Ya, we have the most unique music setup at the Estates. It's a DeWalt portable radio connected to a portable record player. My radio also charges batteries for power tools. Ya, I bet that the percentage of other human beings who have this EXACT setup in their living room is about 0%.
Anyways. I go over, flip it and as the music starts, I notice the whole flow is completely different on this side compared to the last.
I've noticed this before on other albums when listening to them on my iPod or CDs. It's like the album hiccuped.
You see, some albums simply just have this flow like nothing else and the only way you can listen to them is start to finish or nothing. An example for me would be Jackson Square by the Arkells. I've been listening to a lot of it at work lately and I dunno, it feels like one continual song instead of whatever many tracks.
The vinyl I was listening to was Funeral by the Arcade Fire. I know I know; I'm on an indie binge right now. Arcade Fire is headlining at Coachella this year and guess who's got tickets? That's right, April 16th I'll be in California watching this Montreal band as the headliner!
Anyways, Funeral is totally not one of those start to finish flowing albums. It totally changes pace in the middle.
This is where I get to my epiphany. My guess is that Arcade Fire arranged the tracks in Funeral in such a way so that on a record, side A and B would have their own different feel/vibe. I think it was produced to be listened to on vinyl. Since you have to flip the thing, that's a disturbance in the flow, so I guess they can have mutually exclusive sides A and B. I am such a nerd.
Now thinking back to those times where I noticed that irregularity in the middle of the album, I can NOW say "yup, this was meant to be heard on vinyl."
Wow, that whole topic was totally hipster and random. But I guess that's why I have a blog and you don't.
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