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A lot of the time, my mind always makes me focus on the bass for some reason (does this with Hey Bulldog and Badge by Cream for example.)

Martha said
What do you pay attention to when you listen to music? 

Do you listen closely to a certain instrument or do you maybe concentrate on the lyrics of a song (if it’s a song)? Do you perceive the overall atmosphere of a music piece or do small snippets, like a drum fill or a chord in the guitar, strike you all the time? And if you were asked why you like a certain song so much would you be more likely to mention the emotions the song evokes in you or something like ‘it’s got an amazing chord progression’ as the main reason?  

I will hear a really good song the first time as a whole, it’s kind of my only bar now for quality because as a musician you often hear songs in parts more than wholes. Even favourite songs can get the parts reaction unless I’ve not heard or thought of the song for a while. Often I have to relisten to albums several times to appreciate the songs apart from the production. And with favourite songs I will listen to specific parts, most often bass because it’s bass, but also because a good song always has good bass. I’m often really bad with lyrics, I have to read them because my brain seems overwhelmed with the melody of the voice much of the time. Some songs are very emotive for me, others have a great bit that I love to anticipate, so I can listen to wholes and parts at the same time. I think the biggest problem for listening to music for me is that I have a radio station playing something in my head most of the time even if its some stupid repetitive thing I’ve made up while doing the dishes.  It also really depends on the genre: I often listen to tiny things in the background of dance/ambient tracks because they’re the little goodies that make those tracks special.

So to put all that in context, Radiohead’s gig at Glastonbury made it online of course and I watched it the other night. I know many of the songs, and half the interest was in how they were doing them live, some of the really ambient pieces were astonishing as live performances. But the really emotive part for me was that they did Let Down which they’ve only started to play again recently and I love that song on all levels, and can sing/play it (well not the high bit at the end, I’m no Thom Yorke).

I have to agree with @meanmistermustard i would go with nothing, why even bring a song with you when you can sing, i could sing the entire Abbey Road album if i chose to do so, albeit not as good as The Beatles.

Well some of these cuts are album only so having them in record format would mean I would have to have either their B/A sides or the rest of the album. Wouldn’t complain though. And I think you get a chosen form of player. 

There is a very easy way to make a record player, just tape a needle to a piece of paper rolled into a funnel, sounds crazy but it supposedly works.

 No, not really. However, one time I was talking to one of my friends, and she asked me if I/any of my family members were Irish. She said I sounded kind of like I was. Huh.