Standing on the headland taking in the scene.

[reddragdiva]

"If people spent 1/10th as much on music as they did on corsets for instance, you wouldn`t see LJ full of bands whinging that the scene is dead." (markeris, on the goth scene, from here.)

I can hardly believe how much money I used to spend on records and how little I do now. Not that I spend it on clothes either. Nor am I making it up in MP3s. Mostly I'm just wishing I had my old vinyl here. With a laser turntable.

Discuss.

(By the way, full points to mickmercer for switching on comments at last. A lot of interesting ones, too.)

Comments

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

You know, this sort of reminds me that I am actually that one person that the record labels whinge about; the one who, because they download stuff, doesn't buy records. Of course, before I had the internet I tended to get CDs out of libraries and tape them, because I have huge objections to paying £16.99 for twelve songs when I only want four of them, and I am perennially impoverished; the only way I get new CDs is if someone buys me one for my birthday ["I asked for BACH string quartets, you fucking imbecile, not BRITNEY SPEARS"] or if I actually have money when one of my seemingly endless Friends-in-a-band is throwing their latest guilt trip.

I wouldn't be much use to the goth scene were I inclined to buy CDs anyway, though, as I don't ... actually ... like .... obscure bands. *phew* I know, I know. Hand in my goth card at the door. I'll go one better now and say that if I was going to buy obscure-band-CDs I'd probably buy punk ones, because at least I can be assured of shouting in the same key to those.

Wow, what an entirely pointless comment. Summary: Del doesn't buy CDs because she's a filthy pirate who doesn't like goth music.

[twicezero.livejournal.com]

have you considered using an online service where you can pay for the songs you want?

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, but then I'd never get any songs at all ... I really don't care enough about any music to actually pay for it.