i only want to listen to outstanding music now

STICK YOUR HEAD IN THE OVEN. IT'S OVER.

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hello. i'm sort of in the same mode right now, i don't think it's a bad thing necessarily. in fact, i'd even say it's better. i just know my tastes better so i am able to zone in on what i like, while occasionally paying mind and keeping a clear head about what else is out there, while still knowing my limitations. also, the act of discovering new music happens in short intense bursts with me now, which is better for my social and school life. i just love music. i don't care about being a completist, or following certain scenes or genres, or whatever, anymore. it has made me more passionate about music even.

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Happening for me & I don;t think it's all bad.

Patience for slow growing music = is this shit or not? I'll listen again.... bollox to that! Life is too short.

true 'grower' music compels you back... even if it takes weeks.

Too many of my faves I didn't get on first listen, thus making me make sure I never reach the point of the musical drive-thru window!

I agree w/ P. Most of the music I like immediately I soon grow tired of. Then those things I wasn't necessarily feeling upon 1st listen often grow on me and become perennial faves.

But what if it were a musical drive-thru window serving five star food? Isn't that what's being asked for?

I'm saying it may not taste great the first time around.

Good question. I've frequently cast aside gems that only revealed themselves to me years down the line.

But there's an awful lot to be said for those immediate listens that grab you and won't let go. I think it still requires a lot of sourcing. A lot of listening, downloading, whatever rocks your boat, to find those immediate listens.

It really depends on how many genres you like to keep abreast of. I'm usually hoping all over the place, so I have no choice but to focus on those records that bare immediate sonic fruit, so to speak.

I think your last thought, weasel, is probably correct. After cycling through a certain number of tracks, years, and audible highs, your tolerance gets pushed up. It really is difficult to come up with some that isn't... if not "derivative," then highly suggestive. And I would defy any experienced listener to disagree.

I find it almost impossible to listen to albums straight through, except for a certain occasional formalistic interest. ("Are the Doves actually that good?") But I still obsess on individual tracks all the time, eg., "Destroy Everything You Touch," at the moment. On the other hand, while "a cluster of old favorites" wouldn't be an entirely fair characterisation, I do find myself cycling through things in my collection that I liked once but forgot existed.

Our inability to tolerate/absorb most new music is just another symptom of our slow death. Yeah!

Listen to the "I Heart Huckabees" soundtrack. It's outstanding, totally worth your time.

US Maple was crack cocaine to my ears, right away. I can see anybody being repulsed by them on first exposure, but I was hungry and searching for the most satisfying, spiky, wrestled out, industrial-flavored improvish music. US MAPLE delivered it in song form. It's possible to condition yourself to be more ready for something you might otherwise dismiss. But only in a specialized way, it's totally subjective. I'm (gradually) welcoming other music that I would've ignored before. By experience, you become better at detecting quality, no matter what type of music. But yeah, most of the shit i love in the longrun is what took forever for me to like.