Appreciating music, years later

[mustang1]

I was browsing thru what I should play next and thought I'd give Prince a shot.

Wow.

I forgot what his music sounded like and not only that, the sounds I didn't like much as a kid, well now I have a different level of appreciation for. I noticed this with other music too that I haven't heard for a long time, like Ellie Brooks.

I've been listening to various Prince albums over the last couple of weeks. Lovely music, really good. I enjoy it image different way today than I did years ago. Next, I'll give Kate Bush a spin of the (virtual) CD.

What shall I listen to next?
Do you feel different listening to the same music today that you did years ago?

 

[ianrauk]

Indeed.

When I was young and a raging headbanger there was music that I would point blank refuse to listen to.
There are many bands and artists that fall into this category that I now listen to that I wouldn't have done and enjoy immensely.

A prime example would be Depeche Mode. I love everything that have done from the Violator album onwards and their live shows are simply fantastic. There is no way on earth I would have listened or even liked their music when I was younger.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

There's all sorts of things I would have never listened as a young 'un. It was a case of "What will others think of me if I listen to..." and as you get older you stop caring, listen to it anyway and realise how good it was after all.

Edit - re: Kate Bush - The Sensual World is brilliant, listened to it recently after a long time off it and it's still great.

 

[Markymark]

You're all turning into your dad.

 

[ianrauk]

You're all turning into your dad.

My dad didn't like Depeche Mode. He was a mad Hendrix and Stones fan.

 

[swee'pea99]

You're all turning into your dad.

Not me. I've been him for quite some time.

 

[marshmella]

You're all turning into your dad.

You mean i'm gonna start listening to anything by Dame Vera Lynn...err actually saying that

 

[Chris S]

I played some of my old LPs a year or two ago. 'Tommy' (The Who) and 'Relics' (Pink Floyd) made me feel so uneasy that I couldn't listen to them. I then put on one of my mother's Jim Reeves albums and it actually sounded quite good

 

[biggs682]

try some prefab sprout

 

[Drago]

Fine Young Cannibals. I was born a rocker, and I'll die a rocket, but they played She Drives Me Crazy on the radio the other day and it struck me how brilliant it was. Great tune, well produced, it sounded great.

 

[Donger]

Mark my words. This is the thin edge of the wedge. Go down that route and you'll all soon be addicted to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

 

[Dayvo]

Funnily enough, I hated (modern) jazz as a younger me.

And I still hate jazz.

The older me (if I make it that far) will also hate jazz.

IMO, it's just a load of instruments being played fast, out of tune and all at the same time.

 

[GuyBoden]

It's mostly all based on playing stacked third notes of Major and minor scales, but the rhythms have changed over the years...........

 

[Dayvo]

It's mostly all based on playing stacked third notes of Major and minor scales, but the rhythms have changed over the years...........

Don't know what that means, but jazz, IMO, is still, and always will be, shite.

 

[swee'pea99]

IMO, it's just a load of instruments being played fast, out of tune and all at the same time.

"Fire in a pet shop jazz", as someone round here memorably dubbed it.

Re the OP: it can of course go the other way. I recently tried a couple of albums by Yes & Genesis - staple listening when I was 18ish - but ended up giving up on both.