Music changes as you age

thing about changing taste is, unless you've forbidden yourself to grow, you'll welcome it when it comes

Atavachron wrote: thing about changing taste is, unless you've forbidden yourself to grow, you'll welcome it when it comes

This is so good. Pay attention folks.

1st rule is never sell, dispose or get rid of any albums, ever. Even if you didn't like them when you bought them, or have grown tired of them, keep them because one day in the future you will want to hear them again and will hear them with different ears and a different kind of appreciation. I guarantee that if you do sell an album you will at some point regret that sale.  

Unless I missed it, The Song Remains The Same.  And if I have, screw it.

Edited by Slartibartfast - December 04 2010 at 07:57

Snow Dog wrote: Dean wrote: 1st rule is never sell, dispose or get rid of any albums, ever.  I have done this and regretted it.

Oddly enough, I've never done it, and now I have too many.  The one's I would get rid of won't fetch any money in resale so they stay in the collection and in listening circulation.  But this is precisely why I hang on to all admitted to the collection.


Edited by Slartibartfast - December 04 2010 at 08:01

Anthony H wrote: Conversely, I've lost my taste for the weaker artists whom I loved in my tweendom.

This is the one part I don't dig so much about changing tastes. It gets harder to like artists as you are exposed to more and more music and even when you do like some artists, you are rarely blown away so comprehensively as you used to be in the initial stages.

Great topic BTW...well,starting off at the age of 15 I was a devoted metalhead,straight stuff from classic hard rock/heavy to freaky thrash metal.At about 20 years old I discovered progressive metal,mainly from SHADOW GALLERY and DREAM THEATER...pretty impressive music I thought then...Then I listened to MARILLION's ''Script...'' through a rock magazine...that was it...For over 10 years I am in love with prog rock music and its subgenres...Heading to 32 now,it's hard for me to imagine myself listening to something else than prog along with lounge electronic music and some jazz... CONCLUSION: Never got over my rock roots since I was a teenager,but the ''angry'' years geve their place to more sceptic and demanding stuff...People are there to improve themselves over the days,same as their musical tastes...

As much as my music taste grows or evolves, I still come crawling back to the old stuff of the 60' and 70's when it was REALLY good!

Dean wrote: 1st rule is never sell, dispose or get rid of any albums, ever. Even if you didn't like them when you bought them, or have grown tired of them, keep them because one day in the future you will want to hear them again and will hear them with different ears and a different kind of appreciation. I guarantee that if you do sell an album you will at some point regret that sale.   The music you like when you are 12 will stay with you forever. Your tastes will change and you will discover "new" music that in the moment you will like more, but in the long run the music you listen to now will always be special. Back in 1968-70 I discovered all the bands I hold dear today (Floyd, Moodies, VdGG, Genesis, Purple, Tangerine Dream) and I have discovered 1000s of bands and music styles since, but I still return to the favourites from time to time.

I am changing, so my musical taste is changing. I love prog rock since years, but my favorites are changing year by year. Not to speak of other musical directions like classic or jazz.