jamieanderson1968
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Same, I love 7ins. I still have about 400 all together. That said, digital-only single song "singles" can burn in hell.
Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!
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gaporter
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I think non-album singles are fine, as long as it's released with the understanding that it's a standalone thing. I agree with @wokeupnew that it's disappointing for an artist to release a great song you think is a lead single only for it to be a one-off.
TrainFan73
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I love singles and Eps:
wokeupnew
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yup! it goes that way too. Sometimes bands will release amazing songs that end up flying under the radar because they're a one-off.
In the deepest depths of hell. I want my b-sides!
I think it’s also a sign of age depressingly for me. Back in the day when physical was king the singles charts were a huge deal. As a kid I’d often have the pocket money to buy the big single that I heard on top of the pops and radio but saving up for an album was rare and was generally limited to your favourites. Watching top of the pops on the tele every week was the event tv of my childhood lol. As a result if a band had an ace song that worked on its own, but didn’t fit the album, or there wasn’t an album in the pipeline they’d just release it. Some of my favourite songs of the 80s and early 90s were non album singles!
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dhodo
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Agree on being disappointed if I think it means an album is incoming and never happens, but I don't want to live in a world without New Order and Joy Division non-album singles so I can't say I don't like them.
You can extend that to pretty much every band from Manchester circa 76-94/95 for me. So much fantastic non album stuff floating about there.
Selaws
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I love the format of an album when it is considered but also enjoy EP's and 7" releases too.
Worth remembering that in the earlier days (I'm thinking 50's - 60's jazz) music was often released as EP's or 7" as the labels could afford to pay musicians for a full recording session and the other associated costs of a full album. It was less of a way of squeezing money out of the public rather than a necessity to get music out there.
Worth remembering that in the earlier days (I'm thinking 50's - 60's jazz) music was often released as EP's or 7" as the labels could afford to pay musicians for a full recording session and the other associated costs of a full album. It was less of a way of squeezing money out of the public rather than a necessity to get music out there.
mrjoshuamccormack
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Stevie Nicks is the queen of goat warble singing.
What does that even mean?
mrjoshuamccormack
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I've only listened to the album VMP had a few years back, but she always makes me think of young Rod Stewart when she goes higher in her range. That reminds me that I should listen to her and Hop Along more.
mrjoshuamccormack
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Her vibrato sounds like a warbling goat to me. Miley Cyrus does the same thing.
K. Can’t say I’ve ever heard a goat sing.
Hemotep
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TenderLovingKiller®
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I mean I barely watched it to begin with. That’s just roughly how long it is since I was last unfortunate enough to be in the vicinity of it being on a tv.
Hemotep
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This was probably close to 20 years ago.
dhodo
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Apparently from 2001.
mrjoshuamccormack
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I didn’t even know that was a thing! I thought I was just me that thought that.
