Have your musical tastes changed as you've gotten older?

I still like listening to some of the stuff I enjoyed in the past but my musical tastes have broadened since I was a young adult.

I can't imagine wanting to listen to surf and instrumental rock all the time.

Some groups I used to love, I'm not so crazy about now. Ex: Scorpions and the Doobie Brothers.

Some groups I used to not like at all and now I kinda like them. Ex: Steely Dan.

Some things stay the same, like my love for Led Zeppelin and all of Eric Clapton's bands and solo stuff. Also old honky-tonk country.

My tastes have broadened somewhat. I like Alison Krauss a lot. There are some newer country bands that I kinda like.

Man have they ever..While growing upmy dad always had classic country playing (Cash, etc) and being the dumb 80's teenager I was, all I wanted to hear was Ratt, Poison, etc. The older I get the more I appreciate all kinds of music but I like country more than the young me could ever imagine.

I can't imagine wanting to listen to surf and instrumental rock all the time.

Growing up, surf struck me as pretty stupid. Not to mention boring. Same for country. And ANYTHING that could be called "dance music." Also, jazz was way way way way way over my head. And just forget classical.

Well, I'm happy to report, that's done with. My head actually knew for quite a long while that I was being stupid, that I should appreciate more of this stuff, but it took time for my tastes to catch up. I definitely remember the first time I heard and liked Dave Brubeck -- wowee. Not too long ago, I found myself digging the arrangements and production on some Madonna songs -- egad!

I can actually listen to a Bee Gees tune now... without demolishing the radio, stereo, speaker, whatever, producing it

I just bought "Best of Tower of Power"... because "September" is just a kick ass song.

surprisingly, no.

yes it has...instead of only wanting to hear guitar based music...i can now listen to say new order...and guess what...while not at the forefront...the guitar is there

I don't think it's just a 'getting older effect'. When I was younger, I could not be into music that had not been recorded yet! I am a fan of Jack White and the White Stripes and his other projects. I didn't used to listen to anything like that 15 years ago. That's because it didn't exist. So, with age, musical taste does not really 'change' necessarily, but it definitely evolves or develops. If it doesn't it probably means that one is just not open to new/different things. I know people complain (including myself) that modern music sucks, but there's always something good out there.

Not really. I still like the same stuff that I did when I was younger. I like more stuff now, but I wasn't exposed to a lot of it until I was older. And I dislike the same stuff.

beep.click, you should check out some of the modern surf stuff. Definitely not boring.

yes, i dont care for the popular stuff anymore. Whether it be country, pop, or rock. If its on the radio I cant stand most it.

Fusion.

When I was a testosterone-filled lunk head and thought that chops+volume=great music.

Now I detest all but the earliest fusion - with more jazz than rock.

Even then it's rare I'd put it on more than once or twice a year.

yes, i dont care for the popular stuff anymore. Whether it be country, pop, or rock. If its on the radio I cant stand most it.

Aren't you ever pleasantly surprised at all by something?

I play acoustic at least half the time now, 15 years ago I played electric 90%of the time so priorities have changed.

I didn't know who Patty Larkin or Ani DiFranco or Willy Porter or Peter Mulvey were 10 years ago and now I'm amazed at how many hours I can sit and listen an learn to their work.

I can actually listen to a Bee Gees tune now... without demolishing the radio, stereo, speaker, whatever, producing it

I just bought "Best of Tower of Power"... because "September" is just a kick ass song.

uhhhh, that is interesting because September is from Earth Wind and Fire.

not that I think the rest of your post is BS... but..... some people might.

Earth Wind and Fire and Pomplamouse. I love this cover.....

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I still like everything I ever liked, and over the years I've liked more and varied stuff. I don't immediately recall ever disliking something I later came to like. So I'd say I've broadened my tastes by, well, tasting more!

Tim

Earth Wind and Fire and Pomplamouse. I love this cover.....

xycnv87N_BUNot sure how I feel about this cover but I could watch that kick for hours!

Aren't you ever pleasantly surprised at all by something?

Have you listened to the radio lately?

Id say my tastes have diversified as Ive grown, & ironically being open to decades of awesome music really has made me a bit jaded I think, its hard to take a lot of this contemporary plastic music seriously when you've been exposed to so much awesomeness.

Stuff like dylan, the band, velvet underground, stooges, etc.. I remember people on tv saying lou reed was cool, inspired bowie, alternative, etc.. but he just sounded like a gravelly old man to me until I got into my 20s

My tastes have broadened. I liken it to how your actual tastebuds change as you age. Most young folk can't stand something like scotch, but as you get older you often find that you can drink it quite easily (and often. Ahem.) Spicy food is the same for a lot of young people who later find it quite satisfying. Nature, nurture, who knows? All I know is that I like a lot more music than I used to as a young'un...

I don't listen to much heavy or prog rock these days...

I now have a far better understanding of what I should have wanted to listen to: ignorance is bliss and I was grinning from ear to ear.

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I've certainly developed as I've gotten 'older' (it's all relative! :wink: ). While I was in high school I listened to bands like Blur, Travis and Stereophonics. That gradually developed as a group of us started moving back in time to the likes of the Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd and my favourite at the time Cream.

Since leaving high school I've moved further back up the roots of Blues and Jazz and listen mostly to the likes of Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, Robert Johnson and Chris Barber. And I'm loving it, I've barely looked back. My Blur albums are collecting dust and I rarely listen to Cream.

Who knows what I'll be listening to in the next 10 or 20 years.

Nope, surprisingly not, I still LOVE Yes, and all the other prog I listened to when I was a spotty Lord of the Rings reading teenager.

And I still LOVE all the obscure 4AD/Creation Records indie I got into when I discovered being so into YES and Lord of the Rings was a serious bar to me losing my virginity.

I'm still expanding my knowledege and tastes. All that's changed, perhaps, is I find it nearly impossible to get into new stuff that what's left of the music industry offers today, especially the stuff my demographic is supposed to like.

Musicians are supposed to be into more new things/more genres and are supposed to be more curious about and open to new music in general than the average non-musical listener.

Getting older can squash all that.

Of course the radio sucks - that's not what I mean.

For what it's worth, if all you listened to and took your cues from was radio "back in the good old days when they played real music" then you were only hearing 1/10th of what was good back then.

They don't play Richard Hawley or the new Dr John or Gary Clark Jr or the Delmore Bros or that Thile/Daves disc on the radio - but they're all excellent.

Search music out - old and new - unless you're happy listening to 1965-1975 crap ("It's the golden era man !":roll:) for the rest of your life...

I like more stuff than I used to to, however, the stuff I liked as a kid, I still like and the stuff I disliked as a kid, I still dislike.

No. I still love mahna mahna by Frank Oz.

Ha ha - now it's stuck in your head.

uhhhh, that is interesting because September is from Earth Wind and Fire.

not that I think the rest of your post is BS... but..... some people might.


OOPS!!! I knew it was one of them.

Memory slipping... that's the first sign isn't it?

I never thought that I would "dislike" any form of music but as I get older I can't stand the teeny bopper product that my daughter listens to.

-The guitars are mostly samples. Bad loops and samples.

-The vocals are auto pitch corrected to a point where the singers sound like cheesy squeaky robots.

-The drums sound like computers from 15 years ago.

It's product. I understand that all music is product but the music that my daughter listens to sounds like the music product that was used in TV commercial ads or radio ads in 1988. I can remember listening to a bad TV commercial in 1988 and I would think......"the music is horrible but it's just keyboard product quickly written for a TV ad". Everything that my daughter listens to sounds like keyboard product written for a TV ad.

She's 16.

My 14 year old son listens to 70's guitar rock. (Thank goodness).

Do I sound old now?

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I still like many of the things I did as a kid. Oddly enough as a yout I listened to a lot more jazz and classical than I do now.

My tastes have grown far and wide now. Compare 1986 where all I listened to was classical and Motley Crue to what I now have on my iPod (DKM, The Tossers, Alabama Shakes, Black Keys, DBT, BB King, Dubliners, Elmore James) - I've expanded my musical listenings quite a bit.

I didn't find out how wonderful Prokofiev is until recently.

My taste keeps getting bigger and better

I'm a lot less judgmental than I was in my 20s. When I was a young music student, I was really dismissive about popular music, thought that instrumental virtuosity was the measure of quality in music. I am really glad to have learned otherwise and opened myself up to enjoying a much wider range of sounds.

My tastes have broadened. I liken it to how your actual tastebuds change as you age. Most young folk can't stand something like scotch, but as you get older you often find that you can drink it quite easily (and often. Ahem.) Spicy food is the same for a lot of young people who later find it quite satisfying.

This post seems to sum me up perfectly. Now, I don't see that I need to identify with the artist in the same way I did when I was younger. Now I see music as being purposeful, as in "I don't go to dance clubs or I would be more familiar with what music is popular there and probably like or enjoy the music more if I went".

I think it's a natural progression for most people to seek out new music as you grow older, if only because you burn out on the other stuff. I've always had broad tastes, even as a teenager so I can't say my tastes have evolved all that much, although some of the more disco themed pop I listened to in highschool I can't handle now. (think Toto)
I still like to raid my daughter's music for the harder stuff, and lately, as much as it pains me to admit it, I've been listening to weird stuff from the 50's. Last week I couldn't get "Take Five" out of my head, today it's "Je ne regrette rien."

Time to drag out the Zep and purge these impure thoughts!

I never thought that I would "dislike" any form of music but as I get older I can't stand the teeny bopper product that my daughter listens to.

-The guitars are mostly samples. Bad loops and samples.

-The vocals are auto pitch corrected to a point where the singers sound like cheesy squeaky robots.

-The drums sound like computers from 15 years ago.

It's product. I understand that all music is product but the music that my daughter listens to sounds like the music product that was used in TV commercial ads or radio ads in 1988. I can remember listening to a bad TV commercial in 1988 and I would think......"the music is horrible but it's just keyboard product quickly written for a TV ad". Everything that my daughter listens to sounds like keyboard product written for a TV ad.

She's 16.

My 14 year old son listens to 70's guitar rock. (Thank goodness).

Do I sound old now?

Okay, maybe it's just around here, but this summer the pop format FM is playing last summer's hits more than the current stuff. With luck that could signal a change is about to happen. I am really getting tired of IHHFMAWW.
(Imitation Hip-hop For Middle-Aged White Women)

Sure did. I used to listen to metal, grunge, and gangster rap. I still love that stuff, but listen to more blues and classic rock that I never hot into before. I've even started listening to a bit if country but I can't really get into it.

When I was a young musician I listened to commercial radio as much as I could, but haven't listened to it for the last 20 years, it's too painful and depressing (musically speaking). NPR in the US and CBC here in Canada are pretty good for classical, jazz, and blues...

It's the lyrics. I can appreciate the creativity of new and young bands but the lyrics are often somewhat lacking.

I listened to a couple of my bands demoes from the early nineties the other day. Let's say that the lyrics written in Swedish made my ears turn red (out of shame) and let's not even talk about the ones written in English...

Music sounded ok though.

Just broadened. I can still get into pretty much everything I liked at 16.

I still like all the stuff I liked as a kid, and still dislike the stuff I disliked then. I also like stuff that didn't yet exist when I was a kid, so my tastes have broadened rather than narrowed.

I was lucky, I grew up in the early to late 60's era and at that time there was basically only the AM radio as a means of hearing music. At least for all us pre-teens.

And the few top-40 stations that we all listened to weren't at all focused on particular styles of music like stations are these days.

I would hear all sorts of music all on the same station - Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Beatles, Supremes, Dean Martin, Brenda Lee, Louis Armstrong, 4 Topps, Buddy Holley, Elvis, Yardbirds, and so many more...

Yes, the songs they played were of course the more "popish" ones from the various artists, but they did get my curiousity up to go on and get deeper into many musical genres.

Today people rave about satilite radio, where you can get a channel that only plays 50's music, or only blues, or only old time country or whatever.

I really would have no use for that - what I'd really like is something like those old top 40 stations that play a bit of everything.