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Re: [bomp] Study Says Teens Prefer Vinyl




Well, Lawd Gramarcy...I'd HOPE so...but last rekkit
show I went to where "teens"were buying "vinyl" they
were buying a load of Journey, Van Halen and Eagles
rekkits...and not with an ironic smirk, and they
looked all emo and shite...GAHH!

--- Beyesn@aol.com wrote:

> 
> Past is prologue?  See below:
>  
>     A Canadian scientist says teens who used to view
> CDs as superior to  
> older vinyl records now consider vinyl superior to
> the newer format.    
> David Hayes of the Ontario Institute for Studies in
> Education at  the 
> University of Toronto says the growing popularity of
> vinyl might be a  form of 
> resistance against the music industry's corporate
> taste-makers.  
> 
> While conducting research for his Ph.D.
> dissertation, Hayes was  surprised to 
> discover the young music enthusiasts he was
> interviewing were  fans of vinyl. 
> 
> "This made me wonder why they were interested in 
> something that is, for all 
> intents and purposes, a dead medium," he said, 
> noting the teenagers had 
> switched from buying CDs to collecting LPs, often 
> seeking obscure recordings. 
> 
> Hayes research subjects said they  liked the visual
> appeal of LP jackets and 
> the challenge of seeking  hard-to-find releases. 
> 
> In yet another turnaround, teens  overwhelmingly
> insisted the sound quality 
> of LPs was superior to that of  modern formats. They
> characterized LPs and the 
> LP artists of the past as  more authentic than the
> barrage of youth-oriented 
> music being aggressively  marketed to them today. 
> 
> Hayes detailed his research in the  February issue
> of Popular Music and 
> Society. 
> 
> Copyright 2006 by  United Press International 
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