Love how the older sibling as cultural curator dynamic plays out here. The detail about staring at album art in the pre-streaming era is spot-on - those static images had staying power that algorithmically-fed content just can't match. What's intresting is how one gateway song can spawn an entire education in a genre's vernacular and history. I had a similar thing happen with a cousin who left me a mixtape that included Tribe Called Quest, and spent the next year backwards-engineering where all those samples came from. The part about not understanding half the lyrics initially but being hooked anyway captures soemthing essential about music's power beyond literal comprehension.
As expected, this one truly delivered! Brilliant work matey, and you got me blurry-eyed at the fact we've been able to share this love for music since jump street - what a ride! Right, I'm off to check myself...
Crate808 fam yesssssss. Great piece of writing
Thanks bro!
Love how the older sibling as cultural curator dynamic plays out here. The detail about staring at album art in the pre-streaming era is spot-on - those static images had staying power that algorithmically-fed content just can't match. What's intresting is how one gateway song can spawn an entire education in a genre's vernacular and history. I had a similar thing happen with a cousin who left me a mixtape that included Tribe Called Quest, and spent the next year backwards-engineering where all those samples came from. The part about not understanding half the lyrics initially but being hooked anyway captures soemthing essential about music's power beyond literal comprehension.
Thank you for reading and for taking time to write such a thoughtful reply 👍
As expected, this one truly delivered! Brilliant work matey, and you got me blurry-eyed at the fact we've been able to share this love for music since jump street - what a ride! Right, I'm off to check myself...
Love ya kid ❤️