Do we most enjoy the music that we listened to when we were teenagers?

[crispini]

Confession: I'm dating this old hippy guy :D and last night we were hanging out at his place listening to Clapton and early Jackson Browne. It was fun... and I certainly enjoyed it... but I didn't have anywhere near the wealth of emotional associations he did with it (of course) and it made me wonder -- is it the stuff we grow up with that we always love the most or react to the most? I'm not sure -- I'm certainly still very fond of Siouxie, PIL, and all the other bands that my little alterna-girl heart enjoyed back in the day -- but there are bands around today that I react to with equal intensity, or at least I think so. Thoughts?

[Lil Missy]

1. That's the case with me.

My car radio is tuned to a station that mostly plays the "Oldies but Goodies". And I have several CD's for the 70's.

[Beer Snob-50]

2. Depends on the musci I think

in my case, I was a big Kiss fan growing up and I have grown out of them (although I enjoy hearing them occasionally on the radio). Otehr music (Stones, Queen, ect) I have that strong emotional attachment to.

[taterguy]

3. For me it was my early 20s

I was old enough to get into bars and young enough to be able to stay out late and appreciate bands. I used to have a life-changing experience at a club about once a week. Now I only go out a few times a year and rarely see anything that genuinely impresses me.

When LynnSin posted a thread asking for new band suggestions I realized that there were no new bands I liked. I'm sure they're out there, I'm just not as inclined as I used to be to seek them out.

[Burma Jones]

4. Sure, when you're a teenager you're defining yourself

and the music is a big part of the definition.

[datasuspect]

5. between huey lewis and the news, survivor, and miami sound machine

the answer is a resounding no.

[crispini]

9. LOL!

[ThomCat]

6. Not at all. I don't listen to any of the same music anymore.

I listened to only classic rock when I was a teen. I don't think I really knew about any other kind of music.

Now I listen to a lot of country, folk, blues, alternative, R&B, pop, dance, trance, etc.

[Richardo]

7. Not for me.

I've got some favorites from that time, but I find a lot of that stuff (70s for me) way too stale. I can't STAND 'classic rock' playlists.

While not on the edge of the musical cutting edge, I am constantly finding newer artists that I really like.

[skygazer]

8. I think a lot of people do

And I think maybe as we get older, it carries more emotional weight because it reminds us of our youth. I think I listen to more of the stuff from my teenage years now than I did ten years ago and I think it's probably because I'm in my 40's, my kids are grown and the music carries me back to some really nice places.

[nickgutierrez]

10. I don't listen to any of the music I listened to when I was a teenager...

...and I'm 23. :)

[alarimer]

11. That might be true for some but not for me

I LOATHE the music I liked in high school. I recognize it now for the crap it was, now that I have heard what real music and real musicians should sound like. Some of the stuff I hated in high school (the new wave stuff mostly) I actually like better now for some reason. Some sounds dated with all the electronic effects, which turn me off.

[bedpanartist]

12. It's a sign of perpetual adolescence

I couldn't imagine listening to some of the scat I did as a teen. Some I still do though. Greatness defies time.

[fizzgig]

13. i still listen to most of the same music i did as a teen

granted, it wasn't all that long ago that i was a teen and the bands i liked are still recording. my music tastes have expanded, but my some of my favorites remain the same.

[Richard Steele]

14. I believe so. MOST of us, anyway. I know I do.

Sure, there are still some bands that come along
and really make me like them...but the older I get,
the fewer and further between they seem.

I can only think of a few I've come to love since
my teen years: Nirvana, Green Day, The Red Elvises, Polysics...

I think a big part of it is that, as we get older, we start
to realize that very little in music is truly "new".
The same things get recycled, re-mixed, adopted and adapted
ad infinitum.

We hear the latest band and say, "So-and-so did that 20 years ago".
But as we get older yet, hopefully we also realize: it's ALWAYS been
that way.

Somewhere 40 thousand years ago, some caveman was wowing a crowd
by beating a hollow log with a big bone...and there was some older
caveman in the crowd telling anyone who would listen:
"This crap. Og son of Ag beat log same way when I was just caveboy. Did it better."

[crispini]

15. ROFL. That's awesome.

And so true. :rofl:

[billyskank]

16. Yes

Which is why the best music is all from the 60s while the world is run by Boomers; in the future the best music will be from the 80s probably, and always inching forward as people grow up into positions of authority,

[Rambis]

17. I can still hear FWM Rumors or the Grateful Dead

I got my first hand me down stereo from my older sister and Rumors sounded great on that old thing.
I bought that Johnny Horton,Europe 72, The Kids are All Right. My sister would play flute to Tull and I would steal the Beatles 45's along with Lovin Spoonful from her. she is the one that took me to my first dead show at 8 years old. "Just don't tell mom"
Just thinking about it,
I go right back to the way I felt when I was listening. I bought Jackson Brown, Jethro Tull, Cat Stevens etc. Happy kid days for sure especially since I had a serious ear problem back in the day and was deaf for at least 4-5 months until the figured out what was wrong.

[bedpanartist]

18. Three bands and their music that will define my past 2 years

Wussy's "Funeral Dress" and The Handsome Family's "Last Days of Wonder". Amy Winehouse too.

http://wussymusic.com
http://www.handsomefamily.com
http://www.amywinehouse.com

[SKKY]

19. Well, sort of. I guess...

...I mean, in my early teens, I listened to Ratt, Motley Crue, Autograph, Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, etc. Then, in 8th grade, I dated this girl who was gaga over Adam Ant and Duran Duran, so I started listening to them, and it turned me on to a whole new scene. I still hear "Cum on feel the noize" ever so often, and get a nostalgic smile. But I also still listen to Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, INXS, etc. Karen Bishop was her name. I wonder what my music tastes would be had I not choked down her music just to date her. At the time, I hated it. But, as often happens, it grew on me.

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. I actively sought out good music in my teen years, sick of the shit on radio.

And yes, I still listen to the music of my teen years. Turns out I had damned good taste back then.

I learned the difference between good music and pop in my elementary years.