Do your musical tastes change - or just expand?
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I was born in '74. Fell in love with synth pop in the '80s. Then discovered Jean-Michel Jarre. Today, at 49, I still love all the same old stuff and any modern pop that biased towards an electronic sound, along with trance and any moden pop with a production style that's derived from it. Also love the recent resurgence of the '80s synth sound in a lot of modern pop. Essentially, it's the atmosperic ambience created by synths in music which I'm hooked on. For me listening to electronic music is like being somewhere dark with lots of coloured lights creating a sense of mystery and excitement.
I remember as a kid, sneaking small radio in to bed with me every night... West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys... when it was new. The tss tss tss of hi-hats cutting thorugh the sound of traffic on the street and then the sampled strings kicking in and then that goregous synth bass. Wonderful stuff. That intro still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck almost four decades later.
I remember as a kid, sneaking small radio in to bed with me every night... West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys... when it was new. The tss tss tss of hi-hats cutting thorugh the sound of traffic on the street and then the sampled strings kicking in and then that goregous synth bass. Wonderful stuff. That intro still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck almost four decades later.
Edited by MitchT on Friday 9th February 23:36
15-20 years ago I wouldn't want to admit to it, but yes expanded. There's a lot of reasons for the personal expansion.
I'm not sure there's anything I liked as a child/teenager that I don't like now; most of the stuff I was listening to as a 10 year old is still in my favourites but I still love discovering new music.
I'm not sure there's anything I liked as a child/teenager that I don't like now; most of the stuff I was listening to as a 10 year old is still in my favourites but I still love discovering new music.
Its funny how landmark ages have or don't have an effect on you (a regular conversation with my 20 year old daughter). Turning 21 had no real impact on me other than growing out of the teen years "can't be seen to like that", I then got into a diverse range of stuff I hadn't considered cool in my teens. Motown to Classical was the basics of that on top of my usual post-punk type loves.
In my first year at university in London I was with an Essex lad (I was from East Lancs) who was heavily into early 80's Funk and I was into North West "pre-indie" bands of the era. We couldn't agree so swapped albums for a week. I gave him The Smiths Queen is Dead which had just come out and he gave me a Bobby Womack anthology. We both fell in love with each others music when challenged to actually listen to it.
Today (aged 57) I love the music of my teens and regularly revisit it (vinyl/spotify/live) but I love discovering new stuff that barely anyone listens to.
In my first year at university in London I was with an Essex lad (I was from East Lancs) who was heavily into early 80's Funk and I was into North West "pre-indie" bands of the era. We couldn't agree so swapped albums for a week. I gave him The Smiths Queen is Dead which had just come out and he gave me a Bobby Womack anthology. We both fell in love with each others music when challenged to actually listen to it.
Today (aged 57) I love the music of my teens and regularly revisit it (vinyl/spotify/live) but I love discovering new stuff that barely anyone listens to.
I have 5 David Bowie and 4 Beatle LPs. Listened to them over and over again in my teens in the early 80s
And U2..
Can't stand them now.
That Said, The Jam, Bronski Beat, The Style Council, Billy Bragg, The comunards, Spear of Destiny, Theatre of Hate, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood have all become more constant in my musical listening.
And U2..
Can't stand them now.
That Said, The Jam, Bronski Beat, The Style Council, Billy Bragg, The comunards, Spear of Destiny, Theatre of Hate, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood have all become more constant in my musical listening.
Expand.
There are still few staples that have been kicking around forever (some Floyd, early Bowie, lots of Steely Dan etc) but I kind of journeyed from there though punk and new wave to blues to indie with a major side helping of jazz along the way. Then house music came along and that became a massive thing for me for a very long time and through it I discovered soul music in all its forms stretching back decades.
These days I rarely listen to punk, new wave and indie but dip in and out of all of those other those genres most of the time. There's a lot out there both old and new.
FWIW the last gig I went to was Blondie. The one before was The Big Moon (modern indie). The one before that was Sisters Sledge. Off to a night of house music next weekend.
There are still few staples that have been kicking around forever (some Floyd, early Bowie, lots of Steely Dan etc) but I kind of journeyed from there though punk and new wave to blues to indie with a major side helping of jazz along the way. Then house music came along and that became a massive thing for me for a very long time and through it I discovered soul music in all its forms stretching back decades.
These days I rarely listen to punk, new wave and indie but dip in and out of all of those other those genres most of the time. There's a lot out there both old and new.
FWIW the last gig I went to was Blondie. The one before was The Big Moon (modern indie). The one before that was Sisters Sledge. Off to a night of house music next weekend.
Seriously, I still like Escape and Frontiers, Pineda [sp] isn't as good a vocalist as Perry but he's no slouchI'd say they change and expand. I wouldn't listen to gabba or happy hardcore these days!
You're also more likely to catch me in a concert watching the LPO than dancing in a club to the latest trance tunes (but I still listen to trance). There's probably something about energy and old age in there.
You're also more likely to catch me in a concert watching the LPO than dancing in a club to the latest trance tunes (but I still listen to trance). There's probably something about energy and old age in there.
I go with expanded.
I think most people probably have a soft spot for music they liked in their teenage years, even if they don't actively listen to it so much now.
A friend of mine when I was about 10 was four years older than me and used to copy me all sorts of music on cassette. Metallica, Pantera, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy etc. He was very religious so wouldn't listen to bands like Iron Maiden who I thought looked and sounded cool so bought and have loved ever since. All of those albums from that time and throughout my teenage years are still completely relevant to me now. I've just added a lot of bands along the way.
I think most people probably have a soft spot for music they liked in their teenage years, even if they don't actively listen to it so much now.
A friend of mine when I was about 10 was four years older than me and used to copy me all sorts of music on cassette. Metallica, Pantera, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy etc. He was very religious so wouldn't listen to bands like Iron Maiden who I thought looked and sounded cool so bought and have loved ever since. All of those albums from that time and throughout my teenage years are still completely relevant to me now. I've just added a lot of bands along the way.
I totally see this. I grew up listening to Queen. I appreciate them more now, more than the pure rock tracks I loved when I was a kid. My music is way more diverse now but I am a metal head at heart. And I've discovered I love that feeling of power and energy it gives me but every 5 10 years or so it goes up a notch in heaviness. Addictive maybe.
I also have a running joke with my friends I am about a decade behind them on the taste front. Mainly around electronic stuff. I put that down to parental influence as a kid, I thought I didn't like other things but I actually did and now I can see where that came from.
Interesting stuff childhood
I also have a running joke with my friends I am about a decade behind them on the taste front. Mainly around electronic stuff. I put that down to parental influence as a kid, I thought I didn't like other things but I actually did and now I can see where that came from.
Interesting stuff childhood
Technotronic said:
Definitely expanded.
As a teenager I was hugely into Dance/House music, with a bit of Trance thrown in. Then I got into enjoying Hip Hop/Rap, and stayed as me being into House and Hip Hop for quite a lot years.
About 5 or 6 years ago, I got into Jazz, and I now listen to a lot of it.
I then began enjoying 80's pop/rock-ish stuff such as Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music/Robert Palmer and similar.
Still love dance music, and in fact that has expanded as well. Now into Deep house, tribal house, and more.
I made up a playlist when upgraded the ICE in my car last year. They key criteria was to find (a) tunes I loved that has been (b) really well recorded.As a teenager I was hugely into Dance/House music, with a bit of Trance thrown in. Then I got into enjoying Hip Hop/Rap, and stayed as me being into House and Hip Hop for quite a lot years.
About 5 or 6 years ago, I got into Jazz, and I now listen to a lot of it.
I then began enjoying 80's pop/rock-ish stuff such as Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music/Robert Palmer and similar.
Still love dance music, and in fact that has expanded as well. Now into Deep house, tribal house, and more.
In no particular order
Oscar Peterson
Ian Dury
Flooyd
Steely Dan
Donald Fagan
Todd Terje (modern house)
Angelo Fererri (ditto)
DINKS (ditto)
Camiel (jazz)
Lemon Grass
Adani & Wolf
Roisin Murphy
Ricky Lee Jones
Tracy Champan
Miles Davis
Cannonball Adderly
Odyssey
Ry Cooder
10 CC
Squeeze
Barry White
Roxy Music
Sister Sledge
Roxy Music
Isaac Hayes
Bowie
Grace Jones
Sly & Robbie
Carleen Anderson
Masters at Work
Chic
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