What are my favorites?
I'm having a musical identity crisis, to a certain extent. I feel like I need to redo my Friendster profile and dramatically shrink my "favorite bands" list.
See, I frequently listen to my iPod. My iPod currently contains 4221 songs, by 144 artists, spanning 325 albums. Yet if I had my choice, I'd think I could have nothing by Pearl Jam, Jimi, and Led Zeppelin and be perfectly happy. Add in Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, The Who, and The Doors, and I'm not sure I'd miss the rest.
Obviously, I listen to other music on my iPod. But I have to force myself to do so. It's not that I don't enjoy other music. I really do. And I force myself to listen to a variety of music because it challenges my ears and makes me hear new things each time I listen to it. It's just that if you had my iPod and asked, "What do you want to listen to?", I would probably answer with one of the seven bands listed above most of the time.
I guess as I have come to listen to a variety of music over the past three or four years, I have had a sort of conceit that I possess diverse taste. But increasingly, I wonder if that's true. Is the variety of music only the result of an attempt to make myself appear rounded, or a response to fear that I might grow tired of my "favorite" artists?
Anyway, my Friendster profile current contains a laundry list of bands that I enjoy. But maybe it should be pared down to reflect the bands that are actually my favorites.
Ok, I think I'm thinking too much. Time to go to bed.
See, I frequently listen to my iPod. My iPod currently contains 4221 songs, by 144 artists, spanning 325 albums. Yet if I had my choice, I'd think I could have nothing by Pearl Jam, Jimi, and Led Zeppelin and be perfectly happy. Add in Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, The Who, and The Doors, and I'm not sure I'd miss the rest.
Obviously, I listen to other music on my iPod. But I have to force myself to do so. It's not that I don't enjoy other music. I really do. And I force myself to listen to a variety of music because it challenges my ears and makes me hear new things each time I listen to it. It's just that if you had my iPod and asked, "What do you want to listen to?", I would probably answer with one of the seven bands listed above most of the time.
I guess as I have come to listen to a variety of music over the past three or four years, I have had a sort of conceit that I possess diverse taste. But increasingly, I wonder if that's true. Is the variety of music only the result of an attempt to make myself appear rounded, or a response to fear that I might grow tired of my "favorite" artists?
Anyway, my Friendster profile current contains a laundry list of bands that I enjoy. But maybe it should be pared down to reflect the bands that are actually my favorites.
Ok, I think I'm thinking too much. Time to go to bed.
posted by N at 1:03 AM
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