CDs I haven't listened to in years

skcin · #1 11-25-2005, 07:53 PM

I have all of the following & never, ever, listen to any of it:

Aerosmith - Pump
" - Get a Grip
Tori Amos - Boys for Pele
Bon Jovi - This Left Feels Right
Bush - 16 Stone
" - Razorblade Suitcase
Creed - all 3 albums
Destiny's Child - Survivor
Best of The Doors
Melissa Etheridge - Yes I Am
Everclear - So Much For the Afterglow
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
Heart - Brigade
Lenny Kravitz - GH
Live - Throwing Copper
Dave Matthews - Everyday
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
Alanis - Jagged Little Pill
Motley Crue - Live
Nirvana - Nevermind
" - From the Muddy...
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Pearl Jam - Vitology
Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
Rage Against the Machine - Battle of L.A.
Rush - Chronicles
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie...
Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
Rod Stewart - Unplugged
Styx - GH
Tragically Hip - Music @ Work
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Van Halen - Balance
" - Right Here, Right Now

Yeah, I'm bored tonight.

Some of these are obviously just crap (Van Halen Balance, that Bon Jovi one), some I bought for hubby but he never listens to them (Creed, Pumpkins, Crue), some I've outgrown (No Doubt, Everclear, Live), some I like the artist but their other albums are so much better (Tori, Heart, Nirvana.) Some of them I just have NO desire to listen to. Ever again (Floyd, Doors.)

OK, so am I the only one who keeps CDs around even thought I never listen to them?

Should I keep them? Store them? Sell them? Trade them in?

estranged4life · #2 11-25-2005, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

I have all of the following & never, ever, listen to any of it:

Aerosmith - Pump
" - Get a Grip
Tori Amos - Boys for Pele
Bon Jovi - This Left Feels Right
Bush - 16 Stone
" - Razorblade Suitcase
Creed - all 3 albums
Destiny's Child - Survivor
Best of The Doors
Melissa Etheridge - Yes I Am
Everclear - So Much For the Afterglow
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
Heart - Brigade
Lenny Kravitz - GH
Live - Throwing Copper
Dave Matthews - Everyday
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
Alanis - Jagged Little Pill
Motley Crue - Live
Nirvana - Nevermind
" - From the Muddy...
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Pearl Jam - Vitology
Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
Rage Against the Machine - Battle of L.A.
Rush - Chronicles
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie...
Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
Rod Stewart - Unplugged
Styx - GH
Tragically Hip - Music @ Work
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Van Halen - Balance
" - Right Here, Right Now

Yeah, I'm bored tonight.

Some of these are obviously just crap (Van Halen Balance, that Bon Jovi one), some I bought for hubby but he never listens to them (Creed, Pumpkins, Crue), some I've outgrown (No Doubt, Everclear, Live), some I like the artist but their other albums are so much better (Tori, Heart, Nirvana.) Some of them I just have NO desire to listen to. Ever again (Floyd, Doors.)

OK, so am I the only one who keeps CDs around even thought I never listen to them?

Should I keep them? Store them? Sell them? Trade them in?

trade 'em to someone who may be able to trade you CDR's/DVD's back to you....

I definitely know "someone" who would be interested in a few that you listed above.

Oh, I listen to everything I own...Depending on my mood, So I never part with my collection.

Oh, On VH1 Classic at this exact moment is a live music video from 1977 entitled "Rhiannon" by some damn hippie lookin' group.

Jyqm · #3 11-25-2005, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

OK, so am I the only one who keeps CDs around even thought I never listen to them?

Should I keep them? Store them? Sell them? Trade them in?

No, I've got a few of those, too. I actually did get rid of some CDs earlier this year that I hadn't listened to in a long time and knew I didn't care to listen to ever again (like a Dave Matthews studio album). I kept a bunch more that I hadn't listened to in years but thought I might someday want to hear again (like a Dave Matthews live album).

Now that I use iTunes and listen to music almost exclusively on my iPod, I'm really interested to see in a year or two what things I still never listen to. Right now I've got 7566 songs, and in the past two and a half months, I've listened to
2688 of them, meaning I've got 4878 songs that remain unplayed. Got a feeling I'm never gonna get around to some of those Doors tracks either, though...

Miss Vicky · #5 11-25-2005, 08:59 PM

I don't ever listen to about 90% of my collection and I own about 400 or so cds.

SteveMacD · #6 11-25-2005, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

I don't ever listen to about 90% of my collection and I own about 400 or so cds.

Same here. I think the only Fleetwood Mac album I listen to on a regular basis is "Mystery To Me" and some Bob Welch-era bootlegs. Actually, I've been listening to classic Country compilations more than anything these days.

ragandbone · #7 11-25-2005, 10:48 PM

It is really satisfying to trade cds: you clear out some space, and come home with some new music that feels like it was a free gift. Of course, I have many many cds and records, and tapes that are only pulled out for a listen once a year, if that. I usually sell ones that I bought taking a chance, and ended up not liking.
If you bought any of those cds for one or two songs that you liked, then you should rip those, and make a compilation or something. I sold quite a few LPs in the 80's, and I ended up looking for them in my collection later, just to hear a couple of the songs I had liked.

WelshWitchPMD · #9 11-26-2005, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Still, there are some that I almost never listen to but I figure I will at some point so I still own them. Some examples are

The Donna Summer Anthology

Okay, I'm going to have to stop there because it's depressing to think of how much crap I own.

Want to take a wild guess who is looking for that?

DavidMn · #10 11-26-2005, 11:39 AM

I've really pared my cd collection down. I have 3 bands which I'm very passionate about. #1 of course being Fleetwood Mac, followed by The Sundays and The Stereophonics. I have also some cd's from a band I like called Acoustic Alchemy, just something different to listen to once in awhile. There just isnt enough time for me to devote to alot of other good music, so I concentrate on the ones I'm most passionate about.

Mari · #11 11-26-2005, 12:58 PM

I cannot part with my cd's or lp's or even the musiccassettes that are 15 years old and I NEVER listen to. Even bad buys, have to keep them. I'm sure there's some psychological explanation for it.
Ha.. haven't listened to U2's latest much at all either. Thought it was a bit of a dissappointment

It does bother me when I burn something new and then I don't get to listen to it because I got something else at the same time. Have plenty of that stuff lying around.

wondergirl9847 · #12 11-27-2005, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidMn

I have also some cd's from a band I like called Acoustic Alchemy, just something different to listen to once in awhile.

I have a couple of their songs on my iTunes...Mr. Chow and Ariane. I might get a few more later on. I asked for iTunes cards for Christmas. Hehe.

I have LOADS of CD's I don't ever listen to, but have anyways. I don't wanna part with them though. I mostly listen to my iTunes list...although I have the radio on right this moment...Send Me an Angel by Real Life is on. YEAH!! Not the right remix though. The 1989 is the best one, IMO.

tommer · #13 11-28-2005, 03:08 AM

i have AT LEAST a thousand cd's at home that i'll probably won't listen to ever again; they're there for A. sentimental reasons, and B. those huge shelves full of cd's are the best feature of my house's decoration, it shocks every person who visits me for the first time.

gldstwmn · #14 11-26-2005, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Some of them I just have NO desire to listen to. Ever again (Floyd, Doors.)

You'll never listen to Pink Floyd or The Doors again? I say trade them in for something you will listen to then.
It's weird. I'll go for a while not listening to something and then all of a sudden I want to hear it.

skcin · #15 11-26-2005, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

You'll never listen to Pink Floyd or The Doors again? I say trade them in for something you will listen to then.
It's weird. I'll go for a while not listening to something and then all of a sudden I want to hear it.

I think it's the fact that they are both terribly overplayed here on our classic rock station. I may do what Ragandbone suggested & rip the songs I like, then trade the CDs themselves.