Carbon Monoxide

Today's song comes again from Regina Spektor.  I love her music, but my subconscious loves it even more.  I dub her "The Queen of Earworms" as this is now the 9th time I've written about her on this here blog.

This song is particularly good.  It's from her 2003 album (my personal favorite R.S. album) "Soviet Kitsch"   The song is about the deadly gas Carbon Monoxide.  I really like this song so listen mkay?

What I'm about to do will likely be boring to most but this is my blog and neener neener.

(Side note, it would be REALLY hard to write a successful column or blog.  Like really hard and a lot of work, and it would especially be difficult if you WORKED for someone else who expected you to be an amazing writer/entertainer.  I'm really glad this is just a hobby for me and I'm grateful to the people who indulge me by coming here to read my thoughts about music and life and stuff.  AND SCENE.)

I'm in the mood to talk about albums, in general.  Popular music comes from albums and there are loads of them out there.  Some are mediocre, some are great and some are bloomin' fantastic.  I LOVE ALBUMS!

So this is a glowing endorsement of ALBUMS!  When is the last time you listened to one?  Why did they pick the opening track they way they did?  What is the follow up track?  Why did they pick the order of tracks the way they did? What kind of message are the artists try to say with their music?  Have you ever thought of a record as a work of art?  ALBUMS YOU GUYS!

The reason I'm talking about ALBUMS (in capital letters) is that I'm afraid that ALBUMS might become a thing of the past.  The reason I'm afraid of this is because nobody buys albums any more!  The album used to be the medium for which the artist and record distribution made money.  But now, between streaming and illegal downloading, albums are rarely being purchased.

On top of that, shuffling music has become a trend- one that I enjoy as much as the next guy- yet I'm afraid that those who stream and shuffle music are inadvertently changing the music industry.

I could be wrong, and correct me if I am, but don't you see artists releasing songs individually, rather than as an album- since nobody buys albums?  Does that make sense?

I'm not great at arguing a point, but I've been thinking about this a lot lately and I would be really sad if artists stopped making albums.

So go buy an ALBUM!  Go listen to an ALBUM!  Do it start to finish.  Listen to it quietly and enjoy all the work the artist put forth as an expression of art.

HAGS N KASSES!

Brady