Thanks to the great amount of albums that have been released and will be, we need the time machine more than ever. This is really something that's messing with my mind. On one hand I want to listen to albums so I can become really familiar with them and be "true friends" with them. On the other hand I want to know as many albums as possible so I don't miss out anything. I also want to have time to just listen to the albums I feel like listening to, you know, just for the enjoyment ( )! Then again I want to listen many albums, but properly and a big enough number of times, so I have the right to speak of them, whether it's either criticizing or praising them.
I find the limits we have as humans very fascinating regarding the album as an art form. I mean, Bull of Heaven, as somebody mentioned, the idea about making an album that lasts longer to finish than you'll ever have to live in, that's really thought-provoking, isn't it? If listening to an album requires a really big part of the time you have here in life to listen to albums, you really have to consider an extra time if you want to listen to the album or not.
And why haven't bands/artists not experimented more with album lengths? I've only listened to very few great albums that last longer than 2 hours (maybe "Mellon Collie" is the only one ). Okay, it's probably a matter of the right balance between quantity and quality, but if you could come up with a huge and epic consistent great album that lasts +10 hours, you would beat "The Dark Side of the Moon" by many lengths! _________________ "The Beatles, the greatest band known to mankind." - Bismah Mughal
1. If you outlive mankind's capability to make music by several hundred years and do absolutely nothing that you can't do while listening to music you might have a shot at it.
2. ...I'm sorry I'm still floored by that first question.
Maybe if humanity gains some sort of collective consciousness, through some sort of chip planted in everyone's brain that gives us the ability to instantaneously gain the information of all other people's experiences on this planet. Then maybe we could have both the knowledge and (artificial?) experience of all albums that ever existed. I guess.
Trust me ... you do not want to "experience" Vulcan music.
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On one hand I want to listen to albums so I can become really familiar with them and be "true friends" with them. On the other hand I want to know as many albums as possible so I don't miss out anything. I also want to have time to just listen to the albums I feel like listening to, you know, just for the enjoyment ( 
)! Then again I want to listen many albums, but properly and a big enough number of times, so I have the right to speak of them, whether it's either criticizing or praising them.
). Okay, it's probably a matter of the right balance between quantity and quality, but if you could come up with a huge and epic consistent great album that lasts +10 hours, you would beat "The Dark Side of the Moon" by many lengths!
