Hi all
Like every fan on here I'm always dlding the latest boot, but before the internet and before mp3s and before even dial-up (nevermind broadband and lossless music files) I used to snail trade and go to the local record shows/fairs to get my fix.
The excitement when seeing a rare boot from the latest tour when flipping through the racks of CDs (even looking through vinyl and tape before CDs and CDRs!!!) was a real thrill!
And I couldn't wait to get it home to hear it properly through my hi-fi (no ipods then, kids).
Now, I realise that all this technology is fantastic. All this sharing is f*cking fantastic. DVDs of the shows available less than a mon th after the show is AMAZING!
BUT...has the thrill gone?
Now I just get home, go on the forum, dld the latest DVD with mixed sound and full chapters while eating my lunch.
Then it's onto the next dld.
It's great, but its just not the same.
Where is the thrill?
I know this won't mean much to the kids who have grown up in te internet enviroment, but to those of us who remember snail trading etc...has the thrill gone?
Like every fan on here I'm always dlding the latest boot, but before the internet and before mp3s and before even dial-up (nevermind broadband and lossless music files) I used to snail trade and go to the local record shows/fairs to get my fix.
The excitement when seeing a rare boot from the latest tour when flipping through the racks of CDs (even looking through vinyl and tape before CDs and CDRs!!!) was a real thrill!
And I couldn't wait to get it home to hear it properly through my hi-fi (no ipods then, kids).
Now, I realise that all this technology is fantastic. All this sharing is f*cking fantastic. DVDs of the shows available less than a mon th after the show is AMAZING!
BUT...has the thrill gone?
Now I just get home, go on the forum, dld the latest DVD with mixed sound and full chapters while eating my lunch.
Then it's onto the next dld.
It's great, but its just not the same.
Where is the thrill?
I know this won't mean much to the kids who have grown up in te internet enviroment, but to those of us who remember snail trading etc...has the thrill gone?