Musings

[bladespark]

It is strange to think, but at one point I tuned out guitar solos when listening to music. I was from a vocal background, and vocals were what I listened to music for. This is why I used to not enjoy classic rock. Too much guitar, not enough voice, and I was just tuning out the guitar as background noise, waiting impatiently for all this flailing about with strings to get over with and the singing to start again.

Then a song got me to notice a guitar solo, and realise that hey! This is music! Real music. Great music, even. It was, in fact, a Pink Floyd song (Hey You, to be specific. Comfortably Numb was the first song to get me to really like Floyd, but the guitar solo still didn't register properly with me until after I heard Hey You) and Floyd is probably still my favorite guitar sound out there. I have enough Floyd music that I've been listening to it all day and haven't repeated any yet.

But it is funny to think that at one point I listened to the entirety of the Wish You Were Here album, and didn't think it was that great. Too much guitar noise, not enough music, I thought. Tastes change.

Comments

[harliquinnraver.livejournal.com]

i feel your pain there. my dad got to see Floyd live a few times. oh the jealousy! <3

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Happily the Floydian Slips are nearly as good. So, you know, next best thing.

They're actually starting to tour just a little. Only here in Oregon though. But before this year they'd never played outside of Eugene. Maybe they'll tour for real some day and you can hear them.

[harliquinnraver.livejournal.com]

that would definitely be neat! :)
ah well, off to bed with me! big day tomorrow! ^-^