Personal musical tastes form in our 14th year!

edefakiel wrote:   ... Sorry to be that guy, but the Adagio in G was composed by Remo Giazotto, not by Albinoni.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adagio_in_G_minor

I'm not sure I agree although they might be close. When I was fourteen, that was right before I started to get into and discover prog. I had a little bit of Yes(who I was just starting to get into) but nothing yet by most of the other big prog bands at the time. I think I was still into Led Zeppelin and other classic rock stuff. 

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - May 01 2022 at 09:25

I sincerely doubt it. Definitely not for me; it started much earlier when I was around seven years old.

It was 1978 at my 14yrs old, so I was already into Rush. Was still into R&B/Funk, but was also starting to get into harder rock and progressive rock although I never called it that back then. 

nick_h_nz wrote: BaldFriede wrote: I sincerely doubt it. Definitely not for me; it started much earlier when I was around seven years old. I think seven is about right, but I’ll not just see your seven, but I’ll raise you every seven years after. I’ve been thinking about this awhile you see, and I am relatively sure that around the age of seven my musical tastes definitely developed some individuality, rather than being based purely on what my mum and dad listened to, or what they thought I might like. I reckon it was around the age of seven that I worked out what I liked. But, after being exposed to a whole lot of new music around the age of eleven or twelve, when I made new friends at intermediate/middle school (or whatever the equivalent is in other countries), it was like being new to music again - listening to and enjoying all sorts of music new to me, like I did before that first magic age of seven, without really deciding on which of those particularly spoke to me. But by 14, like at 7, I had developed some individuality from that morass of new music, rather than being based on what my new friends has introduced me to. I had once again worked out what I liked. Then again, at 21, once all that awkward adolescence was over, and my life was progressing in a more normal fashion, my music had a third solidification of individuality - after a period once more of being introduced to a whole new lot of music from new friends made once I’d left school, and started to enjoy going out at nights to venues where live music was played. These are the most important years occurring in my musical life, I think, each after a period of seven years. But, although none has necessarily been as significant since, I would definitely maintain that at seven year intervals my tastes can be tracked and differences seen. The most recent seven year interval was when I was 42, and retrospectively it is very obviously a big year for me, as it is the year after a period of experimenting and exploring a lot of music, that music that might be considered prog (as opposed to music that might be on PA) really started to take precedence. It’s easy to trace and track, too, thanks to FB, as I’m able to see when I started to follow certain pages, or make certain friends, etc. it’s also the first year that I attempted to start writing about music, with reviews and lists, etc. But as I go back from then, I can see that 35 was another significant year for me, as it was the year that I finally found I was able to tolerate extreme metal vocals, after years of not being able to listen to them, and knowing I was missing out on some fantastic music because of my problem. It was Ghost Reveries by Opeth, that finally opened the door for me, and after a year of exploring various bands and genres that utilised harsh vocals, through personal recommendations, algorithmic recommendations, or simply coming across something, I once again managed to find that solidification of individuality. I am now wondering what the age of 49 will bring, although I have an idea, based on the music I’ve recently started to pay more attention to, that for some time I have only flirted with.

octopus-4 wrote: ...then about at what age I started spending my own money...I needed to have money, first.  Anyway, my first purchase was DSOTM. Actually my favorite tracks where The Great Gig and Us and Them, by coincidence both by Wright.

Edited by BrufordFreak - May 02 2022 at 07:06

Oh man, I don't even know if I can quantify just how much music I consumed when I was in that 13-14. I was already getting into prog with bands like Rush and (early) Queen, both of whom I found after listening to Journey's first three albums. But then I found the Musicmatch Jukebox program on my computer, and suddenly the entire music world was at my fingertips. I searched for related bands to Rush, which led me down the rabbithole of ELP, Yes, King Crimson, etc. And then THAT led me down the rabbithole of prog metal with bands like Queensryche and Porcupine Tree. Needless to say, my whole musical world changed from then on out. I distinctly remember playing computer games with my brother (specifically RTS games like Command & Conquer and Stronghold) while we would have a bunch of new musical discoveries playing in the background. Soooo... yeah, I guess it all started with Journey of all bands 

Edited by Necrotica - May 03 2022 at 22:38

My 14th year was significant to me because my brother, who was the one who molded my musical tastes, got married at that time. He used to listen to Metallica, Iron Maiden, and other artists in that vein, but he also listened to Rush, Steve Vai, and other "not conventional" music. Thanks to him I was spared of listening to what was trending at that time in Central America, mostly Mexican pop and Latin American dance music (although I slipped into hip hop for a brief period around my 11th or 12th birthday).

So it was at 14 years of age (1993-94) that I was left by myself, although he left me his entire Rush, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani cassette collection. From then on I started to get more and more into prog, mainly Dream Theater, although I slipped into alternative and grunge at that time too.

It was never easy to find good music in Central America, at least in Guatemala (I found some really good CD's from the Magna Carta label in Costa Rica when I went there in 1999), so if it weren't for the internet, which really became a "thing" around here only in the mid 00's, I would never have heard "classical" prog of the 70s and modern stuff. And I shamefully have to admit that before streaming services existed, my only source of new music was through piracy and P2P networks, but there was really no other way to get a hold of anything in a country where we don't even have a postal service to buy things online.

14 is about right for me. it would have been 1974. Bungle in the Jungle was a big hit on the radio. It was pretty good. I thought Jethro Tull was a pretty cool name for a band and somehow I was aware that it was a band name and not the singer's name. Then my older sister bought Aqualung because she played flute in high school band. I made the connection that the same guy did Aqualung and Bungle in the Jungle, and then I found out he also did Living in the Past which I heard when I was 12 and really loved, along with all the other AM radio hits of 1972 like Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) and Ride Captain Ride. It was when I turned the record over and heard My God for the first time that the light bulb came on. Then I discovered Beaker Street on the radio, playing mysterious music late at night barely breaking through the AM static all the way from Little Rock Arkansas. I heard 21st Century Schizoid Man. Yup, the summer of 1974, 14 years old.