Are you stuck in a specific music era/decade?

[#1hoosierfan]

So who here will admit to turning on Yacht Rock radio on SiriusXM during the summer?

I do, not for my entire 90 minute commute home, but it'll be part of the flipping I do.

Me. I also like the road trip station in the summer. Can’t remember the exact name.

My default XM station is Lithum... love grunge. Then I flip to 90’s and 80’s from there. I listen to news radio in the morning on the way to work.

 

[Hikergirl]

“I’ve always felt lucky that the best music in human history came out when I was in my teens and twenties” - me and everybody else born in the past century.

I do listen to a lot of late-90s to late-00s music: from Ben Folds Five to The Shins to The Killers to Fleet Foxes. I occasionally get into a new artist (s/o to Dawes!) but honestly, since Rock Is Dead and I like rock, I’m generally stuck in the past

You wouldn't be saying that if you were a teen in the late 80's

 

[Mirielle]

60's Mo-town and lots of 80's stuff

 

[AustinTink]

80's New Wave all the way.

 

[luvflorida]

The three "B's"-
BEATLES (by far, the music I listen to the most!)
BUFFETT
BEACH BOYS

That's it, I'm good!

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

At the moment, I would say I am stuck about 5-10 years ago. For whatever reason lately, I have been exclusively listening to Lady Gaga's earlier stuff every day back and forth to work, and when I go anywhere.

 

[adelaster]

Those of you adding that you don't like or don't consider rap and jazz to be music, it comes across in a not so great way in the current climate. Moving forward I'd reconsider how you word that, or this thread will derail. Giving the benefit of the doubt for now.

This is an interesting read because I've always wondered why/how people get stuck in what appears to be a musical prison. It seems like the majority answer/habit is to stick with what was playing in your formative years. The disdain for other eras baffles me though.

 

[Mizzoufan]

I grew up in the 90's so

 

[disneychrista]

This is an interesting read because I've always wondered why/how people get stuck in what appears to be a musical prison. It seems like the majority answer/habit is to stick with what was playing in your formative years. The disdain for other eras baffles me though.

I agree. Makes no sense to me. I am enjoy music in most forms. I listen to it all. I have had friends listen to my iPod and wonder comment that we went from Backstreet Boys to Blake Shelton to The Beatles in the course of 15 minutes. My musical interest changes on my mood or what I am doing.

 

[firefly_ris]

I'm not stuck in a specific period, but I don't listen to the radio, just my own music, so I tend to just listen to only my stuff and stick with it.... since forever!

The Beatles (the last 6 months or so I've mostly been listening to each of their solo stuff though), but been a big Beatles nerd since I was 6 years old, shows no signs of stopping now.
80's Pop, a lot of the 1 hit wonder kind of stuff...
50's and 60's... Frank Sinatra, Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin
70's and 80's.... Supertramp, Rush, Queen, ABBA.... I enjoy a lot of vinyl from this era, cheap and easy to find
90's... Ben Folds, The Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Matthews, all sort of 90's alternative rock (you know, Soundgarden, No Doubt, that sort of thing)
00's....Not much, I graduated high school in 2001 and sort of fell off the "what's new?" wagon... I occasionally add some random poppy earworms into my playlist but nothing that I specifically follow. I did really enjoy The Killers "Day & Age" album in 2008 though (lol... 10 years ago).
A lot of Disney music... ;-) I also listen to a lot of Disney Parks ambiance music when I'm coding.
And lastly, I'm into film scores.... Danny Elfman, James Horner, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Alan Silvestri, Basil Paledorous, Harry-Gregson Williams, etc....

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Those of you adding that you don't like or don't consider rap and jazz to be music, it comes across in a not so great way in the current climate. Moving forward I'd reconsider how you word that, or this thread will derail. Giving the benefit of the doubt for now.

This is an interesting read because I've always wondered why/how people get stuck in what appears to be a musical prison. It seems like the majority answer/habit is to stick with what was playing in your formative years. The disdain for other eras baffles me though.

I don’t recall anyone saying jazz isn’t music, just a handful who said they don’t like it.

As for people who who don’t believe rap is “music”, they’re entitled to their opinion & shouldn’t have to sugarcoat that for anyone who finds offense in that. Every genre that has ever existed has been criticized extensively by SOMEONE at some time. Don’t read more into that than it is.

 

[Skippy918]

I like listening to 80s pop and I also like a handful of boys bands like nkotb, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and 98 degrees.

 

[RangerPooh]

In the car we usually listen to the local "hits" station. The play a mixture of pop songs that are currently big as well as some borderline rap (crap) that makes my ears bleed. No musical talent. That's usually when I turn to the classic rock station that plays 70s-90s. Sad when Green Day, Pearl Jam, and more that I listened to in high school are considered classic rock, but I'll take it. If I'm listening to Sirius I'll channel surf 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, classic vinyl, classic rewind, and occasionally deep classic rock. If those aren't working for me I'll see what's playing on Margaritaville, Grateful Dead, Garth Brooks, and Y2K country, or Radio Disney. I really enjoy when they have the "roadtrip radio" station. Wish it would be made permanent.

I'm not a big fan of today's "hit" music. Lots of the same stuff with little variety. I prefer rock.

 

[UncleMike101]

I don’t recall anyone saying jazz isn’t music, just a handful who said they don’t like it.

As for people who who don’t believe rap is “music”, they’re entitled to their opinion & shouldn’t have to sugarcoat that for anyone who finds offense in that. Every genre that has ever existed has been criticized extensively by SOMEONE at some time. Don’t read more into that than it is.

Exactly!!
I'm offended by people who are offended by my personal likes and dislikes.
If someone doesn't like my picks in musical genres, art, literature, food, locations, or other lifestyle choices that I make, they can do what I do when I dislike other peoples choices.
Ignore it........

 

[elgerber]

80's and some 70's here too. Also showtunes. I have a guilty pleasure with some older Disney Channel stuff too LOL, HSM, stuff like that, from when dd was younger, but only when I am alone, or once in a while when she wants to listen to it with me.
I have a some modern stuff, but 80's is my go to.

 

[cabanafrau]

Dh and I have an on going 'thing' about his choice of music for the car.

For a long time we listened to his 600 or so downloaded songs on his phone in the car...most of it 1980s rock/pop music and some from the 90s and newer. Yes, that's the era we grew up in, but 5 years of the same 600 songs on repeat and it got old.

I usually listen to the music of 80s 90s and today on the radio. And I like to know what my kids listen to, so when they're in the car with me, they sometimes put their music on.

Last week, we got Spotify premium for the family. It has been wonderful to hear something else in the car with him. After a day in the car with variety today, he slipped back into his 80s music tonight.

It didn't bother me because we had other variety today, but how many more decades will we listen to mostly 1980s music --- lol??

Anyone else?

Funny, I just found out within the last two or three years from our daughters that we were apparently the odd ducks among the parents of their friends because we listened to so many genres and eras of music, including contemporary pop/rock/hip hop. We did not realize we were supposed to pick a lane in our youth and remain there eternally.

 

[Southernmiss]

Funny, I just found out within the last two or three years from our daughters that we were apparently the odd ducks among the parents of their friends because we listened to so many genres and eras of music, including contemporary pop/rock/hip hop. We did not realize we were supposed to pick a lane in our youth and remain there eternally.

Yes! That's how it feels.

Back in the auto for the day yesterday, and he slipped back into the 1980s.

Like another poster up thread, the music choices do default to the driver.

I got in to drive home and 30 minutes into the drive dh was kind enough to ask if I would prefer to listen to something else. I quickly said yes! Thank you! What do you have that's modern? He found enough variety to get us home the rest of the way. It was wonderful!