How much does the way we listen to music influence what we think about it?

[TSA]

Most of the music I like, I like no matter the platform, but some music is in a different ballpark live. I have a pretty hard time getting into genres outside of rap, but when I hear them live they make more sense. Like that's how they were supposed to be consumed to begin with

I will say that one advantage vinyl and tape have is you're more patient and I think that helps a person like whole albums more. Does it for me. I didn't like Paid in Full for example outside of a few tracks til I got the vinyl. Now it's one of my all-time favorites. I barely look for new music and usually podcasts or a video essays are better for me when I need background noise. If I do listen to music now it's almost always to work out and on headphones but I will play the vinyls on weekends when I'm cleaning.