Over the years I've noticed I've frequently found snippets and fragments of tunes more endearing and lasting than the full things: radio rips, sections of old sets, certain elements and sounds. It applies to books, films and so on too. I guess it's partly down to the inability to recall something in its entirety and having to accumulate reference points, markers and so on in order to retain it but there's also something I find appealing about the idea of fragments themselves, perhaps it's the imperfections and the potential and negative space around them, having to consciously or unconsciously project the whole and piece it together rather than having it all there on a plate.
A rip of an old tune with MC snippets and static is always gonna beat the studio version; maybe it's an extension of barty's contention that the best music's brimming with culture. It's lived in, it's real.
A rip of an old tune with MC snippets and static is always gonna beat the studio version; maybe it's an extension of barty's contention that the best music's brimming with culture. It's lived in, it's real.
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