crispini
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Thu May-24-07 09:13 AM
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Do we most enjoy the music that we listened to when we were teenagers? |
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Confession: I'm dating this old hippy guy :D and last night we were hanging out at his place listening to Clapton and early Jackson Browne. It was fun... and I certainly enjoyed it... but I didn't have anywhere near the wealth of emotional associations he did with it (of course) and it made me wonder -- is it the stuff we grow up with that we always love the most or react to the most? I'm not sure -- I'm certainly still very fond of Siouxie, PIL, and all the other bands that my little alterna-girl heart enjoyed back in the day -- but there are bands around today that I react to with equal intensity, or at least I think so. Thoughts?
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Thu May-24-07 09:16 AM
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1. That's the case with me. |
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My car radio is tuned to a station that mostly plays the "Oldies but Goodies". And I have several CD's for the 70's.
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Thu May-24-07 09:24 AM
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2. Depends on the musci I think |
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in my case, I was a big Kiss fan growing up and I have grown out of them (although I enjoy hearing them occasionally on the radio). Otehr music (Stones, Queen, ect) I have that strong emotional attachment to.
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Thu May-24-07 09:32 AM
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3. For me it was my early 20s |
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I was old enough to get into bars and young enough to be able to stay out late and appreciate bands. I used to have a life-changing experience at a club about once a week. Now I only go out a few times a year and rarely see anything that genuinely impresses me.
When LynnSin posted a thread asking for new band suggestions I realized that there were no new bands I liked. I'm sure they're out there, I'm just not as inclined as I used to be to seek them out.
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Thu May-24-07 10:12 AM
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4. Sure, when you're a teenager you're defining yourself |
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and the music is a big part of the definition.
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Thu May-24-07 10:13 AM
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5. between huey lewis and the news, survivor, and miami sound machine |
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the answer is a resounding no.
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Thu May-24-07 10:33 AM
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Thu May-24-07 10:20 AM
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6. Not at all. I don't listen to any of the same music anymore. |
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I listened to only classic rock when I was a teen. I don't think I really knew about any other kind of music.
Now I listen to a lot of country, folk, blues, alternative, R&B, pop, dance, trance, etc.
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Thu May-24-07 10:23 AM
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I've got some favorites from that time, but I find a lot of that stuff (70s for me) way too stale. I can't STAND 'classic rock' playlists.
While not on the edge of the musical cutting edge, I am constantly finding newer artists that I really like.
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Thu May-24-07 10:28 AM
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8. I think a lot of people do |
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And I think maybe as we get older, it carries more emotional weight because it reminds us of our youth. I think I listen to more of the stuff from my teenage years now than I did ten years ago and I think it's probably because I'm in my 40's, my kids are grown and the music carries me back to some really nice places.
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Thu May-24-07 10:34 AM
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10. I don't listen to any of the music I listened to when I was a teenager... |
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Thu May-24-07 11:42 AM
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11. That might be true for some but not for me |
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I LOATHE the music I liked in high school. I recognize it now for the crap it was, now that I have heard what real music and real musicians should sound like. Some of the stuff I hated in high school (the new wave stuff mostly) I actually like better now for some reason. Some sounds dated with all the electronic effects, which turn me off.
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Thu May-24-07 12:00 PM
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12. It's a sign of perpetual adolescence |
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I couldn't imagine listening to some of the scat I did as a teen. Some I still do though. Greatness defies time.
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Thu May-24-07 12:09 PM
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13. i still listen to most of the same music i did as a teen |
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granted, it wasn't all that long ago that i was a teen and the bands i liked are still recording. my music tastes have expanded, but my some of my favorites remain the same.
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Thu May-24-07 12:18 PM
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14. I believe so. MOST of us, anyway. I know I do. |
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Sure, there are still some bands that come along and really make me like them...but the older I get, the fewer and further between they seem.
I can only think of a few I've come to love since my teen years: Nirvana, Green Day, The Red Elvises, Polysics...
I think a big part of it is that, as we get older, we start to realize that very little in music is truly "new". The same things get recycled, re-mixed, adopted and adapted ad infinitum.
We hear the latest band and say, "So-and-so did that 20 years ago". But as we get older yet, hopefully we also realize: it's ALWAYS been that way.
Somewhere 40 thousand years ago, some caveman was wowing a crowd by beating a hollow log with a big bone...and there was some older caveman in the crowd telling anyone who would listen: "This crap. Og son of Ag beat log same way when I was just caveboy. Did it better."
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Thu May-24-07 12:28 PM
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15. ROFL. That's awesome. |
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Thu May-24-07 12:29 PM
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Which is why the best music is all from the 60s while the world is run by Boomers; in the future the best music will be from the 80s probably, and always inching forward as people grow up into positions of authority,
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Thu May-24-07 01:03 PM
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17. I can still hear FWM Rumors or the Grateful Dead |
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I got my first hand me down stereo from my older sister and Rumors sounded great on that old thing. I bought that Johnny Horton,Europe 72, The Kids are All Right. My sister would play flute to Tull and I would steal the Beatles 45's along with Lovin Spoonful from her. she is the one that took me to my first dead show at 8 years old. "Just don't tell mom" Just thinking about it, I go right back to the way I felt when I was listening. I bought Jackson Brown, Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens etc. Happy kid days for sure especially since I had a serious ear problem back in the day and was deaf for at least 4-5 months until the figured out what was wrong.
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Thu May-24-07 05:28 PM
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18. Three bands and their music that will define my past 2 years |
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Edited on Thu May-24-07 05:28 PM by bedpanartist
Wussy's "Funeral Dress" and The Handsome Family's "Last Days of Wonder". Amy Winehouse too. http://wussymusic.comhttp://www.handsomefamily.comhttp://www.amywinehouse.com
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Thu May-24-07 06:06 PM
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19. Well, sort of. I guess... |
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...I mean, in my early teens, I listened to Ratt, Motley Crue, Autograph, Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, etc. Then, in 8th grade, I dated this girl who was gaga over Adam Ant and Duran Duran, so I started listening to them, and it turned me on to a whole new scene. I still hear "Cum on feel the noize" ever so often, and get a nostalgic smile. But I also still listen to Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, INXS, etc. Karen Bishop was her name. I wonder what my music tastes would be had I not choked down her music just to date her. At the time, I hated it. But, as often happens, it grew on me.
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Thu May-24-07 06:19 PM
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20. I actively sought out good music in my teen years, sick of the shit on radio. |
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And yes, I still listen to the music of my teen years. Turns out I had damned good taste back then.
I learned the difference between good music and pop in my elementary years.
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