Am I the only one that prefers older music?

[Guest105]

I think his point was that there is good music from multiple eras and genres...so if you enjoy music, putting out some effort to listen to stuff you haven't already heard can bring more enjoyment. But if you like listening to only the stuff you already own, that's cool too.

Keep in mind the context of this thread....the OP wanted to know if there were others who only listen to "old" music (whatever that may mean), implicitly because new music (anything made after the "old stuff", or even anything made before it to the extent it would be new to him) sucks.

I like to read, and I too have many interests and limited time to spend on each. But I still take the time to do a bit of research, read reviews, etc to help identify new books I might enjoy. The alternative would be to limit my reading to the books I've already read and know that I enjoyed.

 

[cubdog]

How so? < devils advocate mode=on > if a particular genre is repleat with great music that a person finds great pleasure in, how is their life any less for it?

< devils advocate mode=off>

I also have other interests besides music. So I can only devote a limited amount of time to music. Spending that time wading through the sewer
Of modern music just to find a few good songs/groups, is not a good use of that time.


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I certainly do not feel that modern music resides in a sewer. Far from it.

I suppose then if someone likes Impressionism painting they would be better off not trying to discover other art form they might enjoy. :scratch2:

I get that time is valuable but I don't buy that as a reason for having a myoptic view of music or anything else for that matter.

cubdog

 

[Northguy]

I grew up in the 1960's and 1970's and I like rock and blues music from all era's of the rock and blues genre. I however, consider myself a lover of songs, if I hear it and like it I buy it and listen to it, I dont care what era or what genre the song is from.

I think that the 1990's had quite a bit of good music as my cd collection would easily show. I will say that I personally have not found as much music as I would like to find since the twenty first century began. I chalk this up to I dont listen to the radio much anymore, I buy most of my new music on cd's at second hand stores and finally I dont do any downloading and down loads dont end up in second hand stores.

The great thing is the search for new music never ends. Happy hunting.

 

[AlleyKat]

Pandora is my best source for discovering new (and new to me) artists. Input some music you really like and let it suggest others.

 

[ranch 22b]

NPR has been running a program titled "UnderCurrents" that features an eclectic variety of music, old and new. It has exposed me to a lot of good stuff I've never before heard.

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I second Pio's Undercurrents suggestion. Unfortunately, here in Austin, our public radio station (KUTX) has all but eliminated Undercurrents from its schedule and when it is on, it's on in the wee hours of the morning.

Here's a link:

http://www.undercurrents.com/undercurrentsradio/About.html

 

[ducati_EL34]

I think his point was that there is good music from multiple eras and genres...so if you enjoy music, putting out some effort to listen to stuff you haven't already heard can bring more enjoyment. But if you like listening to only the stuff you already own, that's cool too.

I a not only listening to stuff I own. I listen to new stuff from genres that date back to the 40s and 50s. Same songs, diff singers and/or arrangements. But I still do not entirely consider that "new" music, at least not what the the OP had in mind.

Keep in mind the context of this thread....the OP wanted to know if there were others who only listen to "old" music (whatever that may mean), implicitly because new music (anything made after the "old stuff", or even anything made before it to the extent it would be new to him) sucks.

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What the OP said was, "I honestly can't stand most of the new music, but I just love older songs from before the 90s". So no ambiguity in his question.

 

[usedto]

Older music from the 90s? LOL I thought for sure older would at least be 70s.

Damn, I'm getting old.

I was thinking more the 50s and 60s.

 

[ducati_EL34]

I get that time is valuable but I don't buy that as a reason for having a myoptic view of music or anything else for that matter.

cubdog

You call it myopic, I call it focused.

 

[marqueemoon]

90's stuff is the music of my youth and therefore heavily represented in my collection. I think it's a natural thing that happens to some degree.

I think radio is still a great music discovery tool. I've found the "suggestions" of a few streaming services pretty unimaginative. From a marketing standpoint there is a huge push to understand the consumer and tailor suggestions to his/her preferences. What you end up with is a pretty insular world. A good DJ beats a set of calculations every time.

 

[harman/kardon]

@ transmaster: "Gregorian" is new to me. Thanks for that one.

I actually listen to Gregorian Chants sometimes ( like "Adorate Deum"; Naxos Records) in order to calm down stress. Generally it is totally insignificant to me how old or how new music is. Good music is timeless, bad music is a waste of time.

 

[PapaBear]

I honestly can't stand most of the new music, but I just love older songs from before the 90s. Is anyone the same way?

Me, too. I pretty much stopped paying attention to rock/pop in the mid-1990s. Music since is too bitter, angry, depressing. I can't stand autotune, or "musicians" who wouldn't know where to begin if an actual instrument appeared in their hands.

 

[Johnno_Oz]

Middle aged dude pushing 50 here. Last three albums I've bought new are Kurt Vile and War in Drugs released last year and a King Crimson Discipline remaster (originally released in '81). So some old and some new.

There's still great music being made.

 

[Guest105]

What the OP said was, "I honestly can't stand most of the new music, but I just love older songs from before the 90s". So no ambiguity in his question.

Thanks for this important clarification.

I interpret the fundamental topic of this thread to be whether or not one might find enjoyable music outside one's current category - whatever that may be - with just a small amount of effort.

As someone said earlier, it is easier today than ever before to hear "new" music...something different than the particular songs, genres, categories, etc that one currently limits oneself to.

Bottom line, it doesn't seem reasonable to me to say you can't stand most of the new music unless you've spent at least some effort listening to a broad range of it. I think more music is being recorded today than ever before, and is more accessible than ever before.

In any case, it's great if one is happy with one's preferences. I am, however, always surprised when someone can find no new music to enjoy. I am in the opposite situation...I constantly find new music that I like, and am frustrated that I don't have the time to find (and listen to) even more.

 

[cubdog]

Thanks for this important clarification.
I am, however, always surprised when someone can find no new music to enjoy. I am in the opposite situation...I constantly find new music that I like, and am frustrated that I don't have the time to find (and listen to) even more.

When I hear someone complain about the lack of good new music available the one thing I know for certain is that they simply have not tried to find it. It's out there and available for anyone who truly cares to discover it.

cubdog

 

[Ken Boyd]

I like music from all time periods, and I don't use a date to determine if music is good or not. It is interesting to note how much of the music was songs from long ago, many hits that people attribute to one group was actually written by another artist long ago, and since it might not have been a hit on the first time around, later on it caught on.

I have purchased a number of albums from listening to Undercurrents as well. I also enjoy the show where they get these young kids from high school and Jr. High and they tell you a bit about themselves and then play a bit. It is absolutely amazing at the talent out there. These are young classical performers. I haven't been driving around as much as I use to and can't recall the show but I was always so impressed with those young classical performers.

 

[Pio1980]

"Performance Today"?

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[BlindBoyGrnt]

Oh, the good old days when we were in the thrall of the corporate record executives, and we didn't have to go through all the trouble of searching out race records because we had Frankie Avalon and Vic Damone or whatever.

 

[Gang-Twanger]

I'm ALL about the old. Probably because I'm so far behind. Still catching up, I guess.

Nah, I just prefer the classics most of all, and I chose the gear in my main system FOR that reason.

 

[Gang-Twanger]

Me, too. I pretty much stopped paying attention to rock/pop in the mid-1990s. Music since is too bitter, angry, depressing. I can't stand autotune, or "musicians" who wouldn't know where to begin if an actual instrument appeared in their hands.

Yeah, I despise Autotune, except in the rare case where it's actually being used creatively (and I don't mean Cher's "pioneering" effort).

 

[BOUXY]

I honestly can't stand most of the new music, but I just love older songs from before the 90s. Is anyone the same way?

Newer Music for the most part is crap to me but there are exceptions!That being said older is more to my liking but not all as there is crap in those also! Basically there is crap in all eras among all styles of Music depending on what a person's tastes are:thmbsp: their likes or dislikes