Weird Firsts/Rock-n-Roll Autopsy: Ep. 242

So what are we going to talk about tonight? So there's this idea in rock fandom and this is we're going to explore it.

This can be kind of a dated idea because I don't really think it's one that that matters in the new era of streaming music.

I don't know that release day, which used to be a Tuesday and is now a Friday, I don't know that release day really means what it used to mean to folks out there.

And I don't know that in the absence of waiting in line for that release day purchase, when you take your physical copy of a CD or album or cassette home with you, that you had saved up money for and had waited for and therefore were invested in its success.

And you kind of wanted to like it, right? You were biased toward it because you had saved up for it, stood in line for it, and actually handed somebody hard-earned money for it.

I don't know that that even exists anymore.

So maybe I'm just talking to Gen Xers here, and that's fine.

If you're younger, I'd like to have your perspective as well.

But the concept we're going to talk about is the idea of, here's the episode title, gang, take notes, Weird Album Entry Points, okay? And that might not be the title, a little clumsy, but I'll flesh it out later.

And the idea, what is a weird album entry point? Well, a weird album entry point would be there's a phenomenon.

Let me backtrack here a little bit and try to outline the contours of this concept for you.

There's this idea in rock fandom that where you enter in to a band's career is might introduce a bias with you toward that era, right? So imagine you're a diehard KISS fan, right? You love KISS, but your first KISS album, the first album that you waited for and bought as a fan was...

I don't know, Crazy Nights, right? 1987, Crazy Nights.

And so you just love Crazy Nights because you had done your homework, you listened to Double Platinum, you listened to Kiss Alive, you listened to fucking Animal Eyes, right? And you knew Kiss had a new record coming out, and you couldn't wait.

So you were there day one, and you plunked down your hard-earned cash, right? for Kiss's Crazy Nights, an album that in hindsight is largely regarded as like a low point in Kiss's career, but to you, because it was the first album that you had the opportunity to buy of this band as a new release, okay? The album is special to you.

But it's weird because it's fucking Crazy Nights by Kiss, right? I mean, that's an album that even Kiss themselves don't think very highly of these days, right? Another slug of water

here.

So that's the idea.

So it's that first album.

So you've already developed a love and a fandom of a band.

They have goodwill banked with you.

They've earned your goodwill.

They've earned your trust.

So you're really buying into what the mission statement of the band is.

So much so that when you become aware of an impending new release...

So what are we going to talk about tonight? So there's this idea in rock fandom and this is we're going to explore it.

This can be kind of a dated idea because I don't really think it's one that that matters in the new era of streaming music.

I don't know that release day, which used to be a Tuesday and is now a Friday, I don't know that release day really means what it used to mean to folks out there.

And I don't know that in the absence of waiting in line for that release day purchase, when you take your physical copy of a CD or album or cassette home with you, that you had saved up money for and had waited for and therefore were invested in its success.

And you kind of wanted to like it, right? You were biased toward it because you had saved up for it, stood in line for it, and actually handed somebody hard-earned money for it.

I don't know that that even exists anymore.

So maybe I'm just talking to Gen Xers here, and that's fine.

If you're younger, I'd like to have your perspective as well.

But the concept we're going to talk about is the idea of, here's the episode title, gang, take notes, Weird Album Entry Points, okay? And that might not be the title, a little clumsy, but I'll flesh it out later.

And the idea, what is a weird album entry point? Well, a weird album entry point would be there's a phenomenon.

Let me backtrack here a little bit and try to outline the contours of this concept for you.

There's this idea in rock fandom that where you enter in to a band's career is might introduce a bias with you toward that era, right? So imagine you're a diehard KISS fan, right? You love KISS, but your first KISS album, the first album that you waited for and bought as a fan was...

I don't know, Crazy Nights, right? 1987, Crazy Nights.

And so you just love Crazy Nights because you had done your homework, you listened to Double Platinum, you listened to Kiss Alive, you listened to fucking Animal Eyes, right? And you knew Kiss had a new record coming out, and you couldn't wait.

So you were there day one, and you plunked down your hard-earned cash, right? for Kiss's Crazy Nights, an album that in hindsight is largely regarded as like a low point in Kiss's career, but to you, because it was the first album that you had the opportunity to buy of this band as a new release, okay? The album is special to you.

But it's weird because it's fucking Crazy Nights by Kiss, right? I mean, that's an album that even Kiss themselves don't think very highly of these days, right? Another slug of water

here.

So that's the idea.

So it's that first album.

So you've already developed a love and a fandom of a band.

They have goodwill banked with you.

They've earned your goodwill.

They've earned your trust.

So you're really buying into what the mission statement of the band is.

So much so that when you become aware of an impending new release...