>The War Generation teen years were dominated by Big bands and Jazz Singers. >Baby-Boomers, early Rock or "Classic Rock", the music of the 50s-60s-70s. >Gen X, Goth, Industrial and Punk. Gen Y, Grunge & Pop. Today's youth, >Hip-hop, Emo
I remeber beinga teenager and loathing much of the music of the time and feeling like I was stuck amongst an alien tribe. I must be some sort of freak, but I enjoy all sorts of music from big band stuff and dixieland things that were popular in the 1920's through to the 1940's; 60's pop and vocal stuff, music from musicals, some 70's but mostly I loathed what I grew up with (though) I will admit an affection for *some* prog rock, Alice Cooper, Queen, and Abba, mostly because I love anything with a vocal aesthetic and some theatricality. Which means, of course, that I am of course fond of goth. Some 80's stuff is OK, a lot of it, like 70's pop, was utter crap. I enjoy *some* punk, most grunge (which, after all, is just retreaded neil young but with embedded lyrics, so far as I can tell), plus some hiphop and acid jazz, and indie and world almost anything. I even like some electronica and the supposedly industrial 'Amphibious Assualt' which to my ear sounds like goth went through electronica.
I don't much care to get stuck in an era whether it's musical or fashion or whatever because, after awhile you look like a big dork who's inflexible. I used to hate opera, rap, C&W and disco but then someone played me some artists that were actually good. And I changed my mind.
I think that's the essence of it: people get stuck in an era because they get scared of the time that's passing. I see them do it with clothing and hair all the time too.
There are a lot of styles that work best for certain age groups and I think people tend to be more flexible or else risk being miserable for half their lives and looking stuck in some sort of ill-fitting (or sounding) time warp.
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let's not do the time warp yet again...
Date: 2006-06-18 09:19 pm (UTC)I remeber beinga teenager and loathing much of the music of the time and feeling like I was stuck amongst an alien tribe. I must be some sort of freak, but I enjoy all sorts of music from big band stuff and dixieland things that were popular in the 1920's through to the 1940's; 60's pop and vocal stuff, music from musicals, some 70's but mostly I loathed what I grew up with (though) I will admit an affection for *some* prog rock, Alice Cooper, Queen, and Abba, mostly because I love anything with a vocal aesthetic and some theatricality. Which means, of course, that I am of course fond of goth. Some 80's stuff is OK, a lot of it, like 70's pop, was utter crap. I enjoy *some* punk, most grunge (which, after all, is just retreaded neil young but with embedded lyrics, so far as I can tell), plus some hiphop and acid jazz, and indie and world almost anything. I even like some electronica and the supposedly industrial 'Amphibious Assualt' which to my ear sounds like goth went through electronica.
I don't much care to get stuck in an era whether it's musical or fashion or whatever because, after awhile you look like a big dork who's inflexible. I used to hate opera, rap, C&W and disco but then someone played me some artists that were actually good. And I changed my mind.
I think that's the essence of it: people get stuck in an era because they get scared of the time that's passing. I see them do it with clothing and hair all the time too.
There are a lot of styles that work best for certain age groups and I think people tend to be more flexible or else risk being miserable for half their lives and looking stuck in some sort of ill-fitting (or sounding) time warp.