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one of the comments I made as a young man about guitarists was always hearing about Eddie Van Halen or Jimmy Page but I would easily throw Roy Clark in that mix and I have seen other rockers say that Roy was also an amazing Guitarist. It's always hard for those who stick to only one genre in their musical discography to accept the greatness of a Country star or Blues legend or some of the Jazz Legends...I always tell my friends please just give it a listen even if it isn't your preferred cup of tea😊

Boomer here (born 1954), who owned several hundred records (1969-1985, then lost all of them in storage) and currently, about 6,800 CDs (1985 - current). I'm a follower of Rick Beato, but I'd say that his comment re: music is getting worse, with TJR's comments, aren't completely relevant. Beato's point is interesting but most of more recent music that is created, many of us are not interested in listening to the music anyway. As just one example, I just bought about a half-dozen CDs and it was of a couple Marvin Gaye and Johnny Cash CDs - music from the 1960s. Sometimes later or sometimes earlier. So, Beato's music is getting worse, but I'm likely not interested in the new music anyway. Where TJR's video is relevant is when we think about the music are buying or keeping and how are we listening to them. When we were beginning our album journey and we'd - if we were lucky - would buy an album in a week or so, we would listen as TJR reminisced and he's right. And nowadays, we have to listen as a full-time effort. But the question is: how many per week do we buy and how easy is it to buy a album and listen 100% of our efforts? As an extreme, there are several of RUclipsrs (e.g. I enjoy the videos of Mazzie and Melinda Murphy) I follow and they buy a lot of every week/month. How can someone listen to their music just like "the old days" with multiple listens for each album, studying our liner notes, etc? As an extreme example, what happens when I buy a boxed-set of classical music with 15 CDs or 80 CDs or a Mozat box of 200 CDs! Returning to classic rock, what happens when I buy a bunch from the "Origin Album Series" with 5 albums per set? Summing up, if we buy a lot of these classic stuff, then we need to listen them full-time. I've got a decent music system in a dedicated music room and a nice recliner (assuming we don't doze off!), I can also bring along some iPod stuff with headphones and listen while on a plane (usually 3+ and 8+ hours per flight) and listen. But we have to remember how to listen!

This song won an award the same year Starland Vocal Band won (over Boston) - it's a song Barry needs to play at the start and end of every show, in my opinion - if only there was a way to make the start of the song more heavy.

Very interesting subject you are right we don't invest time to properly listen to our music

When I was a kid, I'd usually spend Saturday mornings lying in bed listening to the radio. Since so much music is now available on my computer, over the last few years I've been spending most Saturday or Sunday mornings lying in bed just listening to music once again (I don't have a phone so no distractions!). Sometimes if I happen to wake up early on a workday, I'll spend an hour or so listening before I get up as well. It's a great way to start a day or weekend. Listening to music sparks thoughts or memories that can affect the rest of your day.

I used to own a portable mp3 player so I could listen to music practically 24/7. No more... I found it caused me to take music for granted. Like you, no matter what was playing, no matter how I used to feel about whatever I was listening to... just became background noise. Listening to music 24/7 is like eating 24/7... or doing anything 24/7; the actual experience becomes irrelevant. (After all, breathing is something we all HAVE to do 24/7... but then, how much do we notice it?)

I sometimes feel guilty just listening and not doing anything else.

Right on

I got a paper round back in 1981 so I could buy albums as my pocket money would only allow the odd single.First album I bought from my first pay was Queen Greatest Hits. Like you I listened to it though headphones and took in the artwork and pictures of their albums on the inner sleeve which I dreamed of owning one day which I did eventually. Still listen in a similar way today but there is the distraction of mobile phones and social media sometimes taking picture of album and posting it on vinyl groups so perhaps something is lost these days

That's exactly what I used to do. Learn the lyrics and being able to play it on the guitar but I grew up with the legends.

...just retired from the work force a few months ago and I now make a point to set aside time now and then for (I don't know what to call it but maybe) 'focused' listening, the way I used to, the way I watch a movie or read a book, so I schedule other activity and chores around the idea that I later set aside time for more focused time to listen without the " i oughta be ..." situation ... it also helps greatly that the wife is still working a couple more years so I can make that time work for me when I can turn it up as appropriate ...

Hi from Australia Tj, you certainly brought back memories from yesteryear about buying albums. I worked every Saturday at a vegetable farm with my best friend as a teen to save up to buy my own stereo system and as many albums as I could afford. It took 2 buses to get their and the same to get home. My wish list was always a mile long as the seventies was a very fertile era for music. Once I bought my latest album I devoured every word on the cover and inner sleeve while I played it. Those were the days.

100% correct TJR.

I've never felt guilty about wallowing in music for hours, listening to it, playing it, making it, reading about it, etc... Listening to an album is like enjoying "a movie for the ears", to quote Frank Zappa. Music is such an endlessly fascinating subject/ art form. Mind you, I sometimes feel sorry for all those who can't just listen to an LP (whatever the format) without doing anything else,. And then I feel guilty for my smugness ;)

Hello TJR ! You’re perfectly right ! But it was our ge-ge-generation !…😉

George Orwell was so correct

I was always criticized by my stepmom for just sitting and listening to my records, but it never stopped me, and that's still the way I do it.

100% agreed

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day tjr ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

Van Halen couldn't shine Pete's shoes.

I had borrowed a copy of Quadrophenia from a friend once, and had been in that mood, it absolutely transported me, totally had felt that had I entered into it... it was Wonderful. I listen to music almost everyday, I watch a little YT but I don't stream music at all and i'm not on my cellphone,( mainly because I don't own one) I just got a Nokia flip phone strictly to use when im traveling on the road, I know how to read a map and once I've seen where i'm going it's lock in to my brain. Any way, you're right.

Listening is not passive if it is done properly, it is an active experience. Great video.

Part of the problem is also with some audiophiles: instead of them using their equipment to listen to music, they use music to listen to their equipment. 🤦

I’m sorry TJR, what did you say? 😜

I think the human element of writing songs from the heart is to a large extent gone in modern popular music. Today, most artists don't have the ability to master their instruments enough to play multiple chords, tempo changes, or just reproduce their music live.

Full album listens are a fantastic experience. There's a sense of completion and resolution.

There was a ritual to going to the record store & flipping thru albums, finding something new or older that interested you. You'd bring it home , carefully cut the shrink wrap, look at the art & proceed to just settle in & listen to the album from 1st track to last track. It's the ritual we are missing.

Focusing on one thing at a time is something I've trained myself on over my life, I suppose. So when I work, I do one task or project at a time. When I listen to music I listen to music. However, my vision may drift off to the outside world. I don't have album art and CD packaging just doesn't cut it for me. But I enjoy listening to albums in their entirety or if it's a live Grateful Dead show from Dave's Picks or whatever, I listen to the whole show. I grew up on listening to records on the family turntable in the living room. When I played John Lennon Plastic Ono Band for the first time, I think it surprised everybody hearing a Beatle swear on Working Class Hero. I had to work for purchasing records when I was a teenager. Odd jobs, lawn work, shoveling driveways in the winter, bringing in the mail for the elderly woman next door, who paid me a dollar a week. I had to bother one of my parents to drive me to the city so I could buy an album when I had the $4.99 or $5.99 + tax put together. I remember one day I faked being sick so I could stay home from school and went with my mom to the church where she worked and I ran down to the music store and bought The Rolling Stones It's Only Rock n Roll album. Yeah, listening back then was easier to do. More time. More excitement. More intent. Still being into albums, I buy them for a couple of my nieces and one of my nephews. I think albums are important, not just for the music, but the experience. The art, putting the record on, changing to side two (if you have a single changer). It's totally different now. Especially when one compact disc has Exile On Main Street, which is a 2 record set. I don't listen to music when I exercise because when I'm outside or swimming (which is my thing), I like to experience my surroundings. I enjoy listening to the surrounding sounds. Listening is great at live shows. I do not bring my cell phone into venues when I see concerts. I like to listen and enjoy the moment. I find live music so sensory. There's the performance to watch and listen to, there are other people around, and music makes me want to move with the groove. Moving to the groove of recorded music has also been an important part of listening because it may be the guitar solo, or piano solo, or wherever the beat takes me. So I didn't comment on the AI video because I don't know if I've formed an opinion on it yet. It's not really a part of my life right now (that I know of) and I am not much of a pontificator on this subject. I don't have AI software or anything like that. My hope is that AI is used to find cures for diseases like cancer. I am pro use of AI in public service which takes creatives as well as scientists. AI could be used to address environmental issues. Music and other art forms are such a luxury to begin with in our culture. I think there are cultures where music isn't necessarily a product, it's a part of everyday life rituals. AI won't replace that. As long as music and art are commodities, we will manipulate it any way we are able to make money. There, that's my AI pontification. Very little knowledge went into it for sure - just like everything else I comment on. Whew. - Have a great evening TJ!!!

Oddly enough if I'm listening to streaming on my phone I actually do listen. But if I'm playing a CD and have my phone right next to me I do tend to keep looking at it and I am losing the listening experience. The same goes with TV and movies. So I'm actually losing of viewing experience when it comes to those genres and messing up the plot. I finally came up with a solution. I take my phone and put it out on the kitchen table and that way I don't get distracted. Great video as usual. Looking forward to the Dick Clark video I've seen it but I love to hear your reaction to it

Hmmmm, you and Rick are so right. Part of the problem is the easy access to music these days. I too remember having to save up my hard earned money back in the early 80s to buy records. I can remember when I was 13 or 14 going to Tower Records with $30 in my pocket and wanting to buy 5 albums I had had my eye on for a few months. My parents didn't give me that money... I think I earned it doing odd jobs around my neighborhood. So when I went up to the counter to buy the 5 albums, the total came to $32 or $33 with tax... and I was thinking about which album I was not gonna buy. As I was thinking, and adult behind stepped forward and offered to pay the difference (with no strings attached). I remember feeling so thankful to this person. As an adult today, I often look out for a similar opportunity to pay the gift forward.

Watching this video, for some reason it aroused a memory. I remember as a kid i used to make a port out of album covers. I’d be playing a record and take other records and build a port on the floor and lay down in it. Gatefolds made it easier.

This was an interesting video We ( our generation ) have some hope but there are generations who never learned how to listen I do a lot of half listening , but Sat / Sun morning are carved out I get up early and this is my time and i do listen But as your video went on I started thinking of John Cage’s 4.33 What is a music ? John challenged the world in 1952 and half a century later we live in world of sound landscapes Should we not learn how to embrace it ?

I mostly sit and listen, as I've done since the 1960s. - The difference is that now I have to use a magnifying glass to read the liner notes for the CD!

Hi I think your exactly correct and before watching your video I didn't realise that I'd forgotten how to listen, at the moment I can't set my turntable up and I do miss listening to my records (the phone is too convenient)

Love your thoughts! Used to do what you mentioned - every evening after dinner gluing to the stereo with my headphones on religiously (even later on with my Walkman - exciting 80s). Now hitting 59 next month, the focus is long gone with attention span gradually disappearing (this I noticed years ago). I still have my connection but guilt is always standing next to it when I want to connect. Living a life worrying too much - $, jobs, family, state of being.

The other side of this is the pure joy of hearing a new song which I loved but didn’t own on the radio. Of course it’s objectively better to hear a song when you want, but we appreciate it less.

Rick brings up a good point! I am in my 60s and remember how special it was to go buy a new record and then listen to it! Now you have a million songs in your front pocket on your IPhone The artist isn’t getting compensated as well either for his or her music on the Streaming Services Music has been cheapened!!!

I'm an older Gen-Z and I remember when I first introduced myself to some coworkers I told them I liked listening to music. They were a little confused and asked me if I did anything else while listening like reading or gaming, and they were dumbfounded when I said no, I just listen. Rick's point about music being devalued is so true. Music is universally experienced and a part of everyone's lives, but it's almost never appreciated as a standalone product. It's treated as mood-dressing or just something to set the vibes. Or now with TikTok it's been turned into "content", just a primer for creating memorable one liners or relatable skits. Streaming has been great in so many ways but the devaluation is a really sad unintentional consequence. Although as a counterpoint, I don't know if just sitting down and listening to a record is the gold standard way to experience music either! I've had countless experiences with artists/albums/songs that I've totally written-off until I see them live in concert, where being able to make a connection with the singer, see what the bassist is doing, what chords the guitarist is playing, etc. helps me gain a new appreciation for something or notice things I wouldn't have otherwise. I find things like music videos or live in-studio recordings can also help in similar ways, and that there's just a value to that added visual element. Intentional listening shouldn't have to be a test of attention span either, like I probably do my most intentional listening while walking my dogs with my headphones in. The movement helps me keep my mind from wandering or falling asleep lol. Not that I fail to see the value of popping on a record and reading the liner notes either though!

This reminds me when I couldn't get my Nirvana Nevermind CD back for a month after I loaned it out to someone in my platoon in Germany in 1991! It went around the barracks 10 times and was such a cherished thing! That will never be a thing the youngins will be able to experience in that way. Thanks for your perspective!

Were you talking?

Love your picture 📸 of The Beatles. I have loved them for 60 years. I was at the beach ⛱️ a few weeks ago and saw the saddest thing a young lady sitting on the sand with head phones on😢

If you don’t focus solely on the music then what’s the point. You can’t get fully enveloped in the magic if you’re multitasking. It’s a time luxury and privilege illusion admit but it’s definitely the way to go

First time on your channel. Very interesting and I find our world 🌎 is so different than what we grew up in. I don't care for how people treat each other. We all need to be kinder and more observant of OUR LOVE OF MUSIC. Thank you. 🎉

There is a feature film about the making of Nebraska coming and Bruce’s depression at the time.

Boring. But the Stones are still better than 99% of the rock bands out there. Im still living in the past. I like the Stones from 60s and early 70s. Not so much the Ron Wood era.

Thanks for the video. I've wondered about this for decades but never looked into it after sort of moving on from this record in my teenaged years which for me was still pre-internet back in the late 90s. It wasn't until I heard it again just moments ago while going back into the music of my youth that I finally felt the need to know.

Karen was one of the greatest drummers I new. It broke my heart to hear of her passing.

I believe your initial thought is correct. Watchmen already had the final word for deconstructing this genre. It’s a much larger phenomenon of creativity and originality drastically running its course. I’m not sure why the creativity is diminishing but it’s evident with the constant sequels/prequels, reboots or superhero movies of today. Stories forced to prolong off the original plots already concluded. I believe The Boys flourishes because it’s produced well and just sparks the flame Watchmen already lit so long ago. Outside of fans, people don’t remember or know of what was in the past unless it was critically acclaimed or revitalized. Watchmen’s “reboot” was so disheartening even the uninitiated were quickly turned off. We move on so quickly with media and entertainment and industries are failing in large to continue creating unique material. The Boys was done well but ultimately sold the same perspective as Watchmen.

Who cares what that bloated carcass thinks. Right Ted?

I didn’t realize how many unreleased songs were on here. Also, the bonus vinyl 7 inch record also has unreleased songs, but I’m getting the CD version.