I really like the anticipation of new releases, and generally enjoy listening to music that emerged in the last 2 decades a bit more, but that doesn't mean I don't respect/enjoy/acknowledge music made before my lifetime.

interesting how the live element is very important to some, and almost completely irrelevant to others.

i guess in many senses the essence of the musical experience is hearing and witnessing a live performance. myself, though, i prefer listening to recorded forms. interesting how people are so split on this matter.

That's partly because (ticket-costs and money issues in general aside) some people are able to go out and see live performances of their favorite bands without too much of a hassle, while others can't go out to a live whenever they feel like it.

I hate this city!!! Bands never come here!! :(

I feel your pain. It's a good hour plus drive whenever I go to a show. It's just way more fun than putting a record on. It's a different feeling and to me it's worth it.

I predominantly listen to older music. This is not because I think new music sucks. Far from it. I just seem to constantly find great albums that I have missed along the years. I have just checked my collection though and I have well over 100 albums from 2008 so I obviously do hear new albums.

100 albums from 2008? Dude. You've got 280 albums from just Feb 09. Ah, but i guess many of those were probably old stuff.

yeah 200 were Frank Zappa and Tangerine Dream.

I think I fall into the "almost completely irrelevant" category when it comes to live music. I like live music, but my most emotionally involving experiences with music are always with recorded music.

As far as what I listen to, I'd definitely say older. I listen to plenty of new music, but there's so much more music that's old compared to how much music is new it's hard for me to imagine how someone could focus so much on the narrow category of new music.

I'm right down the middle. Both are great. People that say new stuff sucks and that it's just a rehash of stuff already done are idiots. They can't help the fact that they weren't born in 1950. Good music is good music, no matter what the year.

Because new bands have improved upon it, not to mention the production which was non-existent then....

P I don't either, I just don't like (almost) any of it...:\