I have worked with many people who, when they are asked why they don't like to listen to "full versions" of songs, say "I just can't pay attention to a song that long". Their minds start to wander, or they simply can't bear to think what they might be "missing" if a song lasts more than 3 minutes...as though there will be "less" music because one song is longer than all the others. I think it was started by the recording/radio companies ("recording studios" actually started in the radio studios), but we, as listeners, are to blame as well for allowing them to dictate to us how many minutes a song may play before it is "too long" for our attention spans.
Some of the very best music I have ever heard has been the result of 30+ minute-long jam-sessions.....
--Artúr
Here is another reason I LOVE Loreena's songs; they are longer then 3 minutes(most of then anyways). 3 minutes is not long enough to get the full story of a song. May your heart be filled with song, Gina
Posts: 426 | Location: Gold Bar, Washington USA | Registered: November 11, 2006
Originally posted by Manel: Here in Spain we have a very nice quote that says: 'Lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno", which means 'What's good, when brief, is twice as good'. Best,
MANEL
I have worked with many people who, when they are asked why they don't like to listen to "full versions" of songs, say "I just can't pay attention to a song that long". Their minds start to wander, or they simply can't bear to think what they might be "missing" if a song lasts more than 3 minutes...as though there will be "less" music because one song is longer than all the others. I think it was started by the recording/radio companies ("recording studios" actually started in the radio studios), but we, as listeners, are to blame as well for allowing them to dictate to us how many minutes a song may play before it is "too long" for our attention spans.
Some of the very best music I have ever heard has been the result of 30+ minute-long jam-sessions.....
--Artúr
Posts: 166 | Location: East Central Minnesota, USA | Registered: March 18, 2007
Here in Spain we have a very nice quote that says: 'Lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno", which means 'What's good, when brief, is twice as good'. Best,
MANEL
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Originally posted by Manel: Hello! I've noticed that Loreena's song Caravanserai appears in a new cd compilation called 'Juno awards 2007', it is the radio edit version, you can find it in Amazon. Best,
MANEL
I don't want the "radio edit" version. Short versions are for those with short attention spans!
Originally posted by Manel: Hello! I've noticed that Loreena's song Caravanserai appears in a new cd compilation called 'Juno awards 2007', it is the radio edit version, you can find it in Amazon. Best,
MANEL
I don't want the "radio edit" version. Short versions are for those with short attention spans!
--Artúr
Posts: 166 | Location: East Central Minnesota, USA | Registered: March 18, 2007
Hello! I've noticed that Loreena's song Caravanserai appears in a new cd compilation called 'Juno awards 2007', it is the radio edit version, you can find it in Amazon. Best,
