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[BrilliantEraser]

I just realized how dumb that sounded. My campus has a DC++ hub, which everyone on campus can share files through. I do not use Limewire or Kazaa or any of those, since my school cracks down on people who use those. So I am limited to what is being shared by the other people on campus.

[Jackie Blue]

Jesus why would you use Limewire or Kazaa anyway?   

[BrilliantEraser]

Interesting fact: broke college students bought more albums before the internet.

There is no getting around the fact that a lot of people download music, enjoy it and never pay a dime for it.  Even used record stores are going out of business left and right.

It's sad.  

Tell me about it. Favorite record store, Exile on Main Street, just went out of business. I was heartbroken, especially since I knew the guys who owned it.

[Chesire Cat]

Interesting fact: broke college students bought more albums before the internet.

Interesting fact: tuition, and records used to be cheaper based on inflation before the internet

[BrilliantEraser]

Interesting fact: broke college students bought more albums before the internet.

Interesting fact: tuition, and records used to be cheaper based on inflation before the internet

Point.

[Patrick]

Interesting fact: easier to find rare, hard-to-find music on the internet. I found a recording of some Spike Jones in 5 minutes on the internet that has taken my dad like 15 years to find a hard copy of and still hasn't been successful.

I also get music on the internet because the only independent music shop I like (Amoeba Music in Berkeley) is like 9,000 miles away and I really don't feel like sending a mail-in order and having to wait not just for the normal 6-8 weeks, but also another 2-3 weeks for the damn diplomatic pouch to come in. I always make a point of buying things from them if I'm in town, though. True story: overdrafted on my bank account doing that once. That was fun.

[Genbot2500]

this thread helped me a lot, got some awesome cd-ideas in here  .. And i'm pretty sure i've never even seen any of these bands in any cd-shop in my god be damned country.. Cept maybe in the capital in some tiny shop that smells odd and has no windows.. This saddens me, cause i love buying cd's

[valley_parade]

True story: overdrafted on my bank account doing that once. That was fun.

I have slightly more self-control than you. I just charmed people into buying me records. 

[Jackie Blue]

Interesting fact: tuition, and records used to be cheaper based on inflation before the internet

Actually CDs used to be MORE expensive than they are now when I went to college.

[eddie]

There's a huge gap at the major stores when smaller artists have really expensive CDs where pop groups have cheap CDs that are almost always on sale.

[Jackie Blue]

I don't know what major stores you go to, but at, say, Best Buy, pretty much anything on Matador is around $10, and most other indie stuff they carry is also cheap.  I think everything I've bought there that's on Arts and Crafts has been around $11?  And the Conor Oberst solo album on Merge was maybe $12, max?  And none of those are sale prices.

However, the point is you should order CDs directly from the label, because that's cheap and gets the label the most money.

[seasmoke]

wow thnks a ton music suggesting people!

i hardly even know what indie is . i need some sugestions for bands for geting into good music, i only and i mean only listen to the beatles so sudgestions would be nice...

Surely there must be other music you enjoy?  Also, which Beatles albums and songs do you enjoy?  Their material varied quite a bit.

But, building off what little you've given us:

Olivia Tremor Control
Beulah
Sloan
Caribou
The New Pornographers
All Girls Summer Fun Band
Belle & Sebastian

well i listen to japanese music some but mostly just for the extra language exposure
my mum also gave me a devil doll album, quean of pain, some  of the songs  remind me of my life so i like them even if some of them them are in a sickeningly Sven-Bianchi-country-music way but the rest are fine i guess...
Um, I like the Sgt. peppers album, i have that ant the #1, help, abby road, lennon legend, & ringo star's time takes time. my fav song probably across the universe. also like: yesterday, cant buy me love, lucy /i/t sky /w diamonds, black bird, a day in the life, i've just seen a face, fixing a hole, we can work it out, within you without you, she's leaving home , from me to you, the fool on the hill, ticket to ride, good morning good morning, Help!, you say goodbye, Norwegian wood, paperback writer, strawberry fields forever, with a little help from my friends, the night before, when I'm sixty-four and Maxwell's silver hammer .
  oops went a bit overboard, sorry
also, even of the beatles I havent listened to that many of their songs...

[BrilliantEraser]

also, even of the beatles I havent listened to that many of their songs...

I know what you mean. I, too, was raised on a steady diet of the Beatles as I grew up. I recently made a playlist of my -favorite- Beatles music, and could not trim it down to less than 150+ songs. But the songs you listed. Top notch. "I've Just Seen a Face" and "She's Leaving Home" are some of my absolute favorite songs. Ever.

[squawk]

you say goodbye

I'm not making fun of you but this is funny.
Also that is so many emoticons that i can't even use proper grammar. Don't do that.

[BrilliantEraser]

you say goodbye

I'm not making fun of you but this is funny.
Also that is so many emoticons that i can't even use proper grammar. Don't do that.

Holy fuck, did not even notice that. The song is called Hello Goodbye. You are sure you are a Beatles fan, Seasmoke? And seconded on the emoticon usage. Did not want to chew you out, since you are a newbie, but now that someone else has mentioned it... do not do that again.

[Jackie Blue]

Any list of Best Beatles Songs that doesn't include "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is deeply flawed.

[Thrillho]

The guy might type like a spastic chimp, but I don't recall him saying that his list was their best songs, just the ones he had.

[Dennisdread]

Interesting fact: broke college students bought more albums before the internet.

There is no getting around the fact that a lot of people download music, enjoy it and never pay a dime for it.  Even used record stores are going out of business left and right.

It's sad.  

Tell me about it. Favorite record store, Exile on Main Street, just went out of business. I was heartbroken, especially since I knew the guys who owned it.

It is sad.

I buy.

Someone mentioned Lungfish earlier, I second that.  Also there are the old 97's and Son Volt. Check em out.

[Che_Lab]

What comes to mind is Broken Social Scene, Bloc Party, The Shins, Dinosaur Jr. 

[memann]

if you like the beatles you will love olivia tremor control

it's a scientific fact

Actually, some Beatles fans will start attacking me when I tell them that there's a band called Olivia Tremor Control out there that totally does the Beatles justice.