Ripping while Writing

[adderslj]

Wow, ripping while writing can be an emotional experience. I've been going through my CD collection in a fairly haphazard way, ripping CDs I've never ripped before or reripping them to AAC, which gives noticeably better sound quality than MP3.

I hit REM's Automatic for the People and Pater Gabriel's So within an hour of each other. Both remind me of the late 80s and early 90s, the most difficult emotional period of my life, as I went through that painful process of growing up, letting go of the past and moving on.

15 years ago, yet the music still conjures up the way I felt back then. Powerful stuff, this music.

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer - So

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[eynowd.livejournal.com]

15 years ago, yet the music still conjures up the way I felt back then. Powerful stuff, this music.

It certainly is. I often find that certain songs can instantly bring back memories of what I was doing at the time I was listening to them. Genesis' Land of Confusion always conjures memories of me sitting at my desk in my bedroom, reading a Fighting Fantasy book :)

So is a great album though, probably my favourite of all PG's work to day. I think it's held up well over the years, and In Your Eyes remains high on my list of favourite songs of all time.

[doctorcaligari.livejournal.com]

It does do that. It also recalls for me the seasons and the smells that I associate with that particular album...for instance, there are songs that call up sensations of driving to college classes in my first car, or Christmas potpourri, or whatnot...

We're all such sensual beasts, we homo sapiens...