Opinion of people who purchase vinyl records nowadays

[dead0man]

As someone that owns a record player, and several records (though I haven't purchased one since the 90s....well before (and after) it was "cool"), I think the fad is silly.  Yeah yeah, I get the "feel" and I get the analog vs digital argument.  The vast majority of people preaching the trend are hipster douchebags.

[dead0man]

It recalls a time when music wasn't this disposable, drivel financed by a handful of massive corporations and producers for a stable of photoshopped, autotuned replicants for a global audience with all the discernment of a 12 year old with a chronic case of ADD.

Which era of prerecorded music didn't have all this in the butt loads?  (minus the autotune obviously and to a slightly lesser extent the global bit)

[dead0man]

Sure, Top 40 is more full of garbage than, perhaps, ever, but that doesn't mean the music industry in all eras hasn't been full of "disposable, drivel financed by a handful of massive corporations" for a bunch of idiots.  Or that there isn't plenty of great music being made today.

Only people that don't really like music listen to top 40 and that's always been the case.  You can usually tell who they are because they'll say stupid sh**t like "I listen to all kinds of music" followed by a list of 3 or 4 popular genres.

[dead0man]

Yeah, I think we're basically on the same page.