> When I read the negative take on "it's always somebody else selecting the music for you" I really recoiled.
Someone clearly didn't listen to John Peel and Andy Kershaw in their youth.
(also, IN MY DAY, it was generally somebody else selecting the music for you - radio DJs/programmers, TV music shows, availability of things in shops, being able to actually get to the damn shops, etc. None of this choose your own adventure streaming or digital music malarkey.)
Someone clearly didn't listen to John Peel and Andy Kershaw in their youth.
(also, IN MY DAY, it was generally somebody else selecting the music for you - radio DJs/programmers, TV music shows, availability of things in shops, being able to actually get to the damn shops, etc. None of this choose your own adventure streaming or digital music malarkey.)