music for old people
as grampa simpson once said, ""I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what "it" is seems weird and scary to me."
i'm trying really hard not to be one of "those" adults that just thinks music today just sucks. but it does. scott and have had this discussion (and when i become a research scientist, i will do more research on this subject) that people's musical tastes are pretty much done being formed around their last year in college. it's when you're most open to new experiences, you decide what you like and what you will like int he future. barring some life-altering event (like moving to Argentina) you will probably like this music for the rest of your life.
for me, that's electronica and dance (underworld, orbital, moby). some rock (like faith no more, stone temple pilots, nirvana). lots of euro-disco-synth-crap-pop (depeche mode, the cure, new order). very little gangsta rap (snoop dog, dr. dre, eminem). but really, if it has an electric drum beat and a strong bass line, i'll give it a shot, lyrics optional.
scott has dramatically different taste from me. we have three bands in common: snoop dog, elliot smith, and ned's atomic dustbin. i'll listen to his other music (neil young, rolling stones, some others). i draw the line at the completely obscure ones (acid mother's temple, mission of burma, many others). sometimes i can get him to listen to underworld, but it has to be in the background and there can't be a driving beat or recognizable lyrics. and he'll refuse to listen to several of my bands on General Principle (U2, moby, fatboy slim).
so in talking with my sister about our musical tastes, i have had a rash of music uploading from my CD collection into iTunes, circa 1985-1996. here is a brief list of what i've been craving, in no particular order:
1. don't go-yaz. allison moyet, the woman who sounds like a man. memory=college
2. james brown is dead-LA style. nothing like a little rave music to make you wonder where you left your glow stick.memory=working at The Limited by senior year in HS.
3. russian hill-jellyfish. this was brought into my repertoire by an old boyfriend. never heard it on the radio and never heard of jellyfish again. memory=college
4. wet my bed-stone temple pilots. STP is the most over-played band ever. it's been 10+ years and i still hear "interstate love song" played ad nauseum. but core was a pretty good album and this song is hilarious. other song associated-plush, wicked garden. memory=college
5. hanging by a thread-mike and the mechanics. if you've ever heard this song, i'll buy you a puppy. memory=senior year in HS driving my parents 1988 Taurus.
6. man in the box-alice and chains had a few good ones. very few. memory=college
7. cruel summer-bananarama. this played on the radio when scott's grandpa died and i couldn't go to the funeral and it was 100 degrees in chicago and we didn't have AC. cruel summer indeed.
8. the metro-berlin. who doesn't remember this video? memory=college
9. video killed the radio star-the buggles. this song would mean more if this wouldn't have been their only song. but i guess it got its point across being the first video ever played on MTV. memory=i'm 8 and we just got cable.
10. around the world-daft punk. yeah, even i can't listen to this song more than once a month. memory=post-college
11. saved by zero-the fixx. the extra X made them cooler. memory=elementary school?
12. just another day-jon secada. i'm a junior in high school dealing with a crappy boyfriend all over again. isn't love (and memory) grand?
13. something about you-level 42. my sister brought this up to me. i don't even think she could walk when this song came out. memory=6th grade
14. pop muzik-M. this is almost as good as Men Without Hats. almost. memory=elementary school.
15. bedtime story-madonna. i had the single to this erotic song. every last remix was on it and it was awesome. memory=college
16. mexican radio=wall of voodoo. i can still see the guy's face in the plate of beans in the video. memory=4th grade?
17. she's got the look-roxette. sorry about this one. memory=10th grade, doing geometry
18. damn, i wish i was your lover-sophie b. hawkins. this song got a little ruined by the fact that is was for another woman, but that didn't prevent me from wearing out the cassingle. memory=high school
i'm trying really hard not to be one of "those" adults that just thinks music today just sucks. but it does. scott and have had this discussion (and when i become a research scientist, i will do more research on this subject) that people's musical tastes are pretty much done being formed around their last year in college. it's when you're most open to new experiences, you decide what you like and what you will like int he future. barring some life-altering event (like moving to Argentina) you will probably like this music for the rest of your life.
for me, that's electronica and dance (underworld, orbital, moby). some rock (like faith no more, stone temple pilots, nirvana). lots of euro-disco-synth-crap-pop (depeche mode, the cure, new order). very little gangsta rap (snoop dog, dr. dre, eminem). but really, if it has an electric drum beat and a strong bass line, i'll give it a shot, lyrics optional.
scott has dramatically different taste from me. we have three bands in common: snoop dog, elliot smith, and ned's atomic dustbin. i'll listen to his other music (neil young, rolling stones, some others). i draw the line at the completely obscure ones (acid mother's temple, mission of burma, many others). sometimes i can get him to listen to underworld, but it has to be in the background and there can't be a driving beat or recognizable lyrics. and he'll refuse to listen to several of my bands on General Principle (U2, moby, fatboy slim).
so in talking with my sister about our musical tastes, i have had a rash of music uploading from my CD collection into iTunes, circa 1985-1996. here is a brief list of what i've been craving, in no particular order:
1. don't go-yaz. allison moyet, the woman who sounds like a man. memory=college
2. james brown is dead-LA style. nothing like a little rave music to make you wonder where you left your glow stick.memory=working at The Limited by senior year in HS.
3. russian hill-jellyfish. this was brought into my repertoire by an old boyfriend. never heard it on the radio and never heard of jellyfish again. memory=college
4. wet my bed-stone temple pilots. STP is the most over-played band ever. it's been 10+ years and i still hear "interstate love song" played ad nauseum. but core was a pretty good album and this song is hilarious. other song associated-plush, wicked garden. memory=college
5. hanging by a thread-mike and the mechanics. if you've ever heard this song, i'll buy you a puppy. memory=senior year in HS driving my parents 1988 Taurus.
6. man in the box-alice and chains had a few good ones. very few. memory=college
7. cruel summer-bananarama. this played on the radio when scott's grandpa died and i couldn't go to the funeral and it was 100 degrees in chicago and we didn't have AC. cruel summer indeed.
8. the metro-berlin. who doesn't remember this video? memory=college
9. video killed the radio star-the buggles. this song would mean more if this wouldn't have been their only song. but i guess it got its point across being the first video ever played on MTV. memory=i'm 8 and we just got cable.
10. around the world-daft punk. yeah, even i can't listen to this song more than once a month. memory=post-college
11. saved by zero-the fixx. the extra X made them cooler. memory=elementary school?
12. just another day-jon secada. i'm a junior in high school dealing with a crappy boyfriend all over again. isn't love (and memory) grand?
13. something about you-level 42. my sister brought this up to me. i don't even think she could walk when this song came out. memory=6th grade
14. pop muzik-M. this is almost as good as Men Without Hats. almost. memory=elementary school.
15. bedtime story-madonna. i had the single to this erotic song. every last remix was on it and it was awesome. memory=college
16. mexican radio=wall of voodoo. i can still see the guy's face in the plate of beans in the video. memory=4th grade?
17. she's got the look-roxette. sorry about this one. memory=10th grade, doing geometry
18. damn, i wish i was your lover-sophie b. hawkins. this song got a little ruined by the fact that is was for another woman, but that didn't prevent me from wearing out the cassingle. memory=high school
posted by mikraas at 9:16 PM
2 Comments:
hey, i was 5 when "something about you" came out, i most certainly could walk. :P
i think it is possible to like other music after college-age, but i'm a unique case.. mark got me into IDM in, like, 2002. ..okay, i probably would have been a senior then, or close to it, so who knows. when i get sick of my music, i search for something new...then discover i don't really *want* anything new, just "updates" or new generations of stuff i already like.
oh, and tell me you got some oingo boingo, too.
You're right gurl, music today is terrible.
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