In your 40's? Still listen to 'heavy' music? Do your friends think you are weird?

[Fuzz]

Mind do.

Why is that?

[MrScorpio]

1. I'm turning fifty next year

My tastes are getting more and more diverse

[Fuzz]

2. My tastes have always been diverse. Been going to Jazz festivals

since I was 17, and underground clubs since I was old enough. I just can't understand people who think their age makes their musical taste.

[Twillig]

3. What friends?

Seriously?

:-)

[Fuzz]

4. Just people I have grown up with.

Sell outs, all.

[Twillig]

5. I'm too seperated (geographically) from people I've grown up with

to be able to share your pain. It must suck.

I'm on my own.

[Fuzz]

6. Geographically, I am too.

Sometimes I think it is best. ;)

[Skip Intro]

7. Ha ha. Was going to say the same thing.

Hehehe...ha...*snif*....

[Skip Intro]

8. Hell, I'm 48 and love metal. Priest, Testament, Maiden, Pantera, Arch Enemy...

Metallica, Slayer, Lamb of God

Weird?!

[Fuzz]

9. See? I don't think so.

;)

[Mopar151]

10. Dude, I'm 53

Metal is kinda like our grand opera, for me - I like a few, most is a litle over the top of my head. But hard rock, punk rock, blues, rockabilly, deiselbilly, bluegrass, gararge rock.....even some old Johnny Cash!

[Common Sense Party]

11. Give me a good example of dieselbilly, if you would.

I'm not aware of that genre.

[Skittles]

14. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DIESELBILLY IS

OK I DON'T KNOW EITHER BUT IT'S EGREGIOUS THAT *YOU* DON'T KNOW

[Mopar151]

24. Glad to

I liked it for 30 years before I heard the name!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgrGJkWmpRw

Hot Rod Linclon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGpr-Zy_wRs&feature=related

Ol' Junior Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M&feature=related

[alphafemale]

19. Johnny Cash was amazing

Loved him. Miss him.

[Mopar151]

25. Johnny Cash, written by Glenn Danzig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7OpGizuCmw

Classic Cash, from the same concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa9qE4cnRt0

[alphafemale]

31. Thank's for that

It baffles me that Cash was pigeon-holed as a country artist during most of his career.

Much of his work was really unique and unmistakeable. I think he really was gratified to be finally recognized and appreciated by the young "cutting edge" musicians of the day during the last years of his life.

[Mopar151]

33. It's the marketing people

Who insist that music fit into categories, and that the categories are exclusive. Musicians are generally smarter than that - and audiences demand it.
One of NH's patriarchs of country said "Well, when you play out, you need to get you a good young rock drummer! That's what gets people up and dancin!"

Just my opinion here - "Country" audiences like their performers kinda fakey, and at least half full of shit. This may be a reaction to years of exposure to "the Nashville Sound" - but they often don't react well to a sincere performer like Johnny, Steve Earle, or Emmylou Harris.

[alphafemale]

37. And speaking of people that don't fit a mold...chk this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ

Rosetta Tharpe

Especially after about the 1:25 mark.

I think you'll like this.

:applause:

[Mopar151]

28. Guns n f'n Roses

Not so much Axl - but Slash, Izzy, Duff & the boys, and their newer bands

One of my faves - cover of a UK Subs punk song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES6e0muGwjs&feature=related

Izzy does one - another favorite - not a radio ready chorus, but it sure fits....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QzV2i1Oh-4

[S n o w b a l l]

12. I don't think age has a lot to do with it....

You grow up liking certain music and it really doesn't change much as you get older. I never liked Metal as a teenager and still don't like it.
But I loved blues when I was a teenager, kind of odd for a 15 yo liking Muddy Waters, and that hasn't changed since
I've gotten older.

Doesn't matter...you're not weird. You like what you like...nothing wrong with that.

[Iggo]

13. Yes, Yes, and Yes.

[bookfreak]

15. Yeah

But what do I care? I like it and that's that.

[FlyByNight]

16. I get some odd looks

And I hit 40 a little while ago.

My aural drugs of choice lately: Down, Devin Townsend/SYL, Mastodon, Opeth, Testament and High On Fire. I've always loved heavy music and I don't see that trend fading. For some perspective, I still listen to lots of Beatles, quite a bit of Blues, some Classical and a little Jazz.

:headbang:

[Mr. Ected]

17. Going to a pool party tomorrow

Troy Sanders of Mastodon is going to be there. It's his parents' party. I hear he's a nice guy. I love this band.

[alphafemale]

18. It's not like you hit a certain age and are going to start liking Lawrence Welk polka crap

In about twenty years or so, anyone that tries to play an accordian in a nursing home full of former head-bangers is going to find their ass kicked.

[elocs]

34. Imagine the time that is coming in nursing homes when you will hear heavy metal music playing in the

halls.

I have a friend who is almost 50 who is a casual ringer for Ozzy (is that a good thing?) and he is still into metal.

[alphafemale]

36. I can imagine OFH's having the cops called for noise violations

and the residents trying to grow weed in their closets. :rofl:

Head-bangers are going to be some wicked cool old people.

[Odin2005]

47. LOL, my almost 57yo dad loves Black Sabbath.

A good percentage of his ginormous stash of classic rock record albums (I'll guess a third) is early metal.

[kentauros]

38. Or not:

http://squeezyboy.blogs.com/squeezytunes/2006/06/heavy_metal_acc.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6SDjTDX5gg

[alphafemale]

43. I see your accordian heavy metal and raise you ____this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg

Even after repeated viewings I'm still undecided as to whether they knew what they were doing.

I'd like to think -- Yes.

I'm almost certain the guy that introduces them did. He can barely contain his laughter.

Lawrence Welk is completely, hysterically clueless. "Thank-You Gale and Dale for that Modern Spiritual." Really? :rofl:

[kentauros]

46. Yes, I was incredulous at Welk's reply

:rofl:

Now, here's Myron Floren playing disco music!

Myron Floren Disco Accordion :P

Those Darn Accordions bonus track: http://www.aprilwinchell.com/h/mp3/Those_Darn_Accordians_Stairway.mp3

[Forkboy]

20. Almost 43 and I listen to black metal, doom, noise, and anything else odd that comes down the pike.

Thankfully, my friends are just as weird as I am.

[SoxFan]

21. Why wouldn't I?

John Lydon and Pete Shelley are in their 50s and still going strong, and Billy Joe Armstrong is on the cusp of 40.

[Dr Morbius]

22. I am 48, and I listened to Jimi Hendrix this morning on the way to work.

Last night, I had the Zeppelin cranked. And after that, I listened to some quiet folk music. I might take in some opera tonight. I like almost all genres of music, and I intend to listen to all of them as long as I can. From Black Sabbath to Jennifer Warnes; from Chris Izaak to Arrested Development.

Yes, my friends think I'm weird, but that has little to do with my musical tastes. It is much more closely connected to me living my life on an intellectual plane they can scarcely imagine.

[Lilith Velkor]

23. Yes, yes, and yes

My friends, one of whom is in his 60s, also like heavy music.

They think I'm weird because I actually am pretty weird.

[Throd]

26. I'm 43. This week I listened to GWAR, Slayer, Zeke, Strapping Young Lad, and Dr. Know

Most people don't like that kind of music put I don't care.

[SunnySong]

27. Honestly is there anyone under forty that listens to Heavy Metal.

Let's face it Heavy Metal is old people music.

[SoxFan]

41. There are a whole host of metal subgenres

Crust, Metalcore, Groove Metal, Doom Metal, etc. It's more than Black Sabbath and a bunch of knobs with poodle hair.

[SunnySong]

49. True that but seriously you think heavy metal you think old people music. nt

[Arugula Latte]

29. I'm in my 40s but I never liked heavy metal even back in the day.

[Withywindle]

30. Huh, my boss (46) just asked me (40) if I was liking metal less as I got older.

It's kind of the reverse, actually - I think I'm liking it more and more.


May I remind you that the late great Ronnie James Dio was 67 when he passed, and still LOUD AND PROUD.

[w8liftinglady]

32. well,I'm 50 and love grunge...does that count?

[kentauros]

35. Depends on what you call "heavy".

Does this qualify?

Caspar Brotzmann - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2_SGm9o4Kk
Diablo Swing Orchestra - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad-l54T_kYY
Einsturzende Neubauten - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nufIYi_WYF0
Pain Teens - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv-uefhv0e0
Glenn Branca - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ICzLvJAoQM
Elvis Hitler - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5O_DFEXCjU
Faust - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3YA_jR6qn0

[Bennyboy]

39. Most of my friends from "The days" all think I am NUTS..

Cuz, I hate the shit they listen too.

And i listen to band nobody ever heard of like Leftover Salmon, and Hot Buttered Rum, and Orgone and Carolyn Wonderland, and Dr John (Yeah he is not in their radar)...
Classic rock lovers only. Personally if I ever hear Hotel California (unless done by Leftover Salmon that is)again, it will not have been long enough. I listen almost excusively to live recordings too and haven't purchased a CD in over 6 years.

[Tikki]

40. When we were in our 20's most people..

our age or older thought we were strange listening to the music we listened to.
Shoot, if we didn't care 40 years ago what our peers thought about our music
preferences..we sure don't care now.


The Tikkis

[pink-o]

42. Love it! 55 years old here--and a CHICK!

I loved The Stones when I was growing up, loved Metal when I was a teen (the real stuff like Zeppelin, not that 90s hair metal.) and to this day I love Alternative. Just born to Rock and Roll, I guess and I see Alt Rock as being the torch carriers of the music I first heard as a little girl. I also love other genres--classical Baroque Italian, Fusion, Old Standards, 80's Hip Hop, Reggae, and World Music--but Rock is visceral to many of us, and we're not gonna give it up for AOR or any other kind of geriatric version of it.

Rock on, my Young Friend. Screw what everyone else thinks of it--or you!!!

[Faygo Kid]

45. 59 here, and you're hot.

You remember the Kennedys, MLK et al. That's what I want.

Actually, my girlfriend will be 59 July 12. I can't imagine being with someone who doesn't share the same memories.

You do. Bless you, and all the best.

[Bennyboy]

50. 55 next week!

Oh god i am old. But I'll be at the festivals this summer. High Sierra next week, Outside Lands, Hardly Strictly and all the rest..

[Faygo Kid]

44. Bob Seger: Heavy Music. Great song.

Try being almost 60. And listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EjO6lzvnIw

Ahh come on with me baby
We're gonna have a good time
Don't you ever listen to the radio
When the big bad beat comes on
I know you gotta dig it
I know you can't stop it
Cause the bottom comes on so strong

Talkin 'bout (heavy music),
Oh I got to have it yeah (heavy music),
I got to love it now
Deeper (heavy music)
Deeper (heavy music)
Baby don't you get a kick, from it yeah
Dig it (heavy music)
Dig it baby (heavy music)
Dancin to that heavy music (music) What I sing to the heavy music (music)

Yeah a little bit deeper now, alright
Don't you ever feel like goin' insane
When the drums begin to pound
Ain't there ever been a time in your life
You couldn't believe what the band is puttin' down, about

(repeat chorus)
Yeah, alright, goin' in, goin in now
Oh yeah I'm goin' in now
Come on come on with me baby
Come on come on with me baby
Come on come on with me
Goin' deeper
Deeper deeper oh oh oh

[Odin2005]

48. My dad is almost 57 and LOVES 70s Metal.

[Kat45]

51. I'm a 55-year-old woman and I went to see Motorhead last year.

And I absolutely love hard rock. I've gone to see the (somewhat sleazy, and young) hard rock band Buckcherry 4 times and probably the only time I wasn't the oldest person at the show was when they opened for AC/DC. :D

As for my friends' opinions, it's hard to say because I don't really see my old friends all that often these days.

[petronius]

52. We're 40 and we listen to a lot of Ice Cube, Snoop, etc. If we had friends I wouldn't

care what they thought... :)

[kentauros]

53. Although I turned on a friend to Coconut Monkeyrocket last night.

Now I'll have to make her a CD :D

[jotsy]

54. What's heavy?

49 comes in about 10 days for me. That's lots of time in music years.

My kids ages ranging 13 to 29 love this, thanks to their folks
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6652YIBzByk>

Friends?
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww5GXbk58R0>

This kind of heavy
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6652YIBzByk>

Or something a little more contemporary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxAGGyrvJ9c

which is very reminiscent of this, very heavy for the time.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g>

Weird can't work any worse than greed.

[Maestro]

55. I listen to extreme heavy metal and love it!

And yes, my friends think I am wierd!

The last concert I saw was Trivium with Chimaira, Dirge Within, and White Chapel