I think I'm coming out of that this year. It's like coming out a deep depression, little by little I find myself wanting to hear old favorites and discover new stuff.
I'm still not to the point where I want to go to clubs again with any regularity. I would rather talk to the musicians themselves in a less hyper situation, like a BBQ or something, and appreciate their recordings separately. Going to clubs still feels like its a job, a duty. I don't know if I'll ever bounce back from that.
I don't feel "empty" because of this though. My interests turned to other things, like art. I started going to galleries instead of gigs. I still like musicians, and often see them at art events, so it's not like I'm isolated from the people--and that's the important part to me.
― Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 2 July 2005 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Saturday, 2 July 2005 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
joy division - unknown pleasuresslint - spiderlandaphex twin - richard d james album/ ambient works vol. 2 (whichever I see first)
― Jamey Lewis (Jameys Burning), Thursday, 7 July 2005 02:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― you will be shot (you will be shot), Thursday, 7 July 2005 03:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 7 July 2005 04:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― MIS Information (kate), Thursday, 7 July 2005 07:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I get this all the time too. I'm increasingly turning off background music when I'm reading or pottering about or whatever, and then not bothering to turn it back on...
It feels like I've heard everything before, no matter what new direction I go in. I just can't get as excited about the sixth Super Furries LP as I was about the fifth, which was in turn less than the fourth etc etc. There's a tiny part of me that would love to be that naive 14 year old raving to his mate on the bus about the Kaiser Chiefs or Razorlight or whatever.
Perhaps this whole thread is really just about growing up, that adult life should involve something bigger and more serious than obsessing about fucking records.
I've always had a sneaking suspicion that the 'kidult' culture which permits adults to listen to rock 'n roll (and envelop themselves in Star Wars, £400 imported designer trainers or whatever) was foremost a clever marketing ploy.
Fucking hell this thread really is a downer.
― D.G. Jones (D.G. Jones), Saturday, 9 July 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Someone I knew than ran an established indie label, and had been a rock journalist said to me once "This music ruined my life!" and I knew what he meant. I think I heard Stevie Nicks say this in an interview once, and I agree--you miss out on the "normal life" things and then you're old.
Then you have to make a transition to "civilian life" and it is NOT easy. I recently made that transition, and now that I'm on the other side of it, I'm starting to be able to listen to music with some enthusiasm again.
Thanks for the OTM kate, I know you've been there. Your band was the last one that I had any enthusiasm for, and unfortunately in the middle of all that, I started to enter my phase of running away from anything related to music business. I'm sorry I didn't get to carry out all the promo ideas I had.
I still don't think it's a downer though, it's just real life. I had a really long conversation about this this with Dee, and I can't recreate it here, but guess in all this blithering what I am saying is whether fan or music worker bee, it's not the end of the world if you lose interest in music for a while--it signals that some kind of change is needed/is happening in your life.
― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 10 July 2005 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― hobo sapien, Sunday, 10 July 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I eventually got over it, and with the help of CAN, all is well. Have you listened to CAN much? They're good for what ails ya. When I feel stuck with music, I'll usually veer off into a genre that I'm not familiar with, and that will keep things fresh.
― Joseph Cowart (Joseph Cowart), Monday, 11 July 2005 06:50 (eighteen years ago) link
My advice would be to leave the portable music player at home, go to the park on a nice day and just take in the peaceful ambience. Try to get that balance back. And you know, the park's always full of nice people. Works for me.
― a Side-walkin' Street Wheeler (aaron ef.), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link