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Music Tastes Change
Going through my midlife crisis, one of the things that's changed for me is music. I had to dump a lot of old things from my Ipod list because they were getting me down. Example: Elton John music. I loved his classic playlist all my life. I loved "Don't let the Sun Go Down On Me" so much, I'd sing it in the grocery store. Now? Please. Depressing. Give me the new Robert Plant and Allison Krause music or something by John Prine.
I used to like The Who. Now I love Pete Towhshend's solo music. There's a man who knows how to write about something other than human mating behavior. Elvis Costello is writng great stuff lately. And how about Mark Knopfler's song, "This is us," with Emmylou Harris? Way good.
Songs I hated when I was younger, I now like. Anything with a horn or strings section, for example, like The Fifth Dimension. Where I once loathed that stuff, now that my kids play in band I like some trumpets and violins.
Latin music? Heck yeah. Santana's song, "Primavera."
Aimee Mann's music is so mature and thoughtful. And there are young bands with fascinating stuff. Surfjan Stevens, for example.
On XM Radio I like The Loft, channel 40, I think it is. And can you believe what Bob Dylan and Tom Petty play on their radio shows? Crazy stuff!
THis is how I know I'm really letting this MLC change me. It's a door to new vistas.
Is this happening to any of you other posters out there?
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Hi
You sound great. youve worked hard over last 20 years dont let anyone kid us it was the easy option!!
mandye
Music tastes
I've had a similar evolution though I think mine has been driven as much by technology (iTunes, iPod, and satellite radio) as by the passage of time. I still like the music of my younger days (mostly prog rock, alternative, and later punk), but now I've added to a lot more to that repertoire. I now very much like 50s/60s music (especially the 60s channel on Sirius). I now also enjoy artists who for some reason or another I considered "uncool" years ago.
Wesley Hein
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Music Tastes Change
Similar evolution, but different. I'm finding I'm more attrached to hard-rocking new stuff, even some metal and especially alternative.
Music Tastes Change
Well, I guess I may be talking to myself here. No one besides me has been "here" since January! I have also rekindled my love for dancing. Not waltzes, foxtrots, or even tangoes. Rock 'n' roll dancing, hip-hip dancing. Anyone else?
Cool beans
Why did we stop dancing if we liked to dance???
Music Tastes Change
The challenge for me has been finding new music. I've tried just about every sampling service (Pandora, etc.) but I simply don't sit around and talk to my friends about music as I used to which is how I found most new artists. Living in LA I'm lucky there are actually a few good stations but it is still not uncommon for me to ask someone about a "new" artist I just heard only to learn the song is from their 4th LP!
Wesley Hein
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I know, it's so pathetic
I have a teenaged music lover in the house but I find my best music on a satellite station, The Loft, and it's grownup music. I'd have called it depressing when I was younger.
I don't identify myself with music the way I used to. Now I only like it when it's aesthetically pleasing, no longer because I'm troubled and the music "speaks to me."
But I still love Dire Straits.
Dancing!
I stopped dancing because I didn't know where to go for dancing anymore -- not enough weddings, I guess! And was busy raising two daughters. And my husband is not a dancer so I didn't want to "drag" him out. Now . . . it's more about me, finally. And I'm finding places to go, but they are geared to a younger crowd. Tough. I'm going anyway!
I do especially relate to the newer music. The "teen angst music" works for midlife angst, too!
Baby boomers
We ought to still be music buyers. Actually I don't know if I'm a boomer or a gen-xer. I really am quite a slacker so probably the latter. But I know we have a taste for good music. There oughta be dance music for older hips and knees.
Dancing . . .
Dancing is dancing, but thank heaven for Advil!
Can't get enough music!
New music really "strikes a chord" (sorry!) with me -- maybe it's MLC. Whatever. I love listening, singing, and dancing to it. I feel like I don't have the patience for my old favorites lately, but at least I know they're "there" when I do want to go back to them.
The funny thing is, maybe about five years or so ago I wouldn't have cared for some of this music!
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