Subject: Now that you're older...
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Sep 21 08
...do you still listen to the same music as you did back in your teens and early twenties? I used to listen all the time to bands like ELP, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. These days, and I'm not quite in my dotage, I tend to listen to quieter music and leave the head banging stuff alone.
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Sep 21 08
...do you still listen to the same music as you did back in your teens and early twenties? I used to listen all the time to bands like ELP, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. These days, and I'm not quite in my dotage, I tend to listen to quieter music and leave the head banging stuff alone.
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ozfei 
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I still listen to the head banger music and I am certainly no spring chicken. Love the new Metallica CD too. :) Reply #1. Sep 21 08, 12:50 AM |
lesley153
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I'm well into my dotage and I never did listen to anything much more head-banging than the Beatles and Kinks - unless Mungo Jerry counts. Sibelius 5 is fairly head-banging... in parts! Reply #2. Sep 21 08, 5:02 AM |
| lesley153
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See if you can listen to this without your blood pressure going up and your feet tapping: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLOig_N14Dg Reply #3. Sep 21 08, 5:04 AM |
Twodeez
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I was just into my teens in the 80's, and I thought the 80's music was good, new romance and all that. Had spells of punk and heavy rock then along came metal. Just couldn't take to metal. Still listen to most of my collection, and have added some grunge and alternative. Right now I'm collecting Rabbie Burns (Scottish folk) songs and just listening to the words of his songs, written over 200 years ago is amazing. I don't think non Scots would really get the songs though, most are written in and sang in traditional the Scots language. Just need to see people trying to work out what Auld Lang Syne is all about, and the many different versions of that song there is. I'll post one on youtube and create a link later, right now, it's shorts and shades party time round the pub, bank holiday because of the races here, yeeeha. Reply #4. Sep 21 08, 6:02 AM |
baldricksmum
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Don't you find that the likes of Motorhead, Sabbath and Led Zep almost seem to be Easy Listening now? Perhaps it's because the volume's lower (or my hearing's less acute) or they brings back memories of some damned good parties. I still prefer soul/R&B and remain a faithful follower of the wonderful Geno Washington whose gigs make me feel 16 again! Reply #5. Sep 21 08, 6:02 AM |
Pagiedamon
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Sadly, I still listen to my old GN'R and Motley Crue stuff when I'm in the mood. :-) Reply #6. Sep 21 08, 6:16 AM |
romeomikegolf
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When I am in the mood for a bit nostalgia it's generally this: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2WX_4FNoto4&feature=related or this:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lKg4g9zMeHI or this:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o4bzRI0BUv0 followed by this:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0OLWgrr671g with a bit of this:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SRwwYWlbP2U Mostly though, these days it's probably something like this: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zmtEy_2rv3Y Reply #7. Sep 21 08, 8:12 AM |
| romeomikegolf
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Lesley, I generally find that this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THYgeETrkPs&feature=related stirs the blood much better than Sibelius. This is pretty good at getting the feet tapping as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufuW3-f_Vp0&feature=related Reply #8. Sep 21 08, 8:17 AM |
runaway_drive
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I am a 17 year old Teen! I listen to Rock and I neally fling my head off when I Mosh. As My avatar suggests. I Like atreyu. Espeically Bleeding Mascara My dad is 46 and he still listens to what he used to do back in the 80's (Dio, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Iron Maiden, Dio etc.) I'm going to rock as much as I want because You only Live Once! Reply #9. Sep 21 08, 8:26 AM |
| runaway_drive
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Bob, How dare you not put Freebird in The Youtube link bit! Reply #10. Sep 21 08, 8:29 AM |
jordandog
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Well, before judging and for my own curiosity, I YouTubed 6 songs from Atreyu. They all sounded the same, nothing but loud and a whole lot of screaming that I couldn't make sense of one word out of all of them. If that's what you like, more power to you, but I have a sneaking feeling you may not feel the same when you are your dad's age... Reply #11. Sep 21 08, 8:38 AM |
| lesley153
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Bob, that lot made me smile. I can't see why this version of Jerusalem would have been found offensive. And banned? For goodness' sake! I remember singing "Raggle Taggle Gypsies" at school, out of the Oxford School Songbook, but the tune was completely different - upbeat, not plaintive. The sea shanties at the Proms are always great fun. I think Norrington gave them a miss this year. Boo hiss. Runaway-drive, I am EVEN older than your father, and I listen to a lot of modern stuff ... but only once. Reply #12. Sep 21 08, 9:02 AM |
| romeomikegolf
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Ben, did you mean this one, all nine and a quarter minutes of it:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O1mCQKuvzCM Reply #13. Sep 21 08, 9:09 AM |
| romeomikegolf
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Way, way back, when I was Ben's age I used to go to gigs at Leicester's DeMontfort Hall. I saw Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5 times, and was there when Genesis Live was recorded. I also remember watching Free, Family, Wishbone Ash and many others. Hell, I'm getting old. Reply #14. Sep 21 08, 9:20 AM |
| runaway_drive
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What Songs Jordan? Correct, FreeBird is one of my Favourite Songs! Reply #15. Sep 21 08, 9:44 AM |
| runaway_drive
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pAGIE, I Love The Crue! Dr. Feelgood Girls, Girls, Girls Sick Love Song Reply #16. Sep 21 08, 9:45 AM |
jonnowales
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Lesley - ""I listen to a lot of modern stuff ... but only once."" - classic :D I listen to nearly everything except anything of the rock/metal genre. My favourite genre is music from the Romantic period (1815 - mid C20th) - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Erik Satie and Claude Debussy. When I get older, I imagine I will be still into classical music - it is so wonderful I find it hard to believe otherwise :D Sandy, I agree with your interpretation of modern rock like genres and metal etc. It all sounds the same. Many people like it however, so who am I to criticise. Reply #17. Sep 21 08, 11:26 AM |
| lesley153
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Jon, you've just got impeccable taste! I've just got home from an orchestral concert my son was playing in. An overture by Brahms, soprano arias by Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, a piano concerto by Prokofiev, and Fussell's 9th symphony. You might have enjoyed it. When I was Ben's age... was I ever Ben's age? Reply #18. Sep 21 08, 6:12 PM |
| lesley153
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Sandy, I've followed suit, and listened to a little of each of three Atreyu tracks on YouTube. I thought three was enough. I started off with Becoming the Bull and Doomsday, and then found Falling Down, which was possibly the best of the three - I managed to listen to almost two minutes of that one. They do work very hard, don't they? I'm sure they're all very proficient musicians, but I don't think the results reflect their skills or effort. All it seems to do is produce a wall of derivative, unmemorable, repetitive noise. Ah well. People who like this sort of thing will definitely find it the sort of thing they like. Reply #19. Sep 21 08, 6:27 PM |
BxBarracuda
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I still listen to much of the same things. Some of the songs I listen to and wonder what I was thinking when I liked them. Can't listen to the heavier stuff as much anymore, can't think straight while it's playing. Don't like much of todays music, somewhere around the turn of the century, when I turned 30, none of it made sense to me anymore. A few songs here and there I might like though. Nowadays nothing drives me up a wall more then a good song being remade and ripped apart when sung by a current singer or band. Reply #20. Sep 21 08, 7:00 PM |
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