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[StaedlerMars]

The World's Greatest Music Collection

Guys if we all pitched in about 300 bucks we could do this.

[sean]

Hmmmm, I wonder what this is for...

[Patrick]

GOD I FUCKING WANT IT

[StaedlerMars]

Hmmmm, I wonder what this is for...

Or you could have provided some useful insight?

GOD I FUCKING WANT IT

I know right? I actually want to know what he has. Can you imagine hearing all of these?

3 million records...

The museum that gets a hold of this library will house a very valuable and informative part of modern human society.

[Slick]

While music can be used for the purposes of art and culture, far too often in the past has it been used for diabolical ends and for the spreading of secretive, counter-revolutionary messages. As such, in the interests of our forum and it's glorious revolution under it's new supreme ruler, all music shall be banned and this thread is declared locked for future posting, until such time as the land is safe again for loyal citizens to enjoy artistic, non-threatening works of music.

[valley_parade]

Why don't you just ban art and chocolate while you're at it?

[Slick]

For snide remarks in regards to your exalted bringer of light and leader for the futures to be, Valley_Parade is hereby declared unwelcome on these forums and should make his departure promptly lest he feel the full force of an angry nation, brought to bear upon his heretical self.

In unrelated news, cocoa, that most insidious of foods, is banned for consumption by any loyal forum goers, as it encourages restless, dissentfull tendencies amongst otherwise loyal citizens.

[valley_parade]

You used to be so cool, Slick. You made me a mixtape.

WHERE'D WE GO WRONG, MAN?

[Slick]

We did not go wrong, Shane, you did. While the forum was crumbling and society was falling apart all around us, I chose to make the world a better place and you chose to scavenge her corpse.
You have brought everything upon yourself, and now your day has come at last.

[Boro_Bandito]

Music, Art and literature must be held to policies of blacklisting and redaction. Only state supported and approved images, music and television will be allowed. Keep in mind that this is for your Protection.

England Prevails!

[Valrus]

I, for one, welcome our new oh fuck it HOW COULD YOU BAN COCOA

[Doug S. Machina]

I, for one, welcome our new oh fuck it HOW COULD YOU BAN COCOA

For your own good, citizen. BE VIGILANT.

[Patrick]

REMEMBER REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER

[Liz]

THE GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT.

(Yay music collection!)

[Blue Kitty]

I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY THE GUN POWDER TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT

(that is a lot of music, how long would it take to listen to?)

[öde]

REMEMBER REMEMBER TO STAY ON TOPIC GODDAMNIT

[bbqrocks]

I bet I have some music that dude doesn't have.

Carry on with your revolution.

[Liz]

REMEMBER REMEMBER TO STAY ON TOPIC GODDAMNIT

I edited my last post for you, I hope you're happy.

Also I think this is pretty cool, but as a person that will admit to not really being a fan of older music in general, I doubt I would ever pay any sort of money for it.

[BobJoeJim]

REMEMBER REMEMBER TO STAY ON TOPIC GODDAMNIT

Topic?  We ain't got no topic.  We don't need no topic.  I don't have to stay on any stinking topic.

[Doug S. Machina]

REMEMBER REMEMBER TO STAY ON TOPIC GODDAMNIT

Topic?  We ain't got no topic.  We don't need no topic.  I don't have to stay on any stinking topic.

Topic? Where we're going, we don't need topic.

[Patrick]

New topic: DICK IN YOUR NOSE

[Elizzybeth]

(that is a lot of music, how long would it take to listen to?)

The site says 57 years.

[Hunter]

New topic: DICK IN YOUR NOSE

HOW DID THAT GET THERE?

[Chrasstor]

I'm going to transmit my cold to your dick like an STD.

[RedLion]

So you would be sneezing into the dick, then, or just in close enough proximity to it that your germs would pass onto it?

These are important distinctions.

[hannahrochelle]

Well, if the dick is in his nose, sneezing would definitely cause the germs to get in there.

[Verergoca]

Maybe the dicker is wearing a condom?

I know i find diseases-of-the-genitalia a generally bad idea, so it would make sense?

Right?

[Patrick]

Sticking your dick somewhere without putting a condom on is always a terrible idea.

[The extra letter]

How much of the collection would be horrid pop and the like, though? That, my friends, is the question.

[KharBevNor]

Maybe the dicker is wearing a condom?

Maybe a sneeze is forceful enough to rupture a condom?

[calenlass]

It happens in lots of it. I know for a fact there is orifice-oriented bukkake out there.

[Patrick]

/r/ rapidshit

[clockworkjames]

230ish years worth of music by my count.

57 seems so short, 4 mins a song, 10 songs an album 3 million albums...

I can't see where I went wrong

[Alex C]

Damn. I don't even have to read the posts now to know if it's been derailed or not. I just hit the End key, look to see if Kim Jong and Peyronie The Bear are hanging out together and I know.

[bbqrocks]

230ish years worth of music by my count.

57 seems so short, 4 mins a song, 10 songs an album 3 million albums...

I can't see where I went wrong

Yep, I got the same. But there are probably lots of EPs, or something...

[Joseph]

I would imagine loads and loads and loads of singles.  I wouldn't be surprised at all if half to two-thirds of it were singles.

[Faker]

Well the site itself says:

3 Million Records
300,000 Compact Discs
More Than 6 Million Song Titles

So assuming an average of 4 minutes per track that would bring you closer to the 45-50 year mark.

I'm guessing the 6 million song titles must be 6million "unique" titles, i.e. excluding cover versions or perhaps the same song appearing on a number of different albums, best of compliations, soundtracks etc..

Though I think we can all agree that is an imperial fuck-ton of music!

[KharBevNor]

Also note that he admits there are some duplicates in there.

[DonInKansas]

REMEMBER REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER

Is that kinda like "Beware the Ides of March?"

 

[Doug S. Machina]

"Remember, Remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot.
 I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot."

 The Gunpowder Plot attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament (with barrels of gunpowder in the cellar.) Its failure is commemorated in the UK with bonfires and fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night, though these days the bonfires and fireworks are pretty much an end in themselves.

These people know far more about it.

[Patrick]

While I am aware of the history behind Guy Fawkes Day, I was totally just referencing V for Vendetta.

[bbqrocks]

Unless all the albums are grindcore...So each song is really like, 30-60 seconds.

That is, the grindcore with 30-60 second songs.

[Spluff]

Wouldn't it have been far easier just to say 'unless all the songs are 30-60 seconds long'?

[Patrick]

That makes no sense whatsoever. It leaves out the vicious mockery of grindcore. If you're not potentially hurting at least one person's feelings in every post, you'd be better off singing Tom Jones covers in a shitty bar in downtown Little Rock.

[BobJoeJim]

So if this collection contains 57 years worth of music, how much music isn't in the collection?  In other words, how long would it take to actually listen to all music ever?

[Hat]

I am pretty sure more music is being created at this very moment than we could listen to before they start making more.

I would be curious to know how many people it would take to be able to make progress, and then how long it would take those people to work their way through music not being made right now.

[BobJoeJim]

Oh undoubtedly it wouldn't be possible, certainly not for a single person.  If you put all music ever on a play list though, how long would that play list be?  And for that matter, as per your point, how fast is it growing?

[Elizzybeth]

How do you define "music," though?  All music ever recorded?  Or just all music ever published?  I know there are times I've recorded twenty minutes or so of a practice session just so that I can play it back and hear where I've gone wrong.  Would that count?  What about the times I've done that then destroyed the digital file?  Would that practice session still be part of all music ever?  This is a sticky wicket, here.

[Patrick]

So if this collection contains 57 years worth of music, how much music isn't in the collection?  In other words, how long would it take to actually listen to all music ever?

I think you misread that. That is 57 years of continuous playtime, not every piece of music ever recorded over the last 57 years.

[BobJoeJim]

Um, I think it is you that misread my post.  That second part where I say "In other words, how long would it take to listen to all music ever?" and my reference to play list lengths in my response to Hat should have made it pretty clear that I understand it is 57 years of playtime.

The title of this thread refers (hyperbolically) to "all music ever".  My question was, how much continuous playtime would all music ever actually entail, considering that this collection is 57 years?  Does this collection actually contain a meaningful percentage of all music ever, or would we be talking millenniums worth of music with this collection only scratching the surface?  I have no idea how to even begin trying to answer that question myself, particularly when you account for the difficulty in defining what constitutes "recorded music" as Elizzybeth pointed out.  I thought it might be an interesting topic for discussion though.