Anyone still listen to that music you grew up with?
Posted by ILovePublicLibraries@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 293 comments
Posted by ILovePublicLibraries@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 293 comments
abczoomom@reddit
A lot of it, yeah. My earliest musical memories are a teacher teaching us Blackbird in either preschool or K, listening to the Paint Your Wagon and Free to Be albums, and having a steel drum like Jimmy Buffet music. I still listen to Jimmy (RIP) and Blackbird, not so much the other two. Although now that I think about it, I would probably still appreciate They Call the Wind Mariah.
grahsam@reddit
A little.
And it depends what you mean by "grew up with."
I was born in 1975 and abhor music music from that period, except for Black Sabbath, which is technically before I was born.
I listen to some early 80s pop music, but not too often. I have a playlist for long drives with my wife.
But I do still listen to a lot of the music I listened to in JR High and High School. Lots of metal, trash, and early death metal from the 80s. Then death metal, nu metal, progressive death metal, jazz and funk from the 90s (or that I discovered in the 90s.)
I started collecting vinyl records again two years ago and 90% of it is newer stuff. So Sabbath (because Sabbath is just better on vinyl) along with some 80s Metallica and Slayer.
OnionTruck@reddit
I have songs from the 60s and 70s on my phone, that I learned growing up with my parent...
I also have all the early 80s stuff, from Kenny Loggins to Culture Club, etc... Ain't nothin gonna break my stride!
Alycion@reddit
Ramones, Sex Pistols, and Social D are timeless. I get weird looks with Dead Milkman and stuff like that. I have playlists for the genres I listened to and many are in my shuffle and forget it playlist. Art in any form will take you back to when you first experienced it. And let’s face it. For many of us, those were great times. So going back to the music makes sense. Not to mention, a lot of today’s music sounds like it was done with AI. I listen to my own stuff when I’m at hockey games. I can’t stomach some of the stuff they play.
nerd_of_gods@reddit
What else is there to listen to? My kids do too.
beachguy115@reddit
I think most people do. At some point you stop liking new music in general. I’m 60, born in 1965. I I listen to 70’s and 80’s music. It lessens into the early 90’s. From 2000 on forget it.
SecretSquirrel8888@reddit
Black Sabbath
WordAffectionate3251@reddit
YES, YES, YES!!
Shen1076@reddit
60s-80s
ElConquistadorDeAmor@reddit
I’ve listened to Duran Duran since I saw them on MTV in the early 80s.l
Nerdy-Boomer65@reddit
They just covered ELO's Evil Woman, not to bad.
vivacycling@reddit
On the other hand they are still putting out new music. In fact I like some of their newer stuff better than their older material.
imdugud777@reddit
I really liked "Astronaut"
CheetahOfDeath@reddit
Saw them live a few years ago. Was a great show
Nerdy-Boomer65@reddit
Born in 59, all Music (except Country) from 60's 70's 80's 90's, very little 2000's unless it's jazz because face it, it's timeless
handsoapdispenser@reddit
No. I listened to crap back then.
midgetlotterywinner@reddit
I (50M) listen to music from all eras (right now, working early in the morning calls for Art Blakely & The Jazz Messengers...) Listen to a lot of late 60s, early-to-mid 70s "jean jacket huffing dirt weed in the parking lot next to an El Camino" rock stuff. Not so much 80s, but plenty of 90s and a lot of newer stuff.
I've been a music nerd/snob for most of my life, so I get that not everyone is going to be getting groceries with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum on the car stereo, but man...there is just so much good music out right now it kind of bewilders me that people can't find anything they like. Even my wife, who is way more of an 80's listener, is completely into Donny Benet, Khruangbin, Har Mar Superstar, etc. Like, the barrier to entry to find SO MUCH MUSIC is insanely low...you no longer need to wander into an indie record store and ask the guy there "what's new, what should I be listening to?"
As much as I hate their payout scheme, Spotify has a pretty great "robot brain" that finds stuff that is like the music you like. You just have to be willing to explore.
And as good as Led Zeppelin IV is, if I never heard Stairway to Heaven again, it would be ok because holy shit how many more times does that need to be played?
newredditsucks@reddit
The Sword and Fu Manchu? (Not 70s but seems fitting.)
zeldarama@reddit
Every day
Cultural_Actuary_994@reddit
HELL yeah. Just listened to Genesis Trick of the Tail AND Seconds Out today
Content_Talk_6581@reddit
All the time.
In_Unfunky_Time@reddit
Tastes change and evolve...so no, I'm not still listening to The Outfield. ;-)
Zep? Sure.
JimmyJamesv3@reddit
"Your love" is an incredible banger though.
In_Unfunky_Time@reddit
Okay, you got me. If the tune comes on rando I won’t skip it. 🤣🙄
Upstairs_Equipment19@reddit
Every day!
stephenforbes@reddit
Everyday
JimmyJamesv3@reddit
Also the new mainstream stuff is so incredibly shit. I gave up on finding new stuff, there's exceptions like King Gizzard and such but most the shit from this century is just garbage.
u35828@reddit
Is anyone's concept of time a little warped here?
Weird-one0926@reddit
TimeWarp
Clear-Increase-7502@reddit
If I hear Led Zep 4 one more time I’m gonna projectile vomit all over you classic rock-perpetuating motherfuckers. Give it a rest. Christ. Did you stop thinking when you hit 30?
Weird-one0926@reddit
Thank you? Is that acceptable? it's on zep II. Lol 😂
I get your point though. And you're right. I really get annoyed when I'm flipping through stations and hear a song and remember when I was young and the song was fresh, three minutes later I'm flipping again and it's the same song on a different station. WTF there were so many great songs and albums but all I get is regurgitated garbage.
lovepony0201@reddit
Aw! Someone needs a hug.
cassette1987@reddit
He's spot on. He needs a "fuck yeah!" and a high-5.
Clear-Increase-7502@reddit
Seriously? That’s the best you can do?
lovepony0201@reddit
It's ok for people to like stuff. Why don't you go color.
Tired8281@reddit
The music I grew up with, isn't deep enough anymore. It's nice, on occasion, for nostalgia, but usually I want something deeper.
toxygen99@reddit
People haven't created anything of cultural worth in the last 20 years. Well that's my old man out of touch comment done for today.
Weird-one0926@reddit
Lol, there's lots of good music that commercial radio never plays
Buzz_Osborne@reddit
Can’t get enough 70’s Grateful Dead
Weird-one0926@reddit
Not a bad choice, NFA
Weird-one0926@reddit
Only between commercials for lawyers and male enhancement
throbbingeye@reddit
Music doesn’t expire. I listen to the Pet Shop Boys and Mozart.🤷♀️
imdugud777@reddit
Boshie2000@reddit
WesternDonkey7448@reddit
Me too
Infamous_Click7955@reddit
Its essential to mix things up
C741O@reddit
Yes because most new music is fucking crap and mumble rap.
Superb_Astronomer_59@reddit
Hallelujah. I just don’t understand the appeal of hip-hop (or rap, not sure how they are differentiated.)
It’s not music, which is defined as “vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.”
I guess they are sounds, but the only emotion they create in me is disgust.
avburns@reddit
Hip hop is the culture that included DJing, breaking, street art and rapping. Rapping is broad. To write off a genre that shows up in rock groups like the Chili Peppers, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, etc and rhythmically/musically is a global phenomenon is laughable.
orthographerer@reddit
That person went straight to ghetto\crunk (in all honesty, if that's what I thought all hip hop was, I'd never want to listen to any of it), and apparently missed any and everything cerebral that hip hop could offer. Which is too bad.
Superb_Astronomer_59@reddit
I’m totally unfamiliar with the genre so I just Googled ‘top 2024 hip hop songs’ and this is what came up. I didn’t ‘go straight’ to anywhere
orthographerer@reddit
Do you listen to\enjoy the top 25 of the 2024 pop charts?
toddphonic@reddit
probably from the racism
Superb_Astronomer_59@reddit
So if I’m disgusted, that makes me a racist???? Here’s some “lyrics” from a 2024 recording: “GloRilla It’s Glo, the motherfuckin’ P Y’all know what the fuck goin’ on (AceC, turn that heat up, nigga) (Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh) on gang, gang (Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh) on gang, gang Bitch, I’m from Memphis, what you know about me? Big G-L-O in that GLE (ugh, ugh) 50 thousand, new Chanel shopping spree And every time I pop it out, you know I A-T-E (ay, ay) I’m that bitch, ho, get like me You know it’s YWR, big CMG (wipe me down) Small niggas, tall niggas, long paper, no small figures 50 bitches, all pretty, and we all litty (on gang)”
avburns@reddit
I wouldn’t say racist, but looking at one performer to define a genre is kind of lazy. That’s how we got Tipper Gore stickering music. Prince’s Darling Nikki elicited a similar reaction to your post. Yes, that’s one of his songs but to define Prince, RNB, Rock, etc by one song is dumb.
Superb_Astronomer_59@reddit
I just randomly Googled “2024 Hip hop songs” and this was one that came up. Thus this is truly a random sample, and it’s disgusting
leicanthrope@reddit
I don't even like rap, and I'm tempted to post the lyrics to one of Ted Nugent's songs from the 70s as a rebuttal.
DrJTrotter@reddit
Listen, man. If you don’t get the artistic merit of Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, then that’s on you. Haha
Superb_Astronomer_59@reddit
Ted Nugent was a classless asshole, atypical ‘musician’ who was popular because he was so.
mike___mc@reddit
Now could you breakdown The Blacker The Berry by Kendrick?
Sumeriandawn@reddit
Correct. I'm sure you listened to most new music. 😅
agisten@reddit
My sarcasm meter shows 3.6 roentgen on the Richter scale.
Commercial_Wind8212@reddit
oh grandpa
C741O@reddit
Yes? Get off my lawn!
Repulsive_Client_325@reddit
Amen.
Antmax@reddit
Yep. A lot of that stuff is backround music we associate with memories of important times in our lives. Deep Purple, Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, ACDC, Def Leppard, Queen, Duran Duran, Snap "The Power", even Vanilla Ice lol.
Even my parents music from when I was small... The Who, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, ABBA, Blondie, Tina Charles, The Shadows.
FountainHead-@reddit
I always listen to 20s music. 1920s. Especially the French chansons. I dont understand the lyrics but it’s just so good.
Reasonable-HB678@reddit
Absolutely.
On my Pandora app, I literally added playlists for each year of school between the 1st and 12 grades. And various decade and genre specific playlists. The Spotify list of liked songs is a little more varied.
GarionOrb@reddit
I listen to everything, but of course I still enjoy the music I grew up with.
AdScary1757@reddit
I came from a conservative house so I've mostly abandoned Laurence Welk, Herb Albert, and the 6 fat Dutchman.
Netprincess@reddit
Of course
chillaxtion@reddit
I can barely stand the music I consumed in High School. Spottily during the pandemic completely rewrote my musical taste.
Appropriate_End_3345@reddit
Absolutely .
Doc-Goop@reddit
Barely! With Spotify this music nerd is in heaven, able to explore so many new bands and artists.
IWasBornWithoutABody@reddit
Sure, I listen to music I grew up with, music that just came out, and music that came out before I was born. Was always that way before, no need to stop now.
Mile_High_Kiwi@reddit
I'm still discovering new music from that era. My 70s and 80s playlists are growing by the day.
_-Mewtwo-_@reddit
Me!
brutallyhonestB@reddit
My Dad showed me a lots of stuff from the 90s and I still listen to stuff from the 70’s instead. I mean I listen to every era since the 60’s, but lates 70’s through mid-late 80’s really does it for me.
PansPizza@reddit
I listen to Yes and I didn’t grow up with them
LASER_Dude_PEW@reddit
This meme hits because I have been sick of 80's music for a while (born in 1970) but am rediscovering a lot of awesome 70's and early 80's tunes. Some leaning alternative and other well known stuff that I just never got into until now.
FlyBuy3@reddit
70s singer-songwriter and classic rock are my staples
Additional_Hunt_9065@reddit
Nope
Reign_n_blud@reddit
Exclusively, haven’t listened to new music in years.
figuring_ItOut12@reddit
Heck I even pull out The Monkees and The Archies now and then.
slop1010101@reddit
Been listening to LOTS of early '70s Foghat, Status Quo and Deep Purple!
WillaLane@reddit
I love music, I listen to brand to to the oldies, to classical
JFK2MD@reddit
Late 60s through early 2000s for me. But the 70s still make up the core of my rock collection.
ZurEnArrh58@reddit
How could I not? So much good music to listen to from my childhood and teen years.
mac_the_man@reddit
✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼
whyd_I_laugh_at_that@reddit
My record collection. So yes, and no. The largest part of the set is from my teenage years, but have definitely expanded and gotten a lot more eclectic since then.
DeadManAle@reddit
No not really. I gravitate towards newer music.
Adenoid67@reddit
Can’t stand today’s music. I listen to music from the 50’s thru the 90’s. It’s so awesome.
PM_YOUR_GSTRING_PICS@reddit
The 80s were just 20 years ago. Right guys? Right?
Nearby-Amphibian7874@reddit
Ikr, and the 90s will perpetually be 10 years ago.
Littleleicesterfoxy@reddit
Yeah I have music on my playlist from almost every modern era :)
Running_Dumb@reddit
Yes and, from the 50's, 60's 90's 2000's 2010, 2020's and new stuff coming out now.
I grew up in the 70's and 80's
ColdKickin72@reddit
I can’t get away from it I love it so much and when I listen to modern music I find myself saying this is shit and slide back to Classic Vinyl
D2Dragons@reddit
Gotta admit, it’s nice to be able to jam out to Stones or Hendrix on my iPhone.
attaboy_stampy@reddit
Oh hell yeah. I really listen mostly to stuff from HS through my 20s, late 80s through the end of the 90s. But I like a lot of other stuff. I also have gotten into KPOP in the past 4-5 years, and I have no idea how that came about.
Suspicious-Leader539@reddit
Thats the only music I listen to.
Andovars_Ghost@reddit
Actually, I’ve stopped listening to my music from growing up. Even though I’ve listened to it continually since then, it was starting to hit different and the nostalgia was becoming a problem. I’ve dug in to music outside of my growing up period, mostly jazz.
Sweetness-520@reddit
Ohhhhhh yes! My (ahem) 30 something son, listens to it still on his own....lol And always says, man you had the best music growing up!! Way to pass it down to the generations!! 😁
danceswithlabradores@reddit
Actually, the music I love now is the music that I totally ignored in my teens and early twenties. These days, I listen to The Grateful Dead, The Band, and The Allman Brothers Band, all of which I was barely even aware of back then. I never listen to groups like Boston or Stix, which I was very devoted to as a youngster.
agisten@reddit
Explain this: I was born behind the Iron Curtain and didn't hear a single Beatles or any other classic rock band until I was in my late teens. I enjoy tons of music which was made BEFORE I was born. I occasionally listen to newer music, but my POP cutover is about mid-80s.
Taylor who?
FlipDaly@reddit
Yes but it’s all Motown and sixties stuff because those were the two tape cassettes that lived in the car
TruckGray@reddit
Rarely
CheetahOfDeath@reddit
All the time. Still blasting Rust in Peace almost daily
missdawn1970@reddit
Most people continue to love the music they grew up with; Gen X isn't special in that regard. My mother grew up in the 40s and 50s, and she still listened to Mitch Miller and Frank Sinatra when I was growing up. My older sister grew up in the 60s and 70s, and she still loves Bob Seger, Fleetwood Mac, and the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
toddphonic@reddit
to all of you fellow old fogies who say they don't like new music - look, I get it. Its hard. Finding music that you like these days is a real challenge....But you sound like ridiculous old farts.
There is exceptionally good music being made across all genres, because - turns out, humans are humans and we make good shit. Just because the spotify algorithm throws a lot of crap at you doesn't mean there is amazing new stuff out there. There is. I promise.
There are real bands making amazing punk rock, indie rock, guitar driven jammy stuff, singer songwriter ballads, folks songs, experimental, downtempo, you name it. You just have to do the work and look for it. And yes, I get that were old and tired and busy, but don't make that let you come to the conclusion that "there's no real music anymore"
don't be that generation. were better than that. go find the 19 year old kid wearing a frank zappa shirt what he's into. hell sure as shit tell you.
blackckt78@reddit
Agreed. I find the people that say new music is crap never look beyond what’s suggested to them or what’s on the radio.
blackpony04@reddit
Absolutely. And the thing is, crappy music has existed since time began. Just because it isn't your taste, doesn't mean it isn't somebody else's taste.
cassette1987@reddit
SUSTAINED!
Commercial_Wind8212@reddit
I know plenty of people who only listen to what they listened to 18 . stunted development.
EnoughMeow@reddit
Honestly new music is generally unoriginal cheap and predictable. To witness the evolution of rock from the 80’s onwards to 2010’s then skip to now, there’s been no new genres in rock like new wave, grunge, pop punk, hardcore, all the different genres of metal, emo…. It just stopped, and with the rise of digital I’m not surprised either. It keeps everything in a neat box. Rap continues to evolve. So I’m not trading my tunes for pink pony club, but I’ll give it all a listen.
diamond@reddit
Or some of us just have particular tastes, and that's the way it is.
I don't like a lot of new music. Occasionally I find something cool, but I normally prefer older stuff. But I don't complain about it, I don't think it's all "a bunch of crap". It's just my personal taste. I like what I like, other people like what they like, and that's just fine.
1singhnee@reddit
Half of my teenager’s wardrobe is 80s post-punk and early goth bands.
And hell yeah she has good suggestions, new and old, if anyone asks.
Bunnynynyny@reddit
I listen to new wave 🌊 and alternative channels:) 🐦⬛🎸🏰🥾🦇
Aezetyr@reddit
Not frequently. It's pretty rare that I listen to music from decades ago. I like to move forward and listen to new stuff.
TheUnbamboozled@reddit
Same... I like some oldies of course but it's so boring to listen to the same music all the time. Constantly trying to find something new.
cassette1987@reddit
I'm the same. I've been accused of hating the music from my youth. I do not hate the music but rather it's become (gasp!) boring. I need to hear something new and current.
There's so, SO much content available why stay in an 80's rut?
kunduff@reddit
There will always be timeless ones I will listen too...but there's a ton of good and great new ones that are influenced by the best of that era. They won't be found on the radio but do a little digging and you'll find some great stuff on YouTube and music streaming apps.
MrBones2k@reddit
💯
Debasque@reddit
Great music is forever.
soozeequeue@reddit
That familiar green, white, and red color on the record… memories
HilaritySomewhere@reddit
90's...the best decade of music :)
cmgmoser1@reddit
I have to admit that I never stopped believing that there were real robots singing the chorus to Funkytown.
proffesor_f8@reddit
All the time
verstohlen@reddit
It's the only way.
RealGrapefruit8930@reddit
Me too
twstdbydsn@reddit
Same
suffaluffapussycat@reddit
I listened to some ‘90s music last night. By Mozart.
The 1790s.
blusins@reddit
Yep me too. I'm a late 70's/80's kind of gal and still bop around the house (daughters laughed and said I trip mostly ;) to hard metal, pop, new wave, even some old country songs.
Chipkenzie@reddit
Every day. If for some reason if I cannot listen to tunes from the 70s/80s/even early 90s on my stereo, I hum them and that takes me back to those days.
ItsmeMr_E@reddit
Great music doesn't stop being great just because it's older like you. Great music is timeless.
ActionMan48@reddit
No. I mostly listen to vaporwave and barberbeats and a lot of it is sampled , slow down and distorted 80’s music.
Ok-Huckleberry-6326@reddit
So,nothing original then
ActionMan48@reddit
Most vaporwave is original but there a few artists that rely heavily on samples from old songs.
IronAnchor1@reddit
I have a theory that the music you listen to from early adolescence to early adulthood is essentially the soundtrack of your life. You might add to it, but you'll rarely if ever take away from it. You want to feel good or remember or even cry, this is the body of music you'll go to.
LynxWorx@reddit
Of course. It’s way better than the trash that comes out today.
Baka01010@reddit
I still listen to the radio while working. I always have it tuned to stations that play 70s, 80s, 90s music.
Nearby-Amphibian7874@reddit
Music is timeless, as are all forms of art. One of the downsides of social media and the internet is the idea that anything more than 24 hours old is to be abandoned or isn't "relevant."
I know OP's question is fine, I'm referring more to the meme. Let's stop this adolescent mindset of "omg, that is sooooo last week" about topics. Particularly with things as timeless as film and music.
I experienced this nauseating trend recently when returning a non-urgent phone call to my insurance agent. It was less than 48 hours from the time he had called, and this grown man actually said, "Wow....that's was soooo long ago." When I returned his call. 🙄
ttkciar@reddit
Some of it, yeah, but mostly I spent my younger years searching for better music and not finding it.
When I met my wife in 1996, she started recommending new 1980s/1990s music to me, which I'd totally missed. She'd spent a stint as a radio DJ in the early 1990s, so had exposure to a lot of niche bands.
Her recommendations were spot-on, and I picked up KMFDM, Ministry, Foetus, and some others because of her. This was music which I totally would have listened to in the 80s, but didn't know how to find it.
Modern technology has made it easier to find more recent bands which scratch that itch (Halestorm, Butcher Babies, In This Moment, The Kills, The Dead Weather, The Distillers, Alter Bridge, etc), and they make their way into my playlist too.
Still, maybe a fifth of the songs on my playlist I fell in love with over the radio in the 1980s. They'll never go away.
MindfulRider@reddit
I have always been a music sponge. So my collection veers from the things I listened to as a kid to albums that are new releases, at least relatively new. But last night I introduced my youngest to Stabbing Westward, and last weekend we were listening to the latest by Milk Krayt, and Sleaford Mods as well as freshly reacquired copy of The Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime.
There is so much good music out there now, but you have to work a little harder to find it in the vast sensory overload of options.
OhDatsStanky@reddit
I discovered the Distillers way way late, and completely lucked into getting to see them on a mini-tour of 6 shows before they disintegrated again. Brody still brought it, and the pit was more than a little rambunctious! Thankful I got to see them
old_leech@reddit
Yeah, sure.
That said, my interests and tastes have evolved over the years and there's a veritable ton of new music being released every day as well as mammoth back catalog I've yet to discover. So while, sure, I have a soft spot for the Misfits or Queensryche or early 80s Depeche Mode or whatever... I'm not living there.
At the same time, Tangerine Dream, late 60s/early 70s Pink Floyd, The Police and some others are never in cold storage.
Mostly, I'm now finding I'm discovering really great stuff years too late. I discovered Valravn (Icelandic electronica folk...) like 5 years after they broke up, Brown Bird a few years after David Lamb died, etc...
And, I'll also admit that I don't engage with music with the same intensity as I once did. I also don't pick up a guitar with that same intensity either...
Shankar_0@reddit
That spinning Atlantic Records logo does bring back a lot of memories.
Grunge4U@reddit
It the meme said 80's or 90's I'd say yes but not really much from the 70's.
Musical-Legos@reddit
Every day. I even learned to play most of them on guitar, bass, and keyboard
Limp_Kitchen_591@reddit
Daily
Neomorder224@reddit
Usually every day, but also mixed with tunes from the preceding and subsequent decades too.
Formal-Regret323@reddit
Me too
Captnlunch@reddit
I listen to music from the 1920’s frequently
Comfortable_Stick264@reddit
Yes , I program my car radio to the play the radio station that plays the music of the 70s
ColPhorbin@reddit
I just got a record player for Xmas and I love it!
classicsat@reddit
Yes, on Saturday morning I turn on "Classic" rock radio (pushes well into the 90s, has a bit more pop, and a but less 60s and Prog).
masturbator6942069@reddit
That’s pretty much all I listen to. I’m sure there’s still good music out there, but I just don’t care. I’m still listening to what I was listening to back in the 90s and early 2000s.
discussatron@reddit
100%. I listen to a small amount of new music, but usually it's recent stuff from older artists. Spiritbox is the newest band I consistently listen to.
New_Strike_1770@reddit
I’m a millennial and this applies to me as well
sabbytabby@reddit
From K-Tell: "Nothing like that Big Band Sound, when we all fought together and everyone liked Ike."
We've become those to whom K-Tell marketed.
https://youtu.be/52E7FzeY_dQ?si=lEYSeUq_uEo9tr3K
PretendJournalist234@reddit
Am I ever. I wish I had all the albums I used to listen to.
notredame1964@reddit
As a high school student I put three albums on my turntable at bedtime. Zeppelin, CCR, The Who, Dave Clark Five, Beatles, Monkeys, ELO, ELP, and many others.
Hilsam_Adent@reddit
You can catch me groovin' to stuff from Big Band all the way to 2008-ish. That's when I finally gave up on new music. Don't have the wherewithal to go out looking for stuff that doesn't suck anymore and it ain't gonna pop up on the radio.
'70s stuff certainly plays in rotation in my house, particularly Zep and the Doors.
mylastnameandanumber@reddit
I hear you, but if you haven't checked it out, try Soundcloud. Its algorithm is pretty good at recommending things I like, once it's been trained a bit, and it's almost all indie stuff. Lots of good playlists on there too.
SpreadsheetSiren@reddit
My dad (Greatest Gen) was a huge Big Band fan and played it all the time. To this day, I’ll find myself humming or singing many of those songs.
Hilsam_Adent@reddit
My exposure was via my maternal Grandfather, otherwise, same/same. Pops is Silent Gen, but the product of two parents born in the 1890s, so he had older parents, like you did. Even though I wasn't born until 1975, I am only one generation removed from the 19th century. It's weird.
TBeIRIE@reddit
You can never go wrong with Zeppelin.
Wonderful-Elephant11@reddit
Doesn’t everyone do that?
216_412_70@reddit
Some of it... but there is a lot (like Zeppelin) that I just heard way too much of and need at least a 10 year break from.
These days it's about 20% old, and 80% new
da-lou-az@reddit
I listen to all of the old Genesis albums. I have them all.
Mischif07@reddit
My mom had a 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88 with an 8track player. It came with one complimentary 8track and I swear its the only one we owned. I fondly remember every song on that tape that we listened to over and over on many road trips.
Program 1
Hues Corporation Rock the Boat
Jack Jones If You Could Read My Mind
Living Strings Songs From M.A.S.H.
Danny Davis Singers Behind Closed Doors
Program 2
Imperial Jazz Band The Entertainer
Ronnie Milsap I Honestly Love You
Benny And The Jets Daniel
Nilsson Without You
Program 3
Main Ingredient Summer Breeze
Julie Budd The Long and Winding Road
Roger Whittaker New World in the Morning
Doc Severinsen A Song for You
Program 4
Perry Como It's Impossible
Floyd Cramer You are the Sunshine of my Life
Dottie West Killing Me Softly with His Song
John Denver Take Me Home Country Roads
proscriptus@reddit
Merusk@reddit
This is the statistical norm and why old people say "Today's music sucks."
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/03/music-paralysis-as-we-age/#:~:text=Other%20studies%20suggest%20that%20music,than%20it%20does%20for%20adolescents.
If you're not exposing yourself to new artists, genres, and music regularly you're average, not exceptional.
Careless-Pizza-7328@reddit
Yeah, music is basically from Sargent Peppers to end of grunge.
Spear_Ritual@reddit
Yeah, and I like new music, too.
Crossingthelineagain@reddit
Our music is the music worth listening to.
Mitka69@reddit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1jhCTdx5P8&t=7s
sarahoutx@reddit
It’s all I listen to.
TrueHarlequin@reddit
The Beatles
Nuff said.
berrey7@reddit
is neither Gen X or 70s though?
Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit
"Yes, he is quite clean." IYKYK
CanuckCallingBS@reddit
I quite enjoy Classic Rock, but, I’ve heard every song so many times that I just don’t want to hear it anymore.
Baldmanbob1@reddit
Everyday. 80s and some early to mid 90s, I'll goto the home or grave listening to only them.
Cdn65@reddit
Absolutely!
Sweet_Priority_819@reddit
my main playlist is 80's pop. I don't listen to music at home, only while driving.
elcad@reddit
Yep, Played my Zeppelin 4 last weekend. Also have been rocking out to some new bands this week: Ginger Root and The Surfajettes that we're going to see in March. Going to see a zydeco band at our monthly honky tonk this Thursday with my kid and some friends.
Glenn__Sturgis@reddit
I listen to music from all decades and am always searching for new stuff.
Bender_2024@reddit
I gave nothing against the music being made today. It's just not for me. To me it all sounds like the same auto tuned crap. I've given up on finding good news music so I'm still listening to music from the 70's through the early 2010's.
Tiny_Animal_3843@reddit
Me to all the time! My ex husband and I Listen to it all the time in our house together and with our daughter. She's eighteen and says it frequently that we have the best music ever.
Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit
So I was not a top 40 kid in the 70s and 80s but I've developed a guilty pleasure of listening to complete recordings of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 on the weekend so I can listen for 4 hours straight.
Shoehorse13@reddit
I regularly listen to everything from the early 50s through 2024, and I'm just waiting for 2025 to drop.
Stargazer12am@reddit
Well, it’s a long ass song.
Little-Efficiency336@reddit
All the time!
Keyser_Kaiser_Soze@reddit
My 21 year old son went to a STYX concert, because he knows tons of 70s &’80s music from my wife and I.
He and his friend were given closer seats because they were up out of their seats and singing all the songs, and one of the guys our age said they needed the fan energy up front.
tanksalotfrank@reddit
Led Zeppelin sounds weird on anything but vinyl, ecwr since I heard it on vinyl. There's something about the imperfection that makes it more interesting to consume. I love a clean recording, but it's almost too sterile.
Granted, Led Zeppelin IV is the only vinyl I ever heard
ForsakenAlliance@reddit
Music today is atrocious…
Dip back to when talent mean’t something is the way to go.
Tempus__Fuggit@reddit
I've been revisiting thrash metal and hip hop. "Kill the king", "fight the power"... This is the energy I need right now.
Tensionheadache11@reddit
I listen to 70’s -80’s soft rock channel during my work day, it’s relaxing and reminds me of being in drs offices in the 80’s.
Cavendish30@reddit
Dude I’m listening to the music my dad grew up with because that’s what we listened to when I grew up.
HorrorQuantity3807@reddit
Zeppelin will always something I carry through the decades introduced by someone younger then me but but also an older soul
MrSpecific420@reddit
I’m closer to millenial than gen x but yeah it’s still on heavy rotation: Depeche Mode, rage against the machine, old pop punk & Midwest emo, Tori Amos & miss kittin
TRIGMILLION@reddit
Kind of. I still prefer 90's music but I was in my 20's by then.
Even-Tomato828@reddit
I don't need to find new music, if it's that great, it'll find me because I'll be jamming to my 60's thru 80's without shame!
TheLateQE2@reddit
This sub is just one of those Twitter accounts that recycles the same old rubbish for interactions.
Djimi365@reddit
I think a more appropriate question would be if anyone doesn't still listen to the music they grew up with!
ComicsEtAl@reddit
Most people will almost exclusively listen to what they listened to up to maybe the age of 35, but more likely through their twenties, for the rest of their lives. The more adventurous of us may venture to new artists within those same genres. But waking up one day and developing affinity for some band that’s 30 years younger than you is not likely.
phillymjs@reddit
I wish I could find it again, but several years back I read an article that said on average people nope out of new music at age 32. I looked through my music library and it’s definitely pretty accurate for me. I think I'm into only about 10 artists/bands that came up after that.
fusionsofwonder@reddit
I stopped listening to new music in 2000 when I got an MP3 player, with a few exceptions.
timgrahamart@reddit
I like finding cool new bands and keeping up on what’s going on. I listen to KEXP a lot and get exposed to a ton of good new music.
Realistic-Peak6285@reddit
Exclusively lol
Fun-Distribution-159@reddit
nope.
it has nothing to say to me musically.
Affectionate-Desk699@reddit
Not a lot but when I put on Zep, Sabbath, Priest, Blondie, Ramones etc, it's like comfort food. Growing up in England as a kid in the 70s and early 80s, I got into all kinds of music from rock and metal to punk and new wave. Good times
callingshitout55@reddit
I'll always laugh whenever I see these so called GenX kids claim music of the 70s when many of them were just in elementary school "childhood" memories doesn't equate to a music being apart your era, because if we went with that logic, then millennials can safely claim NWA and Tupac
thisgirlnamedbree@reddit
All the time! But there's some current music I'm really liking as well.
diamond@reddit
I maintain that the 70s was one of the best decades of music in history.
Obviously good music exists from all different periods, but there was something really unique about the 70s. Just an absolute explosion of diversity and creativity - everything from country to disco to rock. Even Rap originated in the late 70s.
I'm not saying there's no more good music or anything; human creativity hasn't changed. But I think it's hard to imagine another time period that had a more substantial impact on music than the 1970s.
avburns@reddit
It was weird when I discovered the music from the 70s I liked was yacht rock. Then I hear all this new music that sends me back to the past. Britney Spears doing a duet with Elton John; I’ll just go listen to Elton. All these RNB singers trying to sound like Marvin Gaye; I’ll listen to Marvin. The disco sounds of Dua Lipa, Doja Cat, etc just makes me go back to The Bee Gees, KC, etc.
callingshitout55@reddit
Marvin Gaye is Boomer's music, just saying
dangelo7654398@reddit
My algorithm must be very confusing to Spotify, etc.
simmons777@reddit
All the time. I started listening to records in 2020 and started with classic 70's rock then expanded from there.
ApprehensiveRace9721@reddit
Jamming out to some good ole Grateful Dead right now! Yes I'm always finding new music I love but like my mother always said "find new jams but don't forget the old, one is silver and the other gold" The music from our past is part of what makes us US!! Rock On n Rock Hard my friend
Rhythmdvl@reddit
Not only that, but my core genre is thriving! Such an exciting time in music history. There's no more Grateful Dead, but just spent NYE at Phish's YEMSG with my son. Incredible experience to ring in the New Year with a Genx band that's having one of it's best years.
And then there's so many new and growing bands on the scene. Stolen Gin. Eggy. Goose. Dogs. Pigeons. Those are just off the top of my head. Festival season brings lots of new bands every year to keep an eye on and see during the colder months.
It's such a welcoming environment at all these shows, too, from old-school heads bringing their kids to kids bringing their parents to just normal teens and twenty-somethings getting their groove on because the music is that good!
No_Significance_3840@reddit
Born in 75 and absolutely.
GlitteringCash69@reddit
Music peaked by 2000. I often talk about this to my kids. Stairway to Heaven as an example is 53 years old, but is still enjoyable for a modern age. But there was no one listening to music from the 1910s in the 1960s.
Educational-Milk5099@reddit
Absolutely.
Chipkenzie@reddit
Every day. If for some reason if I cannot listen to tunes from the 70s/80s/even early 90s on my stereo, I hum them and that takes me back to those days.
Steal-Your-Face77@reddit
My wheelhouse is mainly rock from the 1950’s through about 2010. I figure that’s about 6 decades worth and plenty for my ears.
chutenay@reddit
John Denver is in regular rotation over here
Delicious-Painter945@reddit
From the 80's and 90's. Teddy Pendergrass, Tears for Fears, Queen, lots of R&B
Quick-Economist-4247@reddit
No, mainly listen to new and modern music.
A_Gray_Old_Man@reddit
At times.
Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit
I put on when the levee breaks yesterday at work.
No_usernames_left_25@reddit
Yacht Rock in the Summer when riding my mower!
peteski42@reddit
All the time, dire straits, Bryan ferry, Kraftwerk etc etc etc
finethanksandyou@reddit
Honestly no
Used_Respect6996@reddit
Of course. Music is timeless. If it's a good song or album then - it's good now.
w1lnx@reddit
Of course.
DroneStrikePhoto@reddit
My dad still plays that. I guess that's why I love them
joemb2020@reddit
I listened to Buffalo Springfield yesterday on vinyl. 60s/70s/80s/90s music is all I listen to.
Hamshaggy70@reddit
Me too on both accounts, rock on my 50 something brother 🤘
GroovyGuru62@reddit
Everybody knows that music peaked in the 70's.
1999_1982@reddit
Nah the 80s was the pinnacle... But baby boomers were lucky for the 60s and 70s
magpie1138@reddit
Of course. And furthermore, growing up listening to Zeppelin, Clapton, Stones etc has led me to start listening to the original blues' records that influenced them. I'm totally into Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Dixon, Leadbelly...
MasterClown@reddit
The first record album I ever bought with mow-the-damned-lawn money was Foreigner 4, which I still have and play to this day.
terminalchef@reddit
The 70s had the most shittiest music ever. It’s offensive to even say that you’re still listening to it. Maybe the end of the 70s was passable.
Rice_Post10@reddit
I mostly listen to new music and more recent artists now. Those of you who say there’s no good new music now are 100% wrong and sound like a bunch of old stock in the mud fogies. There is so much great new music out there. The kids are alright! 👍
Living_South7299@reddit
Yes! 53F and love 80s, 70s and older!
graspedbythehusk@reddit
90s for me, and naughties up to a point.
serveyer@reddit
Sure, I listen to all kinds of music. Listened to Senser and levellers last week which is not my favourite bands of the nineties but the day took me there. I like a lot of new music too. Like Doechii or Meute.
OhDatsStanky@reddit
Sure, but that’s not all I listen to. Rarely listen to my two favorite bands (Pixies and Tool) anymore, because my music tastes have changed, but I still enjoy RATM, Panera, Siouxie, and other stuff. Really thankful I went to as many shows as I did when I was youn, because it definitely isn’t the same now, and I now realize just how lucky we were during the early 90s to have the flood of great bands that were earl in their careers.
HighBiased@reddit
Yes, but also a lot of modern music. I'm always searching out new music.
It depends on my mood. Sometimes sentimental and I time travel back with some favorite albums from high school. Sometimes adventurous looking for new albums that just came out
BrokenPinkyPromise@reddit
Well yeah. I listen to the Eagles more than anything else.
See also - Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, REM, tons of metal bands.
TJ_Fox@reddit
Probably a third of my YouTube playlist is soulful '70s folk rock - Cat Stephens, Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel, Don McLean - another third would be '80s and '90s pop/rock, and the remainder is a combination of musical numbers and a modern sub-sub-sub genre sometimes called Gothic Americana.
Bennygunz@reddit
Everyday
AbruptMango@reddit
I'm at the age that there are whole radio stations for it.
CartographerUpbeat61@reddit
Yes… put on something from my senior year last weekend. Anyone heard of Boz Scags ?
FeatureTypical@reddit
Hell yes, today's music SUCKS
Hopfrogg@reddit
Yes, and thank heavens the music we listened to was GenX music! Yeah, I'm biased, but the 70s, 80s, and 90s..... best 3 decades of music in the history of humanity.
1999_1982@reddit
Not GenX music, boomer's music
1999_1982@reddit
70s is now GenX music? We were in elementary school when all the artists hit their peak, especially Bowie, not our generation
ComicOzzy@reddit
I just spent the last hour listening to a lot of different versions of House of the Rising Sun instead of sleeping. I have to be up in 3 hrs.
Worth it.
StillC5sdad@reddit
Thankfully, so are my kids
Intelligent-Ad8436@reddit
Absolutely, and now one of my kids likes the heavier 70 and 80s stuff
Craig1974@reddit
Yes.
Mean_Trifle9110@reddit
It sounds like you've got a strong case of Muskrat Love
EvolutionaryLens@reddit
No.
Chase and Status are my current faves.
IAm5toned@reddit
🤔 pretty sure that I listen to more 80s/90s music now than during the actual 80s/90s
PunkRockMiniVan@reddit
Fuck, I’ve been listening to music that’s (gulp) nearly 100 years old. I’ve gotten into a big Jimmie Rodgers/Carter Family thinks.
And-droid@reddit
I'm still playing The Clash on a regular basis. Just listened through all London Calling, again, it's still a fantastic album.
Flimsy-Feature1587@reddit
Some of that era's rock, funk, R&B and folk are the best of its kind.
euqinu_ton@reddit
Just got a record player. I have about 200 of my dad's albums going back to 50's. I like the process of listening to albums. I won't get through them all this lifetime, but I'm happy trying.
Otherwise like many GenXers I have a propensity to listen to 90's music. I don't really like a lot of the stuff my tweenager likes. Sabrina Carpenter especially.
Malgus-Somtaaw@reddit
I listen to a lot of music, 75% of it is from the 90's. I do listen to newer stuff, but the music now is short songs that just repeat the same lines over and over again that's meant to be played on Instagram, and I think it sucks.
BeetsMe666@reddit
Most people do. We are hardwired to continue liking the music of our teen years
Any_Pudding_1812@reddit
yes and no. i still listen to the same genre and do listen to the albums i liked as a teenager, but in the last few years i discovered a couple of newer bands (90s - now) that i love more than any band i ever loved. fortunately the two bands ( both same lead singer and writer ) made 70+ albums.
BLULOU1978@reddit
Duh.....
Empty_Eye_2471@reddit
I just discovered a local antique shop sells LPs (most in great condition) for $3 - $5 each.
I have a new haul of Fleetwood Mac, Rush, Journey, Chicago, Hall & Oates, The Cars, Boston... I must have bought 15 LPs just one day alone.
The even had newer stuff. I picked up some Fleet Foxes and I Know Leopard as well.
marcopoloman@reddit
I listen to oldusic but not on a pos record player.
guachi01@reddit
I'm almost done listening to every Billboard 100 from the '80s in order so... yes. I do. Currently listening to:
"Handle With Care" - Traveling Wilburys
after listening to:
"Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble" DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
The former is as good as I remember and the latter isn't. I remember "Handle with Care" being a bigger hit than it was but it only reached #45 on the Hot 100. So I must have been listening to the rock and not Top 40 station more at the time as the track reached #3 on the Rock charts.
Both tracks hit the Top 100 in the same week in the last full week of October 1988.
wjrj@reddit
Cause it's awesome.
atwin96@reddit
My car radio goes between First Wave and Lithium channels on XM.
SadSpecial8319@reddit
Thoughty2 has a good video on why it feels like there's less and less good music nowadays: https://youtu.be/oVME_l4IwII?si=H597SLL-b5VtYbEo Tldr: Reason is risk optimization of music labels and quick dopamin searching humans.
PsychologicalDance12@reddit
I can hear this picture!
narvolicious@reddit
Practically on a daily basis. When I'm cooking I'll put on the Billboard Top 100 of any year between 1978-1982, as that was the best slice of life from my childhood (7–12 yrs. old). On my commute I tune into K-EARTH 101, which plays '70s–'90s "oldies." I've even started listening to hits from 1967-1970, as my dad used to play that music a lot on his stereo Hi-Fi when I was a baby. Never-ending sentimental journey for me.
Usual-Revolution4543@reddit
Guilty as charged Music played on instruments by humans Songs sung in musical harmony by the shear talent of the performer ? What could be the appeal? Oh yeah
Music has de-volved
Littleboy_Natshnid@reddit
80's Rap all the time.
sist0ne@reddit
Yeah, me too. But also earlier than that and music from last week.
dethb0y@reddit
Only when i want to feel bummed out.
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AaronJeep@reddit
Not really. Every once in a while a specific song might come to mind and I'll look it up.
For me, it's just worn out. Not that it wasn't good, but how many times am I supposed to listen to Stairway to Heaven?
I compare it to only watching Jaws, Starwars, Indiana Jones, and Ghost Busters... over and over and over.
I just feel like it had its place and time. We'd get high and drunk, and listened to Dark Side of the Moon on loop. It was good times. But I don't want to hear it on a daily basis.
Covfam73@reddit
Inlisten to all types of music but my favorite is stull rock/heavy metal my daddy introduced me to black sabbath in the early '70's and they are still my favorite and on regular play
john-th3448@reddit
of course.
Whiskey_River_73@reddit
Yeah it still dominates, classic rock. But I'll listen to older blues, jazz, even standards and classic country. I kind of left some of the 80's pop behind, I wasn't big into it when it was current. Newer music, I'm looking for and influenced by the similar vibe as the older music I came up with. I don't bother with stuff that over samples and borrows too much lyrically or melodically, it irritates me tbh.
ChatnNaked@reddit
Hated Disco as a kid. Love it now! Dee Gees
root_fifth_octave@reddit
It’s a classy move.
Repulsive_Client_325@reddit
I almost only listen to music I grew up with. Mainly 90s.