Kid Ugly
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Did this happen to anyone else?
I was wondering if fellow Thorpers went through the same thing....
Having just turned 21, most people on this board are older than me by a few years. I'm finding that the older I get, the more closed-minded I get
about music. I used to have a really eclectic music collection. Lately it seems that I've been listening to hardcore/punk/oi almost exclusively. I
mean, those have been my favorite genres for years now, but most other shit just pisses me off when I hear it. I was just wondering if this happened
to anyone else. Is it age? Is it just me?
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Jason the Magnificent
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I'm 32 and if anything, my musical tastes have broadened exponentially, 99.9974564% of oi/hardcore/metal/punk sucks now and you can only listen to the
same albums over and over and over again so many times (and I have about 2500 tapes/cd's/lps...not including mp3's) so I find myself listening to all
kinds of stuff I would have shunned as crap 10 years ago.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent
I'm 32 and if anything, my musical tastes have broadened exponentially, 99.9974564% of oi/hardcore/metal/punk sucks now and you can only listen to the
same albums over and over and over again so many times (and I have about 2500 tapes/cd's/lps...not including mp3's) so I find myself listening to all
kinds of stuff I would have shunned as crap 10 years ago. |
more or less what he just said....
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Kid Ugly
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent
I'm 32 and if anything, my musical tastes have broadened exponentially, 99.9974564% of oi/hardcore/metal/punk sucks now and you can only listen to the
same albums over and over and over again so many times (and I have about 2500 tapes/cd's/lps...not including mp3's) so I find myself listening to all
kinds of stuff I would have shunned as crap 10 years ago. |
See, this is what I expected to happen, that's why I'm asking the question. And I'll agree with you on the state of punk/hardcore etc...Most of who I
listen to is broken up.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent
so I find myself listening to all kinds of stuff I would have shunned as crap 10 years ago. |
same here. like i said recantly on these boards, ive been gettin into stuff like johnny cash and the like, stuff i thought was shite a few years ago.
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i dont like what people call "hardcore"
you come at the king....you best not miss
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Ive always had really broad musical taste and I still do. The thing that has changed especially in the last few years is the number of bands that I
like. I still like a ton of different styles, but I like fewer bands in each style and I am much more reluctant to new bands.
Im still a sucker for a band with what I consider to be a good 'gimick' though.... I know its kind of lame, but thats what got me into GWAR from
before HELL-O came out!
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when i was 21, i wasn't listening to a wide variety of music - lots of hardcore/metal and lots of raver music. lots of depth, but no breadth. that
changed a few years later, in part cause i was older, but also cause took a job in entertainment in nyc and started going to countless live music
events.
ultimately, i think it has more to do with how long you've been listening to a particular genre, not necessarily how old you are. i've been listening
to hardcore for 18 years, and like MBV said, a lot of what's billed as such today sure ain't what i consider hardcore.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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I've never really listened to a lot of different types of music, but at this point in my life at age 33, I probably listen to hardcore 99% of the
time. And I mean REAL hardcore. I don't care to listen to anything else. I honestly have no clue what "regular" music is like these days. I'm sure
it sucks, so I'm probably no missing anything. I can't even think of the last non-core record I bought. It was probably either that Rancid s/t or
DKM 'Sing Loud' and what, both of those came out 6 years ago?
I rarely even listen to bands like Rancid, DKM, Metallica, Slayer and Maiden anymore and I love all of them.
I guess the only time that I was into different types of music was in college, 92-95ish. I was into a lot of the grunge/alternative bands of that era,
but I still preferred hc to any of that stuff.
Let me break it down this way. I have 4412 songs on my ipod. I can easily name the non-core records on it....
2 Quicksand
2 Rancid
1 Maiden
2 Metallica
3 Slayer
3 Cure
1 Public Enemy
1 Cypress Hill
1 Neds Atomic Dustbin
1 Danzig
1 Suicidal
1 DRI
That's what, about 250 songs. The remaining 4200 are hardcore.
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I go through phases. Ive begun to appreciate more styles as Ive gotten older. Still listen mainly to "hardcore" and metal stuff, but I find some
other non-hardcore stuff by accident or whatever. Plus the Mrs. is into different crap from me, but Ive definitely influenced her tastes more than
she has influenced me.
Also growing up my parents would always listen to the "lite" station so I have a soft spot for that crap. I dont go out of my way to listen to it,
but I'll listen to the "lite" station on the radio if Im in the car and dont have any cds.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBadVibes
i dont like what people call "hardcore" |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Kid Ugly
| Quote: | Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent
I'm 32 and if anything, my musical tastes have broadened exponentially, 99.9974564% of oi/hardcore/metal/punk sucks now and you can only listen to the
same albums over and over and over again so many times (and I have about 2500 tapes/cd's/lps...not including mp3's) so I find myself listening to all
kinds of stuff I would have shunned as crap 10 years ago. |
See, this is what I expected to happen, that's why I'm asking the question. And I'll agree with you on the state of punk/hardcore etc...Most of who I
listen to is broken up. |
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I shut out the shitty music and let the good stuff in.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent
I'm 32 and if anything, my musical tastes have broadened exponentially, 99.9974564% of oi/hardcore/metal/punk sucks now and you can only listen to the
same albums over and over and over again so many times (and I have about 2500 tapes/cd's/lps...not including mp3's) so I find myself listening to all
kinds of stuff I would have shunned as crap 10 years ago. |
yup that sums it up pretty well. i listen to more country/bluegrass/etc than hardcore these days. can't even tell most of the new bands apart, they
all sound the fucking same.
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When I first got into punk rock I had very broad musical tastes. Through my late 20's I became a bit of a music snob, I didn't really listen to
anything beyond 88. These days, though, anything goes. I've actually been getting into more ethnic music, I enjoy when bands incorporate more
traditional sounds and instruments into a pre-existing genre.
Its always been about pushing boundaries, hardcore, in effect was pushing the boundaries of punk rock. I remember when we called it "hardcore punk".
That got shortened to hardcore. Somewhere along the line the two went their seperate ways. I think hardcore has to get back to its punk rock roots.
Teenage kids playing music badly.
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ENDERA.x
| Quote: | Originally posted by Kid Ugly
| Quote: | Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent
I'm 32 and if anything, my musical tastes have broadened exponentially, 99.9974564% of oi/hardcore/metal/punk sucks now and you can only listen to the
same albums over and over and over again so many times (and I have about 2500 tapes/cd's/lps...not including mp3's) so I find myself listening to all
kinds of stuff I would have shunned as crap 10 years ago. |
See, this is what I expected to happen, that's why I'm asking the question. And I'll agree with you on the state of punk/hardcore etc...Most of who I
listen to is broken up. |
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