Am I the only one that prefers older music?
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ducati_EL34
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And Pat Boone!
I have pat Boone's metal album. I think he did a great job.
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cubdog
banging through drywall
I'll give you points for that admission. I've not heard it and don't want to! However if it's available on Deezer I promise to listen to at least one track.
cubdog
Brett a
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There's been a few times in history when popular music was popular AND of high quality. I don't know much about pre-classical era European music, but Beethoven certainly would have fit this time and I assume Mozart before him and Bach before him.
Then there was the 1920's into the 40's when swing was popular and smokin' hot.
More recently, a good ten year run of popular music from 64 to 74 give or take. This I think is the period a lot of folks here are nostalgic for b/c it was popular in thier (and my) lifetimes.
Seems there was another period of quality popular music in the 90's before the industry imploded.
Since 2000 or so, you've got to go digging for quality current offerings of which there is no shortage. But I guess that means they are out of the popular main stream. So I can understand someone thinking that new music is awful. But that's not a shift in the art form, thats a shift in the industry.
These are a few of my thoughts at least
Then there was the 1920's into the 40's when swing was popular and smokin' hot.
More recently, a good ten year run of popular music from 64 to 74 give or take. This I think is the period a lot of folks here are nostalgic for b/c it was popular in thier (and my) lifetimes.
Seems there was another period of quality popular music in the 90's before the industry imploded.
Since 2000 or so, you've got to go digging for quality current offerings of which there is no shortage. But I guess that means they are out of the popular main stream. So I can understand someone thinking that new music is awful. But that's not a shift in the art form, thats a shift in the industry.
These are a few of my thoughts at least
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BlindBoyGrnt
Nullius in verba
Not to be argumentative, but this sounded like a publicity stunt. Young hipsters know about this, so I rest my case.
There is no bad music.
ducati_EL34
Addicted Member
it was not a publicity stunt. The fact that hipsters know about it, just means they are informed.
The album came about because Boone asked some of his friends, what kind of music should I do next. One guy replied, "how about a heavy metal album"? Everyone laughed, but the guy was serious. SoBoone asked for a list of songs that would make a good album. "In a Metal Mood" was the result.
ducati_EL34
Addicted Member
So, you are okay with "everybody is gonna Wang Chung tonight"? :thumbsdn:
Judas Priest
Super Member
I LOVE music, but only MY music. I mean hard rock and Heavy Metal. I just don´t like other types of music! I would constantly puke if I had to listen to jazz, pop, rap, hip-hop, country or, or or.
I am old enough to know what I like and don´t like.
Occasionally, there is an exception that I like in pop music, but it is very rare.
alienprophet
Super Member
For me the production of modern recordings is what ruins it. I have had countless examples of good music being ruined by terrible production and mixing. I don't think I am alone here either. A lot of music isnt given a chance because people cant get over the terrible production.
cubdog
banging through drywall
I dislike taken a narrow point of view on anything. From music to art, politics, or religion my mind remains open to new thoughts and ideas. That's the way I was brought up so that's what works for me. I realize everyone is different in this regard.
cubdog
Judas Priest
Super Member
I just can´t understand that a person likes all kinds of music. I mean, a person has a certain taste, right?
If a person likes ALL music, then he has no taste or preference at all, right?
If you prefer country or rap, I highly doubt that you also appreciate metal or classical music.
If a person likes ALL music, then he has no taste or preference at all, right?
If you prefer country or rap, I highly doubt that you also appreciate metal or classical music.
cubdog
banging through drywall
You don't have to like all types of music. But like I said, you do yourself a disservice by not trying different types. How else would you know if there is something else out there that you might like? If you don't care to expand your horizons fine. Stick to your comfort zone.
cubdog
Judas -
One can like many types of music while simultaneously liking/enjoying some more than others. In some part at least, this is an issue of individual characteristics..some folks are more willing than others to invest effort into appreciating music that is new to them, or does not immediately resonate with them. This investment can sometimes yield a great return; for example, I now enjoy some operatic music...but I had to work a bit to get to here. That said, the effort has definitely enriched my life. In fact, I watched the Live From the Met In HD on PBS last night...it was magnificent, unexpectedly moving, and a wonderful example of human capability at its very best.
Other folks prefer to like only what they like...that is, only the music that resonates with them without effort. That's absolutely OK by me, as it allows me to feel superior for my more highly developed tastes!
By the way, I like quite a bit of music that would be categorized as country, but also enjoy a wide range of classical music.
One can like many types of music while simultaneously liking/enjoying some more than others. In some part at least, this is an issue of individual characteristics..some folks are more willing than others to invest effort into appreciating music that is new to them, or does not immediately resonate with them. This investment can sometimes yield a great return; for example, I now enjoy some operatic music...but I had to work a bit to get to here. That said, the effort has definitely enriched my life. In fact, I watched the Live From the Met In HD on PBS last night...it was magnificent, unexpectedly moving, and a wonderful example of human capability at its very best.
Other folks prefer to like only what they like...that is, only the music that resonates with them without effort. That's absolutely OK by me, as it allows me to feel superior for my more highly developed tastes!
By the way, I like quite a bit of music that would be categorized as country, but also enjoy a wide range of classical music.
crazy-in-az
Uhhhh....
I was like kinda' the OP for a while. If it was new, I didn't like it PERIOD. I wouldn't listen to it, and if my sister was driving me somewhere I would become the radio Nazi and complain about all her music until she let me change it to a classic rock or oldies station.
Then one day I decided to give her music a chance. I still can't stand Taylor Swift, but now I like The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, etc. I'm glad I started looking for new music after that- now I know why people praised The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Wolfmother, The Foo Fighters and others.
Liking those bands and older rock bands got me more into progressive rock, newer and older. I like Dream Theater as much as Pink Floyd. I also started listening more to folk rock like Gordon Lightfoot and Mumford and Sons. I'm now on a Jazz-Fusion kick (I never thought I would like that kind of stuff, but Dixie Dregs is quickly becoming a new favorite).
I guess it's all up to a person's individual tastes. And like many have said- go look for what you like! You can find it in any era, or on any format.
Then one day I decided to give her music a chance. I still can't stand Taylor Swift, but now I like The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, etc. I'm glad I started looking for new music after that- now I know why people praised The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Wolfmother, The Foo Fighters and others.
Liking those bands and older rock bands got me more into progressive rock, newer and older. I like Dream Theater as much as Pink Floyd. I also started listening more to folk rock like Gordon Lightfoot and Mumford and Sons. I'm now on a Jazz-Fusion kick (I never thought I would like that kind of stuff, but Dixie Dregs is quickly becoming a new favorite).
I guess it's all up to a person's individual tastes. And like many have said- go look for what you like! You can find it in any era, or on any format.
Arkay
Lunatic Member
My tastes have shifted somewhat over different time periods, as I'll focus more on one genre for a while, then another, but overall my tastes have always been wide-ranging and eclectic.
If you are speaking of "new" or "modern" music as ONLY what the mainstream industry giants want to force-feed down your ear-pipes, people like Beyonce and Taylor Swift, then I don't like modern music, either. But in fact, there is a great deal of "new" music out there that is very good and worth listening to. You just have to seek it out for yourself, apart from the "mainstream" (I question whether it is really even that, any more) stuff.
I'm not terribly fond of rap/hip-hop, and never have been, although I understand and accept that it appeals to some people, and I do like a few individual songs from the genre. There were individual songs throughout the years that I disliked, too (Michael Jackson's "Ben" or Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life" can still send me screaming for the exits, hands pressed over my ears and babbling loudly to prevent myself from hearing them, almost), but the ratio of "enjoy" to "can't stand" with the two groupings is roughly reversed. That's fine; we each have our own preferences.
Even as a little tacker in the sixties and a teenager in the seventies, though, I was into a LOT of stuff, from psychedelic and heavy metal and classic rock to 30's-40's big bands to opera (preferably live, which I love; opera recordings tend to bore me) to modern jazz to Native American (then called Indian) songs to Japanese shakuhachi and koto stuff to... you name it! I even liked (and yes, still do, he admits blushingly...) a few disco tunes, at least for dancing to.
I probably like less of the techno/rave stuff (although I like some of it very much) and even less of the rap/hip-hop stuff than any other genres. I don't care for a lot of the currently "mainstream" music, either, as I said above. Not that I DISlike it, I just don't particularly want to listen to it. (Some rap stuff I actually really dislike, though.)
Perhaps it's foolish of me to think this, but I'd like to think that my tastes would be largely the same, even if I had been born thirty years later. Like a few youngsters today, I think that I would tend to like and dislike much the same things that I do, and have, but would also go through "phases" or periods of liking one a bit more, than another. I've done that all my life, and don't expect it to change.
Music to me is almost like a drug, but one for the emotions. If you are angry or stressed, put on the right songs, and after a while all is right with the world again. What those songs are may vary from time to time and from one emotion to another, but I suspect we all choose music based on what mood we are in, how we are feeling at that moment. It's our brains telling us what drug we want at that particular time, and as we change with our environments and times, and with our health and our age, those choices change, too. My brain has always been wide-ranging and chameleonic to some degree, so it seeks a wide range of drugs. I'm rarely into mindless aggression, which (flame suit on) is largely what rap and hip-hop are aimed at and fit best with, so I largely don't like it. I don't think that would be very much different, no matter when I was born, especially since at one time or another, I like or have liked almost everything else (at least genre-wise; most individual songs I dislike I continue to dislike) --just not all at the same time!
If you are speaking of "new" or "modern" music as ONLY what the mainstream industry giants want to force-feed down your ear-pipes, people like Beyonce and Taylor Swift, then I don't like modern music, either. But in fact, there is a great deal of "new" music out there that is very good and worth listening to. You just have to seek it out for yourself, apart from the "mainstream" (I question whether it is really even that, any more) stuff.
I'm not terribly fond of rap/hip-hop, and never have been, although I understand and accept that it appeals to some people, and I do like a few individual songs from the genre. There were individual songs throughout the years that I disliked, too (Michael Jackson's "Ben" or Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life" can still send me screaming for the exits, hands pressed over my ears and babbling loudly to prevent myself from hearing them, almost
), but the ratio of "enjoy" to "can't stand" with the two groupings is roughly reversed. That's fine; we each have our own preferences.Even as a little tacker in the sixties and a teenager in the seventies, though, I was into a LOT of stuff, from psychedelic and heavy metal and classic rock to 30's-40's big bands to opera (preferably live, which I love; opera recordings tend to bore me) to modern jazz to Native American (then called Indian) songs to Japanese shakuhachi and koto stuff to... you name it! I even liked (and yes, still do, he admits blushingly...) a few disco tunes, at least for dancing to.
I probably like less of the techno/rave stuff (although I like some of it very much) and even less of the rap/hip-hop stuff than any other genres. I don't care for a lot of the currently "mainstream" music, either, as I said above. Not that I DISlike it, I just don't particularly want to listen to it. (Some rap stuff I actually really dislike, though.)
Perhaps it's foolish of me to think this, but I'd like to think that my tastes would be largely the same, even if I had been born thirty years later. Like a few youngsters today, I think that I would tend to like and dislike much the same things that I do, and have, but would also go through "phases" or periods of liking one a bit more, than another. I've done that all my life, and don't expect it to change.
Music to me is almost like a drug, but one for the emotions. If you are angry or stressed, put on the right songs, and after a while all is right with the world again. What those songs are may vary from time to time and from one emotion to another, but I suspect we all choose music based on what mood we are in, how we are feeling at that moment. It's our brains telling us what drug we want at that particular time, and as we change with our environments and times, and with our health and our age, those choices change, too. My brain has always been wide-ranging and chameleonic to some degree, so it seeks a wide range of drugs. I'm rarely into mindless aggression, which (flame suit on) is largely what rap and hip-hop are aimed at and fit best with, so I largely don't like it. I don't think that would be very much different, no matter when I was born, especially since at one time or another, I like or have liked almost everything else (at least genre-wise; most individual songs I dislike I continue to dislike) --just not all at the same time!
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Ohhhhh! That makes all the difference! Now I understand.
He doesn't like anything produced after 11:59PM on Dec 31, 1989. It all makes sense now.
Seriously, do you think this correction would cause anyone to reconsider their comments? Personally, I share the opinion of those who believe that if the OP can find nothing he likes in the music produced after his cut-off date, he has made little to no effort to do so. Which is fine...there's nothing inherently wrong with just enjoying the stuff he already knows that he likes. But by not seeking "new" music, I believe he's missing out on a bunch of other stuff that he would also enjoy.
Gang-Twanger
Resident Wharfedaliophool
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
Yup... Things are crap all over, unless you're talking about a person who LIKES crap.
The band Aqua, for example...... is crap.
(WAS crap..... I doubt they're even around anymore, except in royalty form.)
