I used to listen to this? And liked it?
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Judas Priest
Super Member
Mötley Crüe comes to my mind. I used to love the Shout at the Devil album. The song itself is okay, but it doesn´t do much for me anymore.
Other than Mötley my taste in music hasn´t changed much at all. I´m 47 now.
Other than Mötley my taste in music hasn´t changed much at all. I´m 47 now.
woodville66
Active Member
A few years ago when I discovered audio again and got my first of many systems I began to buy tons of vinyl. I bought a lot of stuff I listened to when I was younger too. Like the OP said these were albums that I used to love and read every liner note over and over as I listened to them.
But as I began to play them again I soon discovered the love for them was missing and it was not the same as it once was. During this process I did discover a few bands that I never really got into earlier in life that I really liked now such as Steely Dan, Supertramp, and a few others. But then I bought a box of stuff one day that had some jazz stuff in it and I discovered a whole new world of music to enjoy.
Some of the old rock I did keep but I never listen to it anymore. My taste have changed I guess but I dont mind because I now have lots of new areas to explore in music. I find at 46 I can listen to something that may not be "COOL" because the days of being in that crowd are long gone.
So for now I just enjoy the new world I have found.
But as I began to play them again I soon discovered the love for them was missing and it was not the same as it once was. During this process I did discover a few bands that I never really got into earlier in life that I really liked now such as Steely Dan, Supertramp, and a few others. But then I bought a box of stuff one day that had some jazz stuff in it and I discovered a whole new world of music to enjoy.
Some of the old rock I did keep but I never listen to it anymore. My taste have changed I guess but I dont mind because I now have lots of new areas to explore in music. I find at 46 I can listen to something that may not be "COOL" because the days of being in that crowd are long gone.
So for now I just enjoy the new world I have found.
Can anybody remember when Cheech and Chong used to actually be funny? I tried playing one of their records a few years back and never even made it half way through. It's not the least bit funny anymore....... more like borderline stupidity.
Every few months I go through all of my vinyl and cull out a few which I usually pass along to my brother or sell at a Half-Price Book store.
I can't ever remember regretting even one LP that I unloaded.
I can't ever remember regretting even one LP that I unloaded.
spideyjack
Addicted Member
I'm incredibly loyal.
PAGS
Super Member
I realize it's sacrilegious, but I feel the same way about some Stone's tunes...
Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Peanut Head
Yup. "Be Yourself Tonight" is the only Eurythmics album I still enjoy.
Back in the 70's there were a few Styx (Stynx) albums I liked. I recently re-purchased "The Grand Illusion" and "Pieces of Eight". Meh.
A few Tommy Shaw songs still stand out, but most of the albums are banal and boring.
musichal
poet emeritus
Every pop band and every pop song won't be classics, now will they? If an artist has one song that stands the test of time, he's lucky; if he has many then he's probably not only lucky, but also prolific and talented, as well. We hopefully learn, change, and grow with time, with age; hopefully our favorite artists grow with us - it can be sad to see some 'artists' touring the casinos performing the five hits they had in the 70s, with nothing really new to offer other than repackaged riffs and less clever (or too clever) lyrics.
I still get an urge to give Kansas a listen once in a very blue moon (it has been a couple years or so), but Steely Dan/Donald Fagen/New York Rock & Soul Revue have, for me, kept their appeal since their 1972 debut album, "Can't Buy a Thrill." As an aside, it is interesting to me to have read that Gary Katz of ABC Records, who had hired Fagen and Becker as staff songwriters (Barbra Streisand recorded one of their songs) urged them to form their own band when he realized that their compositions were simply too complex for most rock bands to interpret well. My point here being that some real musical chops may not guarantee longevity, but surely can increase the odds for such.
I love jazz. Classical. Pop/rock. Country. Couldn't well tolerate a one-dimensional diet - know most of you are the same in that regard. When something starts to feel stale, I tend to change gears. After many years of listening, it doesn't really matter so much that the genius of Tchaikovsky lead to the creation of the 1812 Overture, when you've grown somewhat tired of that bombastic warhorse, does it? You'd rather delve deeper and hear his symphonies, concertos, and suites. We can grow tired even of some of the best music in history, even when it's concentrated upon a few, brief years of the personal history of the pop music of our youth.
I still get an urge to give Kansas a listen once in a very blue moon (it has been a couple years or so), but Steely Dan/Donald Fagen/New York Rock & Soul Revue have, for me, kept their appeal since their 1972 debut album, "Can't Buy a Thrill." As an aside, it is interesting to me to have read that Gary Katz of ABC Records, who had hired Fagen and Becker as staff songwriters (Barbra Streisand recorded one of their songs) urged them to form their own band when he realized that their compositions were simply too complex for most rock bands to interpret well. My point here being that some real musical chops may not guarantee longevity, but surely can increase the odds for such.
I love jazz. Classical. Pop/rock. Country. Couldn't well tolerate a one-dimensional diet - know most of you are the same in that regard. When something starts to feel stale, I tend to change gears. After many years of listening, it doesn't really matter so much that the genius of Tchaikovsky lead to the creation of the 1812 Overture, when you've grown somewhat tired of that bombastic warhorse, does it? You'd rather delve deeper and hear his symphonies, concertos, and suites. We can grow tired even of some of the best music in history, even when it's concentrated upon a few, brief years of the personal history of the pop music of our youth.
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I used to be a huge fan of The Who (my vinyl collection still includes multiple copies of most of their albums), but I've come to feel that anything they released after Quadrophenia is, mostly, drivel. Maybe one or two tracks would be bright spots (Who Are You, for instance, has the title track and two Entwistle tracks, Sister Disco and 905, that I can stomach, but the rest is abysmally bad).
By Numbers and Face Dances are entirely unlistenable. Aside from Eminence Front, so is It's Hard.
By contrast, their stuff prior to Who's Next, is much more listenable.
By Numbers and Face Dances are entirely unlistenable. Aside from Eminence Front, so is It's Hard.
By contrast, their stuff prior to Who's Next, is much more listenable.
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
Yeah, I also found a couple old albums from the day and they still seem excellent to me. Doobie Brothers (I was never that big a fan in the day, but I like 'em now), The Police, and all my old Ska albums still sound great to me. Dire Straits, and many more. But when I put the Kansas album on, it was just a huge let-down.
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
+1 !!!
Yes, my tastes have also expanded immensely. I listen to MANY types of music now that I would have turned my nose up at when I was younger. And I really enjoy them.
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
Yes! Yet I can still put on a Tom Lehrer album and laugh like crazy.
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
Sad thing is i am feeling this way with bands like: Pink Floyd, The Who, Beatles, etc.
Yeah, if you can remember listening to Cheech and Chong, you weren't doing it right, if you get my drift.
I heard this yesterday at the record store for the first time in years.
Loaded with bad puns, but still makes me smile...:yes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI
As to the music, I find thereis a lot of stuff from HS and college I don't listen to any more, especially the prog/art rock and some of the hippy dippy stuff. but I still like my blues and blues rock influenced music.
About a year ago, I got Pink Floyd's "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" and barely made it through it. Same with the first Soft Machine LP. I used to play the sides off both. Times change I guess....
Actually, it's a bit better this morning that I recalled the last time...
Soft Machine "Lullaby Letter"
Loaded with bad puns, but still makes me smile...:yes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI
As to the music, I find thereis a lot of stuff from HS and college I don't listen to any more, especially the prog/art rock and some of the hippy dippy stuff. but I still like my blues and blues rock influenced music.
About a year ago, I got Pink Floyd's "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" and barely made it through it. Same with the first Soft Machine LP. I used to play the sides off both. Times change I guess....
Actually, it's a bit better this morning that I recalled the last time...
Soft Machine "Lullaby Letter"
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