Getting older - Did your music taste change? I think mine is starting to. why?
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Gigantic
A big, big love
I get that. For me, I’ve found that if I have time without music, I enjoy it much more when I indulge. It becomes a treat, instead of a constant snack. I used to have music on all the time, too- I even had to fall asleep to it. Something shifted, I got burned out and when I came back, I found that I didn’t want filler, constant sound. I mostly wanted to hear music on occasions that I could really listen and give it my attention. I limited casual listening mainly to the 1-1/2 to 2 hours I spent driving, when I’d audition new music or play stuff my partner isn’t fond of, notably metal.
Lavane
Lunatic Member
Zappa had some really good musicians playing with him. The Ponty albums that he's playing electric violin are pretty good. You really have to know what Zappa albums to get. Some are unlistenable for me. One of the best guitar work I ever heard from Zappa was a.tape of him just doodling along. It lasted foe over an hour wbile.people were getting seated. I never noticed it being played in a loop either. I woukd have loved to have a copy of it.
GlamrLama
Active Member
I'm still uncovering new music and artists all the time. I jump around in different genres and time frames frequently. When I hit a dry spell or just need a change of pace I fall back onto:
1) to my collection of novelty, comedy, stand up, and spoken word recordings.
2) From my avatar you can guess that I love electronica. When I really need a deep deep audio cleaning I have an enormous collection of samples taken from all the great synths and drum machines from last 50 years. I pop those 10000ish samples and loops into my player and hit random. It's heaven
1) to my collection of novelty, comedy, stand up, and spoken word recordings.
2) From my avatar you can guess that I love electronica. When I really need a deep deep audio cleaning I have an enormous collection of samples taken from all the great synths and drum machines from last 50 years. I pop those 10000ish samples and loops into my player and hit random. It's heaven
Definitely has changed the last 8 years or so. Gone are the days of classic rock and metal 24/7. I’ve been digging a lot of jazz and classical sprinkled in with my normal listening
I think I need to play more jazz and blues and instrumental, need to let the mind rest
Most of the Christmas DVD's I own are the children-oriented type that contain their own great music, like Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol--I wouldn't want to play anything over the top of that!
lol I have a “small” Christmas music collection, I’ve been poked at in the music threads for playing Christmas music I July. I love Christmas music, have you ever listened to the Judds Christmas? It’s fantastic!
To the DVDs most of what I have is classic stuff line home alone and Christmas story, holiday inn ect.
bluesky
Lunatic Member
As you get older, you may naturally expand your musical tastes & knowledge into 'other genres'.
I went from Nat King Cole & Hawaiian music, to '60s rock and Brazilian, to '70s rock, to '70s rock and got heavily into '50s/'60s Jazz, then very early Jazz, to some '80s rock and some International POP, some Motown, some USA Disco, Michael Jackson, to punk, to grunge, progressive rock, back to rock and early Jazz, to foreign traditional: Thailand, Japan, digeridoo, to The Delta Blues, South America (Latin), Soweto, Samauri, Electronic, to Spanish guitar, Flamenco, Samba, Reggie, to USA traditional-folk & Bluegrass, some very specific USA and Brazilian women singers, to 'early' Country, & finally back to 70s rock albums I've never heard before. Also, lately, I've been getting into traditional American Indian especially true/real Indian 'war' music - all played by real Indian musicians using instruments of the period.
I'm sure I missed a few. Korean Pop - in Korea, before it was fashionable, Chinese rock (one 'heavy' band), Cuban, International Disco, Peruvian Flute music, Cajun, some traditional Indian Sitar music from India all played by 'the greats' (found 20 CDs at a garage sale - he said just keep them for free and enjoy! (I ended up giving most of them to an Indian store we have close by - kept 7 or so). Also picked up a lot of ODDs and ENDs stuff 'crate digging', all M- LPs & CD - some of it was really good!! The rest I just donated back to GW.
I didn't plan it that way - that's just the way it all worked out.
It's all BIG FUN.
I went from Nat King Cole & Hawaiian music, to '60s rock and Brazilian, to '70s rock, to '70s rock and got heavily into '50s/'60s Jazz, then very early Jazz, to some '80s rock and some International POP, some Motown, some USA Disco, Michael Jackson, to punk, to grunge, progressive rock, back to rock and early Jazz, to foreign traditional: Thailand, Japan, digeridoo, to The Delta Blues, South America (Latin), Soweto, Samauri, Electronic, to Spanish guitar, Flamenco, Samba, Reggie, to USA traditional-folk & Bluegrass, some very specific USA and Brazilian women singers, to 'early' Country, & finally back to 70s rock albums I've never heard before. Also, lately, I've been getting into traditional American Indian especially true/real Indian 'war' music - all played by real Indian musicians using instruments of the period.
I'm sure I missed a few. Korean Pop - in Korea, before it was fashionable, Chinese rock (one 'heavy' band), Cuban, International Disco, Peruvian Flute music, Cajun, some traditional Indian Sitar music from India all played by 'the greats' (found 20 CDs at a garage sale - he said just keep them for free and enjoy! (I ended up giving most of them to an Indian store we have close by - kept 7 or so). Also picked up a lot of ODDs and ENDs stuff 'crate digging', all M- LPs & CD - some of it was really good!! The rest I just donated back to GW.
I didn't plan it that way - that's just the way it all worked out.
It's all BIG FUN.
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I was a big enough Bela Bartok fan to buy his relatively short, one-act opera, Bluebeard's Castle, and I actually liked it enough to play it once every five or six years. The version I had is on YouTube:I've always had a broad range in my musical preferences from baroque to nirvana and everything in between.
That said, when I was a young teen my Grandfather, who loved opera, told me that when I got older I would learn to appreciate it.
Well, I'm turning 77 on Saturday and I'm still waiting.
Edit: For some reason, the YouTube link I posted earlier went to "media unavailable." I listened to it before posting, and I've just now started it up again in YouTube. Oh well, I think the album I had was
Béla Bartók - Hungarian State Opera Orchestra - János Ferencsik – A Kékszakállú Herceg Vára (Bluebeards Castle)
with Evgeny Nesterenko and Elena Obraztsova
Hungaroton – SLPD 12254
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I still like what I listened to in the 80's, 90's and some 2000's. Over the years I even liked some new artists I heard on the radio, but I just don't listen to modern stuff on the radio anymore just a couple oldies channel on FM while in the car and YouTube when I am on the computer.
Also, I dove a little deeper into some bands I missed back in the day (TheFixx as an example) plus started hunting down 70's hits I remember hearing. Listening to Billboard top 100's from each year digs up some hits I had forgotten.
New music doesn't have real drums, exotic instruments, guitar solos, real vocals not autotuned to death. Bands have died and we just have vocalists who don't play instruments except for a few artists like Ed Sheran. I could tell The Police from Red hot Chilli Peppers or Metallica with just a few notes, they were just that different.
Also, I dove a little deeper into some bands I missed back in the day (TheFixx as an example) plus started hunting down 70's hits I remember hearing. Listening to Billboard top 100's from each year digs up some hits I had forgotten.
New music doesn't have real drums, exotic instruments, guitar solos, real vocals not autotuned to death. Bands have died and we just have vocalists who don't play instruments except for a few artists like Ed Sheran. I could tell The Police from Red hot Chilli Peppers or Metallica with just a few notes, they were just that different.
Pioneered
Well-Known Member
Well, without going into details there are certainly some particular groups I won't listen to anymore and wonder why I did then.
But all in all my music taste hasn't changed, still like most genre's of music....................but, there are at least two if not more that I may have forgotten for good reason that I don't consider music and again, not to alienate anyone I won't go into details.
But all in all my music taste hasn't changed, still like most genre's of music....................but, there are at least two if not more that I may have forgotten for good reason that I don't consider music and again, not to alienate anyone I won't go into details.
My primary primate brain often provides me a
State Azure is fantastic!
Richard definitely is a space mission commander too, usually not this ambient-ish though:
Hammett
Active Member
Give a look at just about anything on the CRT label for relaxing jazz.
Need to wind down? Try a little Cecile Strange Walking on Grand Street
Last lap
Active Member
There is nothing there I disagree with. In fact, there is much similarity to our experiences. I'll throw out another nuance: Ever since I got "good" at being a bass player and lead vocalist, it's difficult for me to listen to ANY pop music from a perspective of, "I wonder if we could pull that song off." In fact, I really can avoid that perspective if it's stuff we'd never even try. i.e. classical and horn bands. But even if it's female fronted, I sometimes go there because I've gotten some women in our area to collaborate with us on some songs at our shows.Well good post but I am not in a situation where i dont have a good life and dont have other hobbies i love and still partake in. I say music is my life because i do not have a TV and I truly listen to music from sun up to sun down. I collect gear as a hobby as well, have a good 50-60 tube amps, 10-12 turntables, speakers, CD Players, I build custom cables for fun. I enjoy shotting vintage pellet guns from the 50s and 60s, I restore them to new. I am a commercial locksmith by trade and have a whole shop full of great tools. My life is great in that aspect, but Music lately has been dual to me. Just trying to figure out why and if this has happened to any other music lovers.
Bottom line is that it's less easy to enjoy songs when you are subconciously "auditioning" them. But much better when I can just listen and enjoy.
One caveat: I do a lot of work in my shop and in the woods where I INTENTIONALLY turn off the music because I can sometimes bask in the silence of being in my own head. And it's not really silent at all...
Musicman2112
New Member
Mine has remained the same for the most part since I was like 16 and I am now 65. There are a few bands that i do not listen to anymore but i never grew out of the classics. the 70s will always be my favorite decade for music.
Bluesky, That's a good road map! I'll pick a few out of there to play on my Sansui 9090. :- )
