From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!wheps!eagle!mhuxt!pyuxjj!rlr
Newsgroups: net.music
Title: Re: a comment about surveys (NOT A GRIPE OR A LIST)
Article-I.D.: pyuxjj.217
Posted: Tue Jun  1 16:14:38 1982
Received: Wed Jun  2 01:20:37 1982

I wasn't implying that records that sell well are better (God forbid), but
somehow there should be a correlation between the number of people buying a
record and the number of people who LIKE it.  Apparently not, judging by the
survey.  Apparently, many people buy records the way TV execs think most people
watch television---buying the Least Objectionable Record and sort of plopping
it on the turntable for background noise.  Thus there may be millions of
copies of Rumours floating out there that have never actually been LISTENED to.
Just sifted into the brain and out again.

With this in mind I can see why people are worried about subliminal messages
hidden in record albums.  I'm sure that this sort of listening pattern is not
only true for those listen to MOR like Fleetwood Mac/Eagles multi-platinum
albums; it is probably also true for heavy metal geezers, folk rockers,
disco lovers, etc.  (Probably a lot less true for classical music lovers,
but who knows?)  If people just put records on their turntables without really
LISTENING to them, who knows what sorts of messages might be successfully
inserted into them ("Buy more AC/DC albums",  "Drive fast cars", "Worship
Satan", "Ronald Reagan is a good president...")  It just boggles the mind!!!!!
                                Rich Rosen  pyuxjj!rlr
(Can you find the hidden message in this article?)