to me, very dull, listless and repetivite, and that way of thinking is ingrained in my head. The other issue i find is that if anything did come out i liked initially (eg Human by The Killers) i was bombarded by it to the point of severe overkill by the radio (eg Lady ...]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:00:46 +0100