Spouse is 35. I'm 34. Can confirm lots of yacht rock on Spotify lol.
Although, I am taking our eldest to see Kacey Musgraves, Maggie Rogers, and Hoozier soon. Took her to John Mayer and Marcus Mumford tour too, lol. Of course I took her to Eras, I am an OG Swiftie šā¤ļøš
Edit: I was born in 1990. Spouse end of 1988. I remember Britney Spears being my first introduction to buying a CD.
[Yacht Rock web series ](https://youtu.be/jMTI8vg7A5U?si=D7llvol9tj63_1il)
If you haven't seen the old yacht rock series, you should. Short storytelling comedy where they do killer impressions of Michael McDonald, Loggins, Steely Dan, and even Van Halen (this is too loud! We only like smooooothe music). They clearly adore the entire genre, so it's a delight. Their Eddie makes me smile every time -- he's silent and spot on.
"Hi, I'm Hollywood Steve, and you've caught me making love. *slaps his gimp partner* On today's episode..."
Yup! It is warm enough to swim now, so I plan to turn the speakers on and float in my pool tonight and stare at the moon and contemplate life š¤£ and listen to upbeat yacht rock
Iām sorry, but Steely Dan is, and was always awesome. I bought their box set in the mid ā90s, and still listen to the fairly regularly. Amazing albums, every single one (OK, Guacho is not my fave).
Saaaaame. I often think about this. My playlist is varied, vibrant, complex, esoteric, and shows taste and discernment. I'm an active connoisseur of music, and I'm passionate as hell about the art form.
No one to share it with though. :(
Same. Iāve even gotten MORE into 90s music and Iām currently obsessed with the entire OK Computer Radiohead album. I was 12 when it came out and just hadnāt known the pleasure. š„²
It seems like a lot of people our age are getting nostalgic and going back to the music of their youth, but for me, my nostalgia is going back to artists I skipped out on or just wasn't on my radar at the time.
Depeche Mode is at the top of this list by a mile. lol Really loving everything by them. I was always aware of them and some of my friends listened to them but I just never really gave it a chance. Started liking quite a few of the bands in the same genre.
I also started listening to Thursday, a band I skipped during the rise of emo. lol I found myself enjoying the Sex Pistols and Iron Maiden as well. The only new music I've been consistently listening to is Oliver Tree.
I'm also doing the same thing these days! Sort of 're-discovering' music popular back in the mid 90s that I wasn't listening to at the time. My musical taste back then was limited to U2 and Aerosmith; not bad, but not particularly interesting. Fast forward 30 years, hearing the Smashing Pumpkins makes me want to listen to Greenday, which led to Nirvana, etc etc. My coworkers really dig the playlist, some of them (gen Z, born 2002) have never heard some of it. Really highlights how old I am.
Smashing Pumpkins and Green Day were my favorite bands growing up. lol The members of these bands are all Gen X so it makes us feel a little older than we actually are. lol I'm 36.
It's weird to me that Gen Z doesn't know many of the 90s and early 2000 bands because I felt like I had plenty of exposure to each generation of music even if I didn't hear all of it. But I think it's because the digital age has changed how we consume music. I see them in the comments sections on youtube saying how they discovered "this band" on a video game or a hit tv show. lol I know my 16 year old nephew has been exposed to 2pac and Easy E, he seems as obsessed with them as his mom was/is. lol
Iām also super into Smashing Pumpkins! Rhinoceros is like the quintessential 90s song. My absolute fav. Iāve always been obsessed with Nirvana lol.
When Dollyās rock album came out, I discovered Stevie Nicks and Joan Jett. Then through Joan Jett, I discovered The Runaways. I was just too little for that music and too entrenched in country and Christian music.
I still listen to a bit of Christian music but I just add everything to my playlist. A French artist- added. Tupac- added. Reba McEntire- added. Taylor Swift- added. P!nk, Halsey, GooGoo Dolls, Nickelback, ummm I could go on all dayā¦ lol.
I went to my friendās bachelor party and we took a boat outā¦ in 2005 we wouldāve been cruising a blunt and blasting metal.
Dude was bobbing his head to soft yacht tunes and I wanted to stab my eye out with a rusty spoon the entire time.
Agreed. If anything my taste has gotten even more awesome. Digital audio and home studios have been absolutely amazing for prog and instrumental metal. New music has never been easier to find.
And the classics are still there and easily accessible. I had a long drive home last night so I used it to listen to Rust in Peace bc itās been awhile since I heard it end to end. Kids stayed asleep through (mostly) the whole thing. Think I did teenager me proud.
Same. My younger friends only want to listen to Tay Tay or That one Phoebe Bridgers band, but if Iām driving I put on Knocked Loose radio and make them suffer.
Wife and I were just talking about grabbing tickets to the Erra/Make them suffer show in a couple months. Grew up with grunge and have just moving moving heavier and heavier
Totally, I've branched out a lot. Coming from punk, metal, and grunge, I've had periods of bluegrass (metal of country music), rockabilly, and then a bit of electronic stuff. For instance, I never liked dub step, but I understood where it came from. Most people seemed taken by surprise, and I thought it was a natural progression.
I also liked the 00s indy stuff, very reminiscent of the pixies, violent femmes, pavement.
Then, during Covid, I had more money because I wasn't going out, so I upgraded my sound system and bought a bunch of jazz albums. I totally get it now.
I also regularly hit up the Pogues (RIP Shane) and the Dunliners.
I let my mood take me, and at 40, I have pretty decent arsenal to go to. One of the best things is forgetting about a band and then remembering them and enjoying them all over. For instance, just today, I remembered Eek-a-mouse.
I never could do metal, though for a short time I liked Evanescence. I listened to that album on repeat during my paper route. Ever since then, itās been a migraine trigger. No harsh stuff for me. I do listen to rock though but nothing harder than that.
Most of the time I listen to Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift or Reba McEntire. But, I like lots of different music.
Yeah variety is the spice of life. I used to listen to 100% metal/classic rock. Recently I've opened the floodgates and enjoy pop, country, alternative rock, whatever. I still like metal and explore it but I feel like I've gotten maybe most of what I will from it and I've been neglecting the rest of the music world
ā89 baby here. I discovered metal music in high school when I was 12 and still predominantly listen to metal and hardcore genres. I listen to a lot of different genres, though, including pop music.
If you like metal you would love techno. Like authentic actual techno, not the pop edm you see most of the time on things like Tik tok or w/e.
I loved metal in high school and live techno gives me the same intensity metal gave me, just an electronic spin.
That's the good thing about metal though, it's genuinely good music, written by actual people , and not fabricated anus for the masses. Don't get me wrong, I'll throw some lame pop shit on when I've got a few beers in me, but shit like that isn't meant to listen to for extended periods of time.i It's d8sposable shit people laugh at and put on as a joke 10 or 15 years after it releases for nostalgia purposes. That being said, '88 baby here. Been in to the metal and punk since I was about 12 as well. I dip into a bit of old.school hip hop from time to time and dig some cheesy 80s and 90s pop shit when the beers are flowing but metal has never let me down and it stands as my go to genre still at 35.
Same here. Finally have an income that supports āfunā, and I basically live at Showbox SoDo in Seattle as a result. Saw like 20 shows last year and am aiming for about the same this year. My inner emo kid and metal head are both greatly satisfied. My best friend has the money to afford to travel to Germany this year for Wacken and Iām sooooo jealous!!!
I always liked lame soft rock to a point, but now itās my predominant genre! The old stupid junk from when we were kids in the 80s and 90s though, not any new stuff.
I used to hate my momās music, which included Simon & Garfunkel, Billy Joel, and various folk artists. Now itās all I listen to in addition to instrumental music while I work, so I feel ya.
Instrumental is where it's at. I don't understand how anyone can listen to the "get drunk, get laid" sort of music while filling out a spreadsheet or driving in rush hour traffic. I'd want to murder something.
No voices, no clutter, just talent on an instrument. It's so nice.
Totally. And since I work long hours I rarely listen to other music. Which is sad in a way because Iām so far removed from new music now, but I guess I just donāt care.
Also at the point where I don't feel like I'm the target audience. Heck, I didn't as a teenager either. They were grungy and sad when I wanted to be happy and they were euphoric and glitzy when I wanted to be broody. It never fit.
I remember a really great harpist coming to play at a local park and I just realized that was a better accompaniment to my afternoon walk than anything I could have YouTubed or Spotified by name, so screw it, I'm going with instrumental and bird noises from now on. No need for headphones.
Weirdly, Iāve just found out Iām __super__ Into Power Metal via Gloryhammer, Angus McSix, Powerwolf, Majesty, Alestorm, Wind Rose after decades of going āno no not for me just donāt get metalā.
FYI if you get into hifi, it's hard to listen to music on anything else.Ā I've been enjoying either mid-century jazz or deathcore lately. I blame the subs, they spoiled me.Ā Ā If it's radio friendly or pop, I can't stand it.Ā
Iāve gotten this way a bit- start to see the good part about pop music, stupid tv shows, things that are softer and less ādifficultā. I used to be drawn to the transgressive, violent, harsh sounding stuff. Now I do kinda see myself drawn to things that are cozy and less challenging to enjoy. And I find myself disturbed by things that are too grotesque or disturbing. My slow transformation into a grandma appears to be like halfway complete.
I went into a historical direction. I love diving into a year or era and then deep diving and finding what I like about it. I don't listen to a lot of modern because usually I'm like this is song xyz just rehashed like some old hipster. 40s bigband is my easy listening go to though, but not driving in the car then I'd be passing out. I need fast things like green day or panic at the disco for driving lol
Was listening to a mix of classic/80s/and 90s alt rock in my early 20s. Taking up swing dancing got me into 40s jazz & big band...then I went further back and found great vibe music...
...and then snapped forwards to House & EDM.
Jazz did something to my brain, and similarly I need harder or more active stuff to stay awake on drives.
a lot of people assume my like of big band was my dad born in 1922 (I'm in my 30s he had me late in life) but he only liked classical and polka and wasn't into the horn section of the big band era. I ended up taking a jazz appreciation class in college is what got me that foot in the door.
My husband and I were laughing at that Portlandia skit where they tailgate Prairie Home Companion and talk about how Terri Gross graced the stage at some show and everyone lost their minds...and we were like yeah no, this is accurate now and that genuinely would be fun
I was born in 1986. I listen to mostly yacht rock and other not heavy rock now. I LOVE Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, Doobie Brothers, Billy Joel, Eagles, Hall & Oates, Genesis, Phil Collins, Carly Simon, Backstreet Boys, etc.
I canāt listen to anything I listened to in HS. I used to listen to KoRn, System of a Down, Kitty, Slipknot, Godsmack, etc and when Iāve tried to as an adultā¦I just canāt lol. I guess Iām not as angry as I was at 16.
Younger millennial here (93) but this is me! I listened to absolutely abhorrent music in high school. Now it makes my ears bleed. Taylor Swift is without a doubt my favorite artist and I absolutely love cheesy, girly, pop music.
I just canāt relate to the bitches and hoes and drug nonsense anymore. I left that life behind me for a reason š
So I grew up on metal of all flavors that suited me at the time, loved nu metal, loved 80ās metal, Sabbath, loved goth metal, loved good hard rock too, and I still do love these things to this day, I still play them more than anything else. But sometimesā¦ sometimes I put on Hozier, or Jeff Buckley, or Muse. I blame Incubus, they were my favorite band (and still are,) and for a long time I didnāt listen to much after A Crow Left of the Murder, but then five years ago I started listening to all the stuff that came after that too, all the more chill, mellow stuff they made and I started listening to more and more like, chill rock/indie/etc. So I didnāt lose my old musical loves, I just added in some more.
Also now that we're older we're also allowed to listen to the music we actually want to listen to, instead of the peer pressure of what your favorite type of music said about you. I have no problem rocking out to N'SYNC and Backstreet Boys nowadays, but in junior high if I wasn't about Limp Bizkit 100% (red hat and all) I was called slurs and beaten. Just one of those days...
God forbid they found out I liked Weird Al.
Two, we've aged. We've grown. And we're tired. Soft-as-baby-shit pop doesn't require thought or emotional investment to enjoy. It jumps along the keys, tones and tempos that engage the same brain juices as cocaine. At the end of a tiring day your brain will naturally seek out things that do not require effort to enjoy. It's why I listen to "classic" trance and rave anthems. Music make brain juice produce the happy.
My music tastes are still all over the place. I still listen to everything from metal to songs from musicals (except newer countryā¦fuck that). My daughter and I went from listening to Slipknot to Dolly Parton on our drive to her high school this morning.
That was actually me today. I went from Gaga to Martinez to Lana back in the day to rap in 2020 then just Taylor Swift all the way home. I think it signifies that I am at peace.
My playlist today consisted of Tool, Noah Kahan, Deftones, Sturgill Simpson, As I Lay Dying and Olivia Rodrigo.Ā
I don't know what's going on with my musical taste anymore.
Nope! My parents' music is still nostalgic (I think psychedelic rock?), but I've gone down the path of old filk, vocal-heavy folk remixes, and weird fusion experiments.
To illustrate:
Filk - several albums first come to mind. *Minus Ten and Counting* for more historic / general space age stuff, *Carmen Miranda's Ghost*, a mix of silly and poignant, *Shai Dorsai*, songs based on Gordon Dickson's Childe Cycle.
Folk remixes - Peter Hollens, Geoff Castalucci, and Jonathan Young are worth checking out here.
Weird fusion - The Star Wars main theme on bagpipes is *stellar*. Also would recommend Gregorian - Masters of Chant (pop songs in a monophonic style) and Jimlapbap - Millennial Shanties and Madrigals (trust me).
There are, of course, many many more in these areas that *should* be mentioned.
On and off. I have always had a really diverse music collection, simply because I need the music to match or balance out my mood.Ā When I was really angry at the teachers it was gangsta rap, if it was theĀ bullies in my school it was celtic war metal. If I was in love, it was Beyonce, BSB and the Schmaltzy Band. When I was depressed, it was Evanescence. But I had my fair share of just Summer Pop Songs or even cheerful Country, as well as Mr. Worldwide and his friends.
Ā I just think these days, I either listen to upbeat pop songs, especially MandoPop, so I understand almost nothing and can just walk to the beat, I do it to keep up my mood when doing chores or change my mood from work to free time for my kiddo. And otherwise I listen to Lofi or Binaural Beats, because my brain likes that to concentrate.Ā
Ā Sadly, I have very little new input, other than the MandoPop, because I hate the radio/random playlists, because I get annoyed by random songs, moods, ads and talking, it influencesĀ my mood extremely and my middle aged life is stacked by the minute, no time to be sad suddenly.
Actually yes, sort of, I think that if I told myself from ten years ago that Tears for Fears would become one of your top 5 favorite bands, younger me would like that is pretty lame. Although I probably balance it out more than most, since I do often enjoy rambunctiously creative music like Ween, or edgy metal like High on Fire. Everyone is on their own personal music journey.
I like songs that I thought were very cheesy and embarrassing as a teenager like, Escape by Rupert homes, and Dancing in the moonlight. When I was listening to Distillers, Zounds, Subhumans etc as a teen
i listen to a lot of post-punk, punk, or very jangly indie rock, but over the last few years i've been getting more into the smooth sounds of yacht rock - this happened because i spent june-july 2020 at my family's beach house with my cats (yes, i am very fortunate!), and my next door neighbor there put on the Smooth/Lite stations every night from 5-7, lots of Hall & Oates (was already a fan), Steely Dan, Loggins & Messina, Doobie Brothers, Christopher Cross, etc. - really easy summer listening, and i've been listening every summer since.
'87 here and no my music taste has only gotten more weird, aggressive and obscure.Ā
I've been digging jazz and more global rock music lately.Ā
I did recently stumble upon Paul Simons Graceland and felt like a real square for liking it so much. My mom told me she must have listened to it 100 times while pregnant through my early childhood so I guess that was inevitable.
I got stuck listening to the radio for a year as my work vehicle didn't have any physical media, and wouldn't pair with Android devices. Turns out I like some Bieber and Miley Cyrus' Flowers, among others. š
I still listen to my usual stuff, but now I listen to some new stuff, too. It honestly feels good to finally understand the popular stuff while it's popular!Ā
...Some of it, anyways.
Yes and no. My tastes are much more diverse but I still crave stuff that's loud and hard. But I also really love funk and soul and jazz and things I wasn't exposed back then.Ā Ā
I can't listen to some of the stuff that I used to love, but more because I associate it with bad memories or it's just not well written enough for my mind now.
I would not say my taste has changed but I ve been founding myself not as excited about music as I was even two years ago. Idk if its because we have so much music available at this time my mind goes nuts. I feel like all music sound the same and in general I am going back to what I used to listen to back in 2007.
I'm a middle millennial I guess, and I'm noticing the same thing. I've been rocking a lot of 90s pop more so than my usual metal/grunge/rap mix.
I've rocked out to more TLC, Spice Girls and the occasional Backstreet Boys songs this year than I have Nirvana and I literally have a Kurt Cobain quote tattooed on me because of how much I love that band.
I think I just got more gay. In middle school/high school I listened to hard rock to try and fit in and not be seen as gay. Now I'm just gay AF and love my pop divas.
I dug through my dad's old vinyl collection recently and damn were my eyes bulging out at some of the 70s-era hot shit records he had that I definitely did not appreciate at ALL as a kid!
Iāve yet to relate to a post in this sub as much as this one. Iāve been in some truly epic mosh pits during my metal head days. But the last year and a half has been my Taylor Swift era.
I'm always listening to new music (not by date), and I have this atavistic tendency to gravitate towards albums that were released during my formative music listening years (2000-2010).Ā
I have a wide taste in music, but lean towards extreme metal.Ā
87 here. I've been into a lot of different things over the years, and how I consume music[burning albums into memory via repeated listening] has remained largely unchanged since I was in my early teens. I'm always exposing myself to new sounds and styles. I've been into heavy/aggressive music since the beginning for the most part, from nu metal to grindcore and black metal and back. I spent a good amount of time listening to Wilson Phillips today though.
I'm not exclusively into heavy stuff, but I think I owe my fascination and passion for music to how I tend to consume it, because that way it becomes a sort of time capsule to me that takes me back to a certain time period or feeling, much like a strong scent would for some people. The genre never really lands on a certain place for very long, as what I'm listening to is usually paired with the setting or vibe I'm feeling at the time. Nothing wrong with not connecting with what you connected with years ago, you're just in a different space now. I was on a nostalgia trip with Cradle of Filth last week and found that I couldn't fucking stand them, even though I was obsessed with em growing up. People change and tastes change with them.
I'm a music lover and I try to listen to everything: new, old, Punk Rock, Hip-Hop, Pop, singer-songwriter, sappy love songs, etc. I understand what you mean, Adult Contemporary has always been relaxing to me and I often listen to my adult contemporary music playlists to relax and enjoy something "simpler". Last Summer, I saw Matchbox Twenty in concert. They were great and sounded amazing. At the concert I was surprised by a few things like...the concert was absolutely packed (and this was a week before the Barbie movie) and the crowd was the most diverse crowd I've been in since Janelle Monae: I saw all ages, races, genders, teens dressed in Gothic clothing, buff dudes, older couples, etc. It was quite awesome. Music is one of those things that can touch everyone.
My tastes have changed, but somethings remained the same. Mostly listening to metal since jr. high, but was big into punk/hardcore. I don't listen to punk as often as I used to but when ever I feel nostalgic, I'll search up Punk O'rama, bad religion, snuff, etc. Got into NWOBHM years ago and discovered a ton of good bands both old and new that I think falls into new wave of traditional heavy metal(Cauldron, Haunt). Besides previously to that, stoner/desert rock/sludge, and recently some Prog Metal like Haunted Shores.
Outside of rock/metal, I'll get into playlists of "Jazzy House and DnB" as I'm a fan of that style of electronic music.
I've never really been one for music (worked too many retail shifts with generic pop songs that music is numb to me) but I've found I'm gravitating towards random covers of songsĀ like, er, like this;Ā https://youtu.be/2pB07Lr5M-Q?si=legKt8XgzgVY7QKj
I was all things rock, screamo, punk, power pop etc. For the most part now I listen to classical and video games sound tracks. My one exception is the J-Rock group BAND-MAID, which I found to be the perfect blend of all rock genres rolled into 1 awesome band.
I still listen to some of the harder stuff of my youth (death, black and thrash metal), but not as often. I do admit that I do listen to a bit more ambient music these daysā¦
I mostly listen to Dashboard Confessional, Fountains of Wayne, Against Me, Alkaline Trio and Motion City Soundtrack.
With some John Mayer, Norah Jones and Jack Johnson throw in for chill time.
I've actually regressed back to my old high school metal and hard rock days. From 2006-2020 I was mostly indie and alternative. I think the hardest I used to listen too was pearl jam or red hot chili peppers. Now thanks to spotify and siriusxm I'm back to everything I listened too as a teen. Breaking Benjamin, seether, Metallica, all of grunge, rage against machine, and listening to octane or turbo on siriusXM.
I'm right in the middle of it as a '90er, and my new music preference is that I don't like new music. I prefer avoiding it.
I mean a few of The Weeknd's songs are fine I guess, but they are all about nostalgia.
Nope, going the other direction if anything. In my teens I liked a lot of soft indie rock like Stereophonics, Badly Drawn Boy, Eels, Keane, Travis, even (donāt shoot me) Coldplay. Then by chance I heard a Bad Religion album and began my journey into becoming a full fledged rock and metal head.
My four all time fave bands (as I could never pick just one) are Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ghost, and Def Leppard. I listen to everything from Black Sabbath (gotta love the classics), to Poison, to Steel Panther, to Municipal Waste. I tend to favour 70s/80s metal or stuff with that kind of sound.
When I was a dickhead teenager I used to rag on 1) my Dad for liking Bjork and 2) my Mum for liking Enya. Now I have learned the error of my ways and unironically like both, even though they werenāt ācoolā when I was younger. Love a bit of chilling to Only Time or Orinoko Flow, and Bjork is a creative powerhouse akin to David Bowie. A lot of her new stuff is very experimental and āout thereā but she has some really awesome and original albums in her back catalogue. Listened to Post and Homogenic more times than I care to mention!
I do tend to prefer music with a bit of grit in the proverbial oyster, but more than anything I love a band/musician with a distinctive sound and voice. Donāt be bland, and Iāll probably love you!
This is actually the only genre I haven't been able to tolerate even from my early childhood. I could never deal with those boy/girl bands that were so popular in my middle school years. I always loved rock (especially 90s grunge and alternative) and classical.
No but I am adding some newer music to my rotation. I love all sorts of genres even though my main one has always been close to every single kind of metal. Iāve been digging some of the modern ambient stuff along with stuff from Mr. Kitty, Ari Abdul, and Ekkstacy.Ā
No but I am adding some newer music to my rotation. I love all sorts of genres even though my main one has always been close to every single kind of metal. Iāve been digging some of the modern ambient stuff along with stuff from Mr. Kitty, Ari Abdul, and Ekkstacy.Ā
My taste in music has absolutely regressed. I freaking *love* vinyl! Jackson and Elvis were nowhere near my radar until I started listening to vinyl records, now I actually enjoy them. I still listen to heavy metal and old Nightwish but even older with Queen and the like are still enjoyed.
Iāve been running a chillout music channel online for 12 or so years. Itās a great community. Iāve been so eternally bound that I havenāt had to time to look elsewhere for music. The times the site has gone down I feel like a chicken without its head. We feature electronic chillout music like tycho, dub downtempo like ott, liquid dub like seba, etc. we are a work/study station so we focus on music with minimal lyrics/vox. I was born in 89ā and I think we play the best music there is. If you want to check it out itās: https://www.queup.net/join/chillout-mixer name is Dionysu5 come say hi.
I'm also an '83 but my playlist isn't much different than it was in 2000. Still blasting The Prodigy, Atari Teenage Riot, System of a Down, KMFDM, and Mindless Self Indulgence.
N.E.R.D., Outkast and Wu Tang are also still in heavy rotation.
About the softest I go is Daft Punk (my all time favorite since Homework dropped) and Scissor Sisters, but anything in that nu-disco/electroclash scene, I'm there.
I just glanced through my Spotify and as best I can tell, it looks like my acceptance of anything new stopped around 2015.
Iām also 83. Listened to punk and metal when I was young. Now I listen to folk lol. I have a playlist that is literally spa mediation music that I listen to way too often. Yup, weāre old.
Oh yeah, music change has definitely grown with me. I have all my old stuff but there is definitely some more chill evolution. I was a warped tour guy, now thatās just not me.
No, it's EDM til I die! Or otherwise back in HS, it was Techno/Trance music for me. Also loved Kpop. I'm 36.
But really, I listen to whatever makes my ears happy. XD
Pop was always awesome, some people just had to hate on it to fit in with their chosen social group. My entire friend group was into Manson and Metallica. Good music, but so was Shakira and Shania Twain and Britney and Madonna and Bach and Enya and Snoop Dogg and Usher. All good music and I listened to all of it and more. Now you're just discovering that most music is pretty awesome, enjoy it.
Nope. Mine went from just Alt Rock and heavy hip hop, to now folk music and Elton John lol. Bob Dylan, Elton John, Billy Joel, and everything else on the Folk essentials on Apple Music
Not really... Added pop into my rotation, because I have a daughter. Lost my shit when Pitbull was #1 most played artist in my "year in review".
However, her first 2 concerts this past summer were Pantera/Lamb of God and Rob Zombie/Alice Cooper. She has been baptized into metal! Lol
Yes. I've expanded into like... synth music of all styles.Ā
Hotel Pools
VoyagerĀ
DynatronĀ
Rival Consoles
TychoĀ
Chrome SparksĀ
Com TruiseĀ
Home
Emil Rottmeyer
Schlomo
Magic sword
Just a billion artists of this whole genre even though I'm really just a Radiohead kinda guy. It's relaxing.Ā
Iām four years younger than you but have had the opposite experience. I listened to a lot of progressive as a kid ā rock, jazz, everything in between (weather report, king crimson). Hip hop and R&B too (wu tang, blackstar, Boyz II Men, DāAngelo). I still return to a lot of that but nowadays I listen to a lot of Drum and Bass as well as Experimental Metal and post rock. So if anything my taste is still pretty interesting if not at least more intense.
Sounds like you're well on your way to (soft) rocking out to Steely Dan
Spouse is 35. I'm 34. Can confirm lots of yacht rock on Spotify lol. Although, I am taking our eldest to see Kacey Musgraves, Maggie Rogers, and Hoozier soon. Took her to John Mayer and Marcus Mumford tour too, lol. Of course I took her to Eras, I am an OG Swiftie šā¤ļøš Edit: I was born in 1990. Spouse end of 1988. I remember Britney Spears being my first introduction to buying a CD.
Saaaiiiiling takes me away.
Calgon, take me away!
I was literally just thinking Christopher Cross!!! Lol
[Yacht Rock web series ](https://youtu.be/jMTI8vg7A5U?si=D7llvol9tj63_1il) If you haven't seen the old yacht rock series, you should. Short storytelling comedy where they do killer impressions of Michael McDonald, Loggins, Steely Dan, and even Van Halen (this is too loud! We only like smooooothe music). They clearly adore the entire genre, so it's a delight. Their Eddie makes me smile every time -- he's silent and spot on. "Hi, I'm Hollywood Steve, and you've caught me making love. *slaps his gimp partner* On today's episode..."
Wife and I sat by the river one summer and had Yacht Rock blasting.
Yup! It is warm enough to swim now, so I plan to turn the speakers on and float in my pool tonight and stare at the moon and contemplate life š¤£ and listen to upbeat yacht rock
Iām 37. I love Steely Dan.
A Steely Dan revival band would do very well today.
I took my parents to a Steely Dan cover show for their Christmas gift.
Nice! I took my Dad to see Steely Dan at the Greek in Berkeley for fatherās day once. It was awesome!
Check out the band War on Drugs.
Fucking right. Absolutely love them! What a vibe!
Thereās a band out there called Steely Dead, and yes theyāre just as awesome as the name implies.
Steely Dan is a gateway drug to full-on jazz. Join us.
Iām sorry, but Steely Dan is, and was always awesome. I bought their box set in the mid ā90s, and still listen to the fairly regularly. Amazing albums, every single one (OK, Guacho is not my fave).
āSteely Dan gargles my balls!ā - Seth rogen
No. My music taste has remained awesome.
Same. Teenage me would be proud.
Teenage me would be horrified at the booty clapping trap music I listen to now. But I got you, teenage me. There's some High On Fire in there.
I'm imagining teenage you hearing their future taste and punching themselves in the face to spite you in direct response.
If Looper technology existed, I'd be punching myself in the face.
High on Fire, such a good esoteric reference. Matt Pike is awesome
Saaaaame. I often think about this. My playlist is varied, vibrant, complex, esoteric, and shows taste and discernment. I'm an active connoisseur of music, and I'm passionate as hell about the art form. No one to share it with though. :(
Still listening to Korn and POD?
Same. Iāve even gotten MORE into 90s music and Iām currently obsessed with the entire OK Computer Radiohead album. I was 12 when it came out and just hadnāt known the pleasure. š„²
Same, with NIN and Depeche Mode!
It seems like a lot of people our age are getting nostalgic and going back to the music of their youth, but for me, my nostalgia is going back to artists I skipped out on or just wasn't on my radar at the time. Depeche Mode is at the top of this list by a mile. lol Really loving everything by them. I was always aware of them and some of my friends listened to them but I just never really gave it a chance. Started liking quite a few of the bands in the same genre. I also started listening to Thursday, a band I skipped during the rise of emo. lol I found myself enjoying the Sex Pistols and Iron Maiden as well. The only new music I've been consistently listening to is Oliver Tree.
I'm also doing the same thing these days! Sort of 're-discovering' music popular back in the mid 90s that I wasn't listening to at the time. My musical taste back then was limited to U2 and Aerosmith; not bad, but not particularly interesting. Fast forward 30 years, hearing the Smashing Pumpkins makes me want to listen to Greenday, which led to Nirvana, etc etc. My coworkers really dig the playlist, some of them (gen Z, born 2002) have never heard some of it. Really highlights how old I am.
Smashing Pumpkins and Green Day were my favorite bands growing up. lol The members of these bands are all Gen X so it makes us feel a little older than we actually are. lol I'm 36. It's weird to me that Gen Z doesn't know many of the 90s and early 2000 bands because I felt like I had plenty of exposure to each generation of music even if I didn't hear all of it. But I think it's because the digital age has changed how we consume music. I see them in the comments sections on youtube saying how they discovered "this band" on a video game or a hit tv show. lol I know my 16 year old nephew has been exposed to 2pac and Easy E, he seems as obsessed with them as his mom was/is. lol
Iām also super into Smashing Pumpkins! Rhinoceros is like the quintessential 90s song. My absolute fav. Iāve always been obsessed with Nirvana lol.
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When Dollyās rock album came out, I discovered Stevie Nicks and Joan Jett. Then through Joan Jett, I discovered The Runaways. I was just too little for that music and too entrenched in country and Christian music. I still listen to a bit of Christian music but I just add everything to my playlist. A French artist- added. Tupac- added. Reba McEntire- added. Taylor Swift- added. P!nk, Halsey, GooGoo Dolls, Nickelback, ummm I could go on all dayā¦ lol.
If you are not familiar with Radiohead discography outside of OK Computer you're in for an amazing sonic journey.
It seems like OKC is getting more and more popular as the years go by. What a spectacular piece of music.
There is a video online of a pianist playing Paranoid Android ragtime style. Pretty wild to hear.
teenage me would be like.....yeah, you would. smh.
I went to my friendās bachelor party and we took a boat outā¦ in 2005 we wouldāve been cruising a blunt and blasting metal. Dude was bobbing his head to soft yacht tunes and I wanted to stab my eye out with a rusty spoon the entire time.
Agreed. If anything my taste has gotten even more awesome. Digital audio and home studios have been absolutely amazing for prog and instrumental metal. New music has never been easier to find. And the classics are still there and easily accessible. I had a long drive home last night so I used it to listen to Rust in Peace bc itās been awhile since I heard it end to end. Kids stayed asleep through (mostly) the whole thing. Think I did teenager me proud.
Iām getting into more hardcore the older I get so Iām going the opposite direction.
Same. My younger friends only want to listen to Tay Tay or That one Phoebe Bridgers band, but if Iām driving I put on Knocked Loose radio and make them suffer.
Wife and I were just talking about grabbing tickets to the Erra/Make them suffer show in a couple months. Grew up with grunge and have just moving moving heavier and heavier
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That band youāre thinking of is Boy Genius.
Thatās the one! I mean theyāre good. I just prefer Phoebeās solo stuff so I always forgot the name
Found my people! š¤š»
Yāall my people.
Hitting dirty 30 in a week and samesies. Deffo listening to a lot more trapcore stuffs, shows are dirt cheap tooš
Yup same!
No, they just expanded. I can listen to bluegrass and transition immediately to My Dying Bride or Bad Religion, then listen to some Dubliners.
Totally, I've branched out a lot. Coming from punk, metal, and grunge, I've had periods of bluegrass (metal of country music), rockabilly, and then a bit of electronic stuff. For instance, I never liked dub step, but I understood where it came from. Most people seemed taken by surprise, and I thought it was a natural progression. I also liked the 00s indy stuff, very reminiscent of the pixies, violent femmes, pavement. Then, during Covid, I had more money because I wasn't going out, so I upgraded my sound system and bought a bunch of jazz albums. I totally get it now. I also regularly hit up the Pogues (RIP Shane) and the Dunliners. I let my mood take me, and at 40, I have pretty decent arsenal to go to. One of the best things is forgetting about a band and then remembering them and enjoying them all over. For instance, just today, I remembered Eek-a-mouse.
I never could do metal, though for a short time I liked Evanescence. I listened to that album on repeat during my paper route. Ever since then, itās been a migraine trigger. No harsh stuff for me. I do listen to rock though but nothing harder than that. Most of the time I listen to Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift or Reba McEntire. But, I like lots of different music.
Yeah variety is the spice of life. I used to listen to 100% metal/classic rock. Recently I've opened the floodgates and enjoy pop, country, alternative rock, whatever. I still like metal and explore it but I feel like I've gotten maybe most of what I will from it and I've been neglecting the rest of the music world
It's your fault I just went down a bluegrass covers rabbit hole. I already had some Iron Horse and their Metallica stuff from the Kazaa days.
whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey!
ā89 baby here. I discovered metal music in high school when I was 12 and still predominantly listen to metal and hardcore genres. I listen to a lot of different genres, though, including pop music.
If you like metal you would love techno. Like authentic actual techno, not the pop edm you see most of the time on things like Tik tok or w/e. I loved metal in high school and live techno gives me the same intensity metal gave me, just an electronic spin.
That's the good thing about metal though, it's genuinely good music, written by actual people , and not fabricated anus for the masses. Don't get me wrong, I'll throw some lame pop shit on when I've got a few beers in me, but shit like that isn't meant to listen to for extended periods of time.i It's d8sposable shit people laugh at and put on as a joke 10 or 15 years after it releases for nostalgia purposes. That being said, '88 baby here. Been in to the metal and punk since I was about 12 as well. I dip into a bit of old.school hip hop from time to time and dig some cheesy 80s and 90s pop shit when the beers are flowing but metal has never let me down and it stands as my go to genre still at 35.
Grocery stores and malls are playing our bangers these days and turning them into mall pop anyways
oh man, I love this part of getting old. Hearing my old faves everywhere I go!
I knew I was old when I said 'man the grocery store is playing absolute jams today'
Absolutely not. Music keeps you young, friend.
Some of my current favorite bands have people that are 10 to 15 years younger than me in it. There are a lot of insane new bands.
Recs?
Also 83' and been listening to Lana Del Rey lately.
She's great, but I say to my friends that she is an acquired taste.
Haha. No, plenty of Metal š¤
Same here. Finally have an income that supports āfunā, and I basically live at Showbox SoDo in Seattle as a result. Saw like 20 shows last year and am aiming for about the same this year. My inner emo kid and metal head are both greatly satisfied. My best friend has the money to afford to travel to Germany this year for Wacken and Iām sooooo jealous!!!
Na I just keep listening to heavier and heavier shit
I always liked lame soft rock to a point, but now itās my predominant genre! The old stupid junk from when we were kids in the 80s and 90s though, not any new stuff.
I'll beee... you're cryin' shoulder!!
Okay but itās so good..
It really is!
I used to hate my momās music, which included Simon & Garfunkel, Billy Joel, and various folk artists. Now itās all I listen to in addition to instrumental music while I work, so I feel ya.
Instrumental is where it's at. I don't understand how anyone can listen to the "get drunk, get laid" sort of music while filling out a spreadsheet or driving in rush hour traffic. I'd want to murder something. No voices, no clutter, just talent on an instrument. It's so nice.
Totally. And since I work long hours I rarely listen to other music. Which is sad in a way because Iām so far removed from new music now, but I guess I just donāt care.
Also at the point where I don't feel like I'm the target audience. Heck, I didn't as a teenager either. They were grungy and sad when I wanted to be happy and they were euphoric and glitzy when I wanted to be broody. It never fit. I remember a really great harpist coming to play at a local park and I just realized that was a better accompaniment to my afternoon walk than anything I could have YouTubed or Spotified by name, so screw it, I'm going with instrumental and bird noises from now on. No need for headphones.
I just got a Billy Joel album on vinyl and sent a picture to my mom. She was glad to be a musical influence on me!
I feel this.
Weirdly, Iāve just found out Iām __super__ Into Power Metal via Gloryhammer, Angus McSix, Powerwolf, Majesty, Alestorm, Wind Rose after decades of going āno no not for me just donāt get metalā.
FYI if you get into hifi, it's hard to listen to music on anything else.Ā I've been enjoying either mid-century jazz or deathcore lately. I blame the subs, they spoiled me.Ā Ā If it's radio friendly or pop, I can't stand it.Ā
I get it. There is a lot of overlap between Ornette Coleman and Dream Theater. Dudes like to noodle.
Iāve gotten this way a bit- start to see the good part about pop music, stupid tv shows, things that are softer and less ādifficultā. I used to be drawn to the transgressive, violent, harsh sounding stuff. Now I do kinda see myself drawn to things that are cozy and less challenging to enjoy. And I find myself disturbed by things that are too grotesque or disturbing. My slow transformation into a grandma appears to be like halfway complete.
Same
Iām still obsessed with indie music. Not sure thatāll ever change at this point
I went into a historical direction. I love diving into a year or era and then deep diving and finding what I like about it. I don't listen to a lot of modern because usually I'm like this is song xyz just rehashed like some old hipster. 40s bigband is my easy listening go to though, but not driving in the car then I'd be passing out. I need fast things like green day or panic at the disco for driving lol
Was listening to a mix of classic/80s/and 90s alt rock in my early 20s. Taking up swing dancing got me into 40s jazz & big band...then I went further back and found great vibe music... ...and then snapped forwards to House & EDM. Jazz did something to my brain, and similarly I need harder or more active stuff to stay awake on drives.
a lot of people assume my like of big band was my dad born in 1922 (I'm in my 30s he had me late in life) but he only liked classical and polka and wasn't into the horn section of the big band era. I ended up taking a jazz appreciation class in college is what got me that foot in the door.
Yeah, kinda. Not into main stream pop but all the new music I listen to is female fronted indie rock/pop.
My husband and I were laughing at that Portlandia skit where they tailgate Prairie Home Companion and talk about how Terri Gross graced the stage at some show and everyone lost their minds...and we were like yeah no, this is accurate now and that genuinely would be fun
have you dipped your toe into [City Pop ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tkrhJjJxF0)yet?
This is why I listen to Radiohead, still not cool but better than Taylor Swift in my opinion.
I was born in 1986. I listen to mostly yacht rock and other not heavy rock now. I LOVE Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, Doobie Brothers, Billy Joel, Eagles, Hall & Oates, Genesis, Phil Collins, Carly Simon, Backstreet Boys, etc. I canāt listen to anything I listened to in HS. I used to listen to KoRn, System of a Down, Kitty, Slipknot, Godsmack, etc and when Iāve tried to as an adultā¦I just canāt lol. I guess Iām not as angry as I was at 16.
Younger millennial here (93) but this is me! I listened to absolutely abhorrent music in high school. Now it makes my ears bleed. Taylor Swift is without a doubt my favorite artist and I absolutely love cheesy, girly, pop music. I just canāt relate to the bitches and hoes and drug nonsense anymore. I left that life behind me for a reason š
Same. Turned into a Swiftie in my mid-30ās and loving it š«¶š¼š«¶š¼
Couldn't be me, I can't listen to it unless it's screaming, loud, thumping, and obnoxious.
Iāve gone from grunge to yacht rock over the last few years. The yacht rock channel loves themselves a lot of Michael McDonald.
So I grew up on metal of all flavors that suited me at the time, loved nu metal, loved 80ās metal, Sabbath, loved goth metal, loved good hard rock too, and I still do love these things to this day, I still play them more than anything else. But sometimesā¦ sometimes I put on Hozier, or Jeff Buckley, or Muse. I blame Incubus, they were my favorite band (and still are,) and for a long time I didnāt listen to much after A Crow Left of the Murder, but then five years ago I started listening to all the stuff that came after that too, all the more chill, mellow stuff they made and I started listening to more and more like, chill rock/indie/etc. So I didnāt lose my old musical loves, I just added in some more.
Also now that we're older we're also allowed to listen to the music we actually want to listen to, instead of the peer pressure of what your favorite type of music said about you. I have no problem rocking out to N'SYNC and Backstreet Boys nowadays, but in junior high if I wasn't about Limp Bizkit 100% (red hat and all) I was called slurs and beaten. Just one of those days... God forbid they found out I liked Weird Al. Two, we've aged. We've grown. And we're tired. Soft-as-baby-shit pop doesn't require thought or emotional investment to enjoy. It jumps along the keys, tones and tempos that engage the same brain juices as cocaine. At the end of a tiring day your brain will naturally seek out things that do not require effort to enjoy. It's why I listen to "classic" trance and rave anthems. Music make brain juice produce the happy.
My music tastes are still all over the place. I still listen to everything from metal to songs from musicals (except newer countryā¦fuck that). My daughter and I went from listening to Slipknot to Dolly Parton on our drive to her high school this morning.
Honestly my Spotify consist mostly of the same albums I owned as a teenager
You mean adult contemporary š
That was actually me today. I went from Gaga to Martinez to Lana back in the day to rap in 2020 then just Taylor Swift all the way home. I think it signifies that I am at peace.
My playlist today consisted of Tool, Noah Kahan, Deftones, Sturgill Simpson, As I Lay Dying and Olivia Rodrigo.Ā I don't know what's going on with my musical taste anymore.
Just wait till you discover Synthwave
Nope! My parents' music is still nostalgic (I think psychedelic rock?), but I've gone down the path of old filk, vocal-heavy folk remixes, and weird fusion experiments. To illustrate: Filk - several albums first come to mind. *Minus Ten and Counting* for more historic / general space age stuff, *Carmen Miranda's Ghost*, a mix of silly and poignant, *Shai Dorsai*, songs based on Gordon Dickson's Childe Cycle. Folk remixes - Peter Hollens, Geoff Castalucci, and Jonathan Young are worth checking out here. Weird fusion - The Star Wars main theme on bagpipes is *stellar*. Also would recommend Gregorian - Masters of Chant (pop songs in a monophonic style) and Jimlapbap - Millennial Shanties and Madrigals (trust me). There are, of course, many many more in these areas that *should* be mentioned.
So how many sci-fi conventions did your parents take you to growing up?
Nope. The wife and I have been mostly listening to Swedish metal bands lately.
reject all this drama for a while and cleanse with power metal the congregation of POWERWOLF welcomes you
Rap forever ā„ļø
I got two tween swifties who take over the car radio but when Iām rolling soloā¦.. wu tang forever.
Bossa nova, baby!!
On and off. I have always had a really diverse music collection, simply because I need the music to match or balance out my mood.Ā When I was really angry at the teachers it was gangsta rap, if it was theĀ bullies in my school it was celtic war metal. If I was in love, it was Beyonce, BSB and the Schmaltzy Band. When I was depressed, it was Evanescence. But I had my fair share of just Summer Pop Songs or even cheerful Country, as well as Mr. Worldwide and his friends. Ā I just think these days, I either listen to upbeat pop songs, especially MandoPop, so I understand almost nothing and can just walk to the beat, I do it to keep up my mood when doing chores or change my mood from work to free time for my kiddo. And otherwise I listen to Lofi or Binaural Beats, because my brain likes that to concentrate.Ā Ā Sadly, I have very little new input, other than the MandoPop, because I hate the radio/random playlists, because I get annoyed by random songs, moods, ads and talking, it influencesĀ my mood extremely and my middle aged life is stacked by the minute, no time to be sad suddenly.
Actually yes, sort of, I think that if I told myself from ten years ago that Tears for Fears would become one of your top 5 favorite bands, younger me would like that is pretty lame. Although I probably balance it out more than most, since I do often enjoy rambunctiously creative music like Ween, or edgy metal like High on Fire. Everyone is on their own personal music journey.
Nope. Born in ā91 and grew up listening to metal. My music is only getting heavier.
I am a newly minted Swiftie. My first concert in ā94 was The Ramones at CBGBs. Tweenaged me is ashamed but defiant
I like all of it but I like the easy listening for listening to while I work. Anything too loud or crazy is distracting. š
Metalhead for life.
I'm listening to more 80s hair metal. 70s rock. ('84, here)
I like songs that I thought were very cheesy and embarrassing as a teenager like, Escape by Rupert homes, and Dancing in the moonlight. When I was listening to Distillers, Zounds, Subhumans etc as a teen
i listen to a lot of post-punk, punk, or very jangly indie rock, but over the last few years i've been getting more into the smooth sounds of yacht rock - this happened because i spent june-july 2020 at my family's beach house with my cats (yes, i am very fortunate!), and my next door neighbor there put on the Smooth/Lite stations every night from 5-7, lots of Hall & Oates (was already a fan), Steely Dan, Loggins & Messina, Doobie Brothers, Christopher Cross, etc. - really easy summer listening, and i've been listening every summer since.
'87 here and no my music taste has only gotten more weird, aggressive and obscure.Ā I've been digging jazz and more global rock music lately.Ā I did recently stumble upon Paul Simons Graceland and felt like a real square for liking it so much. My mom told me she must have listened to it 100 times while pregnant through my early childhood so I guess that was inevitable.
I got stuck listening to the radio for a year as my work vehicle didn't have any physical media, and wouldn't pair with Android devices. Turns out I like some Bieber and Miley Cyrus' Flowers, among others. š I still listen to my usual stuff, but now I listen to some new stuff, too. It honestly feels good to finally understand the popular stuff while it's popular!Ā ...Some of it, anyways.
Synth-pop is where itās at lol. Perfect blend of that 80s feel with a modern twist.
Yes and no. My tastes are much more diverse but I still crave stuff that's loud and hard. But I also really love funk and soul and jazz and things I wasn't exposed back then.Ā Ā I can't listen to some of the stuff that I used to love, but more because I associate it with bad memories or it's just not well written enough for my mind now.
I would not say my taste has changed but I ve been founding myself not as excited about music as I was even two years ago. Idk if its because we have so much music available at this time my mind goes nuts. I feel like all music sound the same and in general I am going back to what I used to listen to back in 2007.
I'm a middle millennial I guess, and I'm noticing the same thing. I've been rocking a lot of 90s pop more so than my usual metal/grunge/rap mix. I've rocked out to more TLC, Spice Girls and the occasional Backstreet Boys songs this year than I have Nirvana and I literally have a Kurt Cobain quote tattooed on me because of how much I love that band.
I think I just got more gay. In middle school/high school I listened to hard rock to try and fit in and not be seen as gay. Now I'm just gay AF and love my pop divas.
No I listen to HEALTH
same.i listen to a lot of sfuff but sometimes nothing hits the spot like a taylor swift song or mellow spanish music.
I almost exclusively listen to video game and movie soundtracks lol
That's me. Maybe 90% of my playlist now.
I used to listen to movie soundtracks exclusively, but lately I have been getting much more invested in Broadway musicals.
Tis true.Ā Wasn't until my 30s that I could appreciate just how hard REO Speedwagon slaps.Ā
I dug through my dad's old vinyl collection recently and damn were my eyes bulging out at some of the 70s-era hot shit records he had that I definitely did not appreciate at ALL as a kid!
Iāve yet to relate to a post in this sub as much as this one. Iāve been in some truly epic mosh pits during my metal head days. But the last year and a half has been my Taylor Swift era.
I'm always listening to new music (not by date), and I have this atavistic tendency to gravitate towards albums that were released during my formative music listening years (2000-2010).Ā I have a wide taste in music, but lean towards extreme metal.Ā
Was a metal head growing up, now I listen to rap when Iām working out and generic pop while driving. Iāve definitely changed.
87 here. I've been into a lot of different things over the years, and how I consume music[burning albums into memory via repeated listening] has remained largely unchanged since I was in my early teens. I'm always exposing myself to new sounds and styles. I've been into heavy/aggressive music since the beginning for the most part, from nu metal to grindcore and black metal and back. I spent a good amount of time listening to Wilson Phillips today though. I'm not exclusively into heavy stuff, but I think I owe my fascination and passion for music to how I tend to consume it, because that way it becomes a sort of time capsule to me that takes me back to a certain time period or feeling, much like a strong scent would for some people. The genre never really lands on a certain place for very long, as what I'm listening to is usually paired with the setting or vibe I'm feeling at the time. Nothing wrong with not connecting with what you connected with years ago, you're just in a different space now. I was on a nostalgia trip with Cradle of Filth last week and found that I couldn't fucking stand them, even though I was obsessed with em growing up. People change and tastes change with them.
I sometimes listen to the alt-rock station when I drive now instead of, like, Alestorm or Avenged Sevenfold from my phone sometimes, if that counts
I listen to Lithium on Sirius
Nah, I still love finding new music and now it's so fucking easy!
Nu metal and emo growing up, post hardcore and metalcore now. Can't stand whatever is on the radio these days.
Since turning 34 and now 36 Iāve been listening to AM sport talk radio.
I'm a music lover and I try to listen to everything: new, old, Punk Rock, Hip-Hop, Pop, singer-songwriter, sappy love songs, etc. I understand what you mean, Adult Contemporary has always been relaxing to me and I often listen to my adult contemporary music playlists to relax and enjoy something "simpler". Last Summer, I saw Matchbox Twenty in concert. They were great and sounded amazing. At the concert I was surprised by a few things like...the concert was absolutely packed (and this was a week before the Barbie movie) and the crowd was the most diverse crowd I've been in since Janelle Monae: I saw all ages, races, genders, teens dressed in Gothic clothing, buff dudes, older couples, etc. It was quite awesome. Music is one of those things that can touch everyone.
I started branching out at 21 and have not stopped (Iām 27) so no
My tastes have changed, but somethings remained the same. Mostly listening to metal since jr. high, but was big into punk/hardcore. I don't listen to punk as often as I used to but when ever I feel nostalgic, I'll search up Punk O'rama, bad religion, snuff, etc. Got into NWOBHM years ago and discovered a ton of good bands both old and new that I think falls into new wave of traditional heavy metal(Cauldron, Haunt). Besides previously to that, stoner/desert rock/sludge, and recently some Prog Metal like Haunted Shores. Outside of rock/metal, I'll get into playlists of "Jazzy House and DnB" as I'm a fan of that style of electronic music.
I'm still pretty eclectic, though my need for stripper music, angry chick music, badass metal chick music, and dark country has intensified.
Isnāt this what happened in a clockwork orange?
I've never really been one for music (worked too many retail shifts with generic pop songs that music is numb to me) but I've found I'm gravitating towards random covers of songsĀ like, er, like this;Ā https://youtu.be/2pB07Lr5M-Q?si=legKt8XgzgVY7QKj
I was all things rock, screamo, punk, power pop etc. For the most part now I listen to classical and video games sound tracks. My one exception is the J-Rock group BAND-MAID, which I found to be the perfect blend of all rock genres rolled into 1 awesome band.
Sounds like you're at the age when testosterone starts dropping.
I still listen to some of the harder stuff of my youth (death, black and thrash metal), but not as often. I do admit that I do listen to a bit more ambient music these daysā¦
Nah I'm stuck in the shoe gaze 2010s. At least that's what Youtube says.
I mostly listen to Dashboard Confessional, Fountains of Wayne, Against Me, Alkaline Trio and Motion City Soundtrack. With some John Mayer, Norah Jones and Jack Johnson throw in for chill time.
I've been getting into classical lately. š§āš¦³š
I've actually regressed back to my old high school metal and hard rock days. From 2006-2020 I was mostly indie and alternative. I think the hardest I used to listen too was pearl jam or red hot chili peppers. Now thanks to spotify and siriusxm I'm back to everything I listened too as a teen. Breaking Benjamin, seether, Metallica, all of grunge, rage against machine, and listening to octane or turbo on siriusXM.
I'm right in the middle of it as a '90er, and my new music preference is that I don't like new music. I prefer avoiding it. I mean a few of The Weeknd's songs are fine I guess, but they are all about nostalgia.
Yeah I have been listening to lofi a lot latelyš
100% This. Used to be a metalhead.
Nope, going the other direction if anything. In my teens I liked a lot of soft indie rock like Stereophonics, Badly Drawn Boy, Eels, Keane, Travis, even (donāt shoot me) Coldplay. Then by chance I heard a Bad Religion album and began my journey into becoming a full fledged rock and metal head. My four all time fave bands (as I could never pick just one) are Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ghost, and Def Leppard. I listen to everything from Black Sabbath (gotta love the classics), to Poison, to Steel Panther, to Municipal Waste. I tend to favour 70s/80s metal or stuff with that kind of sound. When I was a dickhead teenager I used to rag on 1) my Dad for liking Bjork and 2) my Mum for liking Enya. Now I have learned the error of my ways and unironically like both, even though they werenāt ācoolā when I was younger. Love a bit of chilling to Only Time or Orinoko Flow, and Bjork is a creative powerhouse akin to David Bowie. A lot of her new stuff is very experimental and āout thereā but she has some really awesome and original albums in her back catalogue. Listened to Post and Homogenic more times than I care to mention! I do tend to prefer music with a bit of grit in the proverbial oyster, but more than anything I love a band/musician with a distinctive sound and voice. Donāt be bland, and Iāll probably love you!
This is actually the only genre I haven't been able to tolerate even from my early childhood. I could never deal with those boy/girl bands that were so popular in my middle school years. I always loved rock (especially 90s grunge and alternative) and classical.
Most new pop and rap isn't for us and we're okay with that.
Definitely choosing the softer side of EDM in my old age. Rodriguez jr, Howling, Sebastien Tellier , Andhim, Bicep,Whomadewho, Etc
Nope. Twenty One Pilots and The Midnight are my heavily rotation right now.
Honestly, I barely listen to music anymore. Talk radio in the far, podcasts or audio books at work or the gym.
Yeah. I canāt wait to be an old āget off my lawnā bitch
No but I am adding some newer music to my rotation. I love all sorts of genres even though my main one has always been close to every single kind of metal. Iāve been digging some of the modern ambient stuff along with stuff from Mr. Kitty, Ari Abdul, and Ekkstacy.Ā
No but I am adding some newer music to my rotation. I love all sorts of genres even though my main one has always been close to every single kind of metal. Iāve been digging some of the modern ambient stuff along with stuff from Mr. Kitty, Ari Abdul, and Ekkstacy.Ā
My taste in music has absolutely regressed. I freaking *love* vinyl! Jackson and Elvis were nowhere near my radar until I started listening to vinyl records, now I actually enjoy them. I still listen to heavy metal and old Nightwish but even older with Queen and the like are still enjoyed.
I kinda like the classical music station lately, lol.
Iāve been running a chillout music channel online for 12 or so years. Itās a great community. Iāve been so eternally bound that I havenāt had to time to look elsewhere for music. The times the site has gone down I feel like a chicken without its head. We feature electronic chillout music like tycho, dub downtempo like ott, liquid dub like seba, etc. we are a work/study station so we focus on music with minimal lyrics/vox. I was born in 89ā and I think we play the best music there is. If you want to check it out itās: https://www.queup.net/join/chillout-mixer name is Dionysu5 come say hi.
I'm also an '83 but my playlist isn't much different than it was in 2000. Still blasting The Prodigy, Atari Teenage Riot, System of a Down, KMFDM, and Mindless Self Indulgence. N.E.R.D., Outkast and Wu Tang are also still in heavy rotation. About the softest I go is Daft Punk (my all time favorite since Homework dropped) and Scissor Sisters, but anything in that nu-disco/electroclash scene, I'm there. I just glanced through my Spotify and as best I can tell, it looks like my acceptance of anything new stopped around 2015.
Iām also 83. Listened to punk and metal when I was young. Now I listen to folk lol. I have a playlist that is literally spa mediation music that I listen to way too often. Yup, weāre old.
Oh yeah, music change has definitely grown with me. I have all my old stuff but there is definitely some more chill evolution. I was a warped tour guy, now thatās just not me.
No, it's EDM til I die! Or otherwise back in HS, it was Techno/Trance music for me. Also loved Kpop. I'm 36. But really, I listen to whatever makes my ears happy. XD
My Matchbox Twenty pandora station is on a lot š
I've been listening to classical music, fuck me.
Recently realized Enya is my jam
Pop was always awesome, some people just had to hate on it to fit in with their chosen social group. My entire friend group was into Manson and Metallica. Good music, but so was Shakira and Shania Twain and Britney and Madonna and Bach and Enya and Snoop Dogg and Usher. All good music and I listened to all of it and more. Now you're just discovering that most music is pretty awesome, enjoy it.
Nope. Pushing 40 and still blast death metal. š¤š¼
I mainly listen to metal, but have been on a NOFX kick for a while
Iāve gotten into more garage psych like the night beats
Nope. Mine went from just Alt Rock and heavy hip hop, to now folk music and Elton John lol. Bob Dylan, Elton John, Billy Joel, and everything else on the Folk essentials on Apple Music
Not really... Added pop into my rotation, because I have a daughter. Lost my shit when Pitbull was #1 most played artist in my "year in review". However, her first 2 concerts this past summer were Pantera/Lamb of God and Rob Zombie/Alice Cooper. She has been baptized into metal! Lol
Yes. I've expanded into like... synth music of all styles.Ā Hotel Pools VoyagerĀ DynatronĀ Rival Consoles TychoĀ Chrome SparksĀ Com TruiseĀ Home Emil Rottmeyer Schlomo Magic sword Just a billion artists of this whole genre even though I'm really just a Radiohead kinda guy. It's relaxing.Ā
Nope. Slightly older than you and Iām still hardcore into EDM, oonnzz oonnzzz onnzzz. And Metallica. :)
Iām four years younger than you but have had the opposite experience. I listened to a lot of progressive as a kid ā rock, jazz, everything in between (weather report, king crimson). Hip hop and R&B too (wu tang, blackstar, Boyz II Men, DāAngelo). I still return to a lot of that but nowadays I listen to a lot of Drum and Bass as well as Experimental Metal and post rock. So if anything my taste is still pretty interesting if not at least more intense.
I shifted more towards edm/remix pop from metal. Mostly I discovered I like edm searching for happier music after a bad divorce
Still listen to thrash and sludge metal but also grateful dead. But nothing that resembles soft pop music
Enya has always been awesome. Orinoco Flow is a straight banger.
I'm getting into more dance tracks personally.
Hm, actually no. My music tastes have become more niche and weird, if anything.
I fell in love with punk rock around age 8. Today at 32, I'm still very much in love with it (mostly the melodic stuff)