tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post3396626897108324550..comments2024-03-10T13:52:18.927-04:00Comments on The Scary Lawyer Guy Blog: An Ode To Appetitescarylawyerguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-65977406742740168932013-08-05T08:59:26.744-04:002013-08-05T08:59:26.744-04:00You're welcome (for reading). For those of us ...You're welcome (for reading). For those of us who didn't have dual tape decks, a perfect mix tape was all the more taxing... waiting at the radio for the must-have song to come on and hitting record at just the right moment (and those radio DJs talking into the prelude, good grief) or borrowing a friend's tape player and hoping the recording onto your tape didn't sound so bad (or that a pesky sibling didn't interrupt the complete non-tape silence required to almost pull this feat off). <br /><br />I have to wonder, yes seriously, if the end of the era of musical thought that came with mix-tape-making also closed an outlet teens and almost-adults had for expressing their feelings to others without as much of the awkwardness of face-to-face or the missed tonality of the written word. -JMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-32528230730250399242013-08-04T23:14:17.227-04:002013-08-04T23:14:17.227-04:00So true. People under the age of what, 35, will ne...So true. People under the age of what, 35, will never know the effort and thought that had to be put into a proper mix tape. Oh, those were the days. Even though GnR's time at the top was brief, to have created a musical masterpiece like Appetite is a laurel enough to rest their collective heads on. <br /><br />Thanks for reading!<br /><br />SLG<br />scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-39832065337391011102013-08-04T23:05:57.867-04:002013-08-04T23:05:57.867-04:00If you think about it, Appetite for Destruction al...If you think about it, Appetite for Destruction also marked the end of an era. As this album came out, the CD was coming into its own. With it, the death of the cassette tape and, more importantly (at least in the teen angst category), the death of the mix tape. Within a year or so of Appetite's arrival, the homemade soundtracks of teenage girl life--tapes made especially for besties, boyfriends and crushes--would be a relic of the past. And one of the last songs I've got to believe every 16yo girl added to her crush tapes: Sweet Child o Mine. By the time another would-be mix tape must came out from GNR (November Rain, of course) cassettes had pretty much breathed their last breath. <br /><br />One last flash of brilliance with Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Almost Appetite-worthy.<br /><br />But, seriously, excellent analysis, counselor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-6934639556595573802013-08-03T20:45:48.059-04:002013-08-03T20:45:48.059-04:00Any album that was both the soundtrack to my fresh...Any album that was both the soundtrack to my freshman year of college and something I still listen to on a regular basis is pretty amazing. scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-10900067000471573942013-08-03T17:32:42.439-04:002013-08-03T17:32:42.439-04:00Amen. And thank you for this.Amen. And thank you for this.Divanoreply@blogger.com