What age did you really find out that you loved music?

The Batlord · 09-18-2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Musicfanatic

I'm thinking that I was somewhere around 14 or 15. It's strange. I just got into high school and saw that everyone else loved music, and I had a friend who kind of liked Metallica, and so I turned on my alarm clock's radio and rolled around the dial and found a rock station and low and behold a song came on and I thought in my mind that this is Metallica, or might be, and it was indeed: King Nothing from Load. I bought a CD player, I bought a 1st album on CD, Load, and it went on from there...

Is that strange, or is it just me?

That's pretty much exactly my story as well. Same age, same band too. But I bought Load, Reload, and Master of Puppets at the same time. Of course, I consider when I bought the book, Sound of the Beast, and just used that as a blueprint for listening to metal and downloading music pretty much all day every day to be the time I truly got into music. Before that was just the prologue.

Chives · 09-18-2012, 12:12 PM

I listened to music quite a bit when I was younger to pass the time when walking to and from school. My mom always listened to music around me, so I guess I was listening from a fairly young age. However, I didn't really get into music until I was like...18 when a friend introduced me to Simon & Garfunkel and I heard all of their core studio albums. Everything before that was movie soundtracks, video game soundtracks, and only a few odd artist albums here and there. I bloomed late, I suppose, so I have to make up for lost time!

Screen13 · 09-18-2012, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

what a torture that musta been

There were at least a couple of shows through the years: 120 Minutes, Headbanger's Ball. There even used to be a show after 120 for a short while that showed world-wide Pop videos. Hell, that's where I first heard Seal WAY before "Crazy" was a hit (as well as Kylie's "Better the Devil You Know" for what was possibly their only time playing it...a guilty pleasure).

There used to be more than just the small playlist of garbage a long time back. I even remember when IRS had an "alternative" show in the early days.

OK...so I'm being a bit a bit of hope that the discovery was beyond the usual playlists, but...

Howard the Duck · 09-18-2012, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Screen13

There were at least a couple of shows through the years: 120 Minutes, Headbanger's Ball. There even used to be a show after 120 for a short while that showed world-wide Pop videos. Hell, that's where I first heard Seal WAY before "Crazy" was a hit (as well as Kylie's "Better the Devil You Know" for what was possibly their only time playing it...a guilty pleasure).

There used to be more than just the small playlist of garbage a long time back. I even remember when IRS had an "alternative" show in the early days.

OK...so I'm being a bit a bit of hope that the discovery was beyond the usual playlists, but...

the only remotely interesting thing they ever played while I was watching it was Can's Hallehluwah and Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues

and I only saw both that one time

barkjon · 09-18-2012, 07:11 PM

When I was like 7.

Very musical family.

**Janszoon** · 09-18-2012, 07:23 PM

It's so foreign to me that someone could have an age when they realized they realized loved music. I feel like it's just always been a part of me. I guess that's probably because my dad is as much of a music fanatic as I turned out to be, but it's really hard for me to imagine having some kind of conscious realization about my love for music.

Howard the Duck · 09-18-2012, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

It's so foreign to me that someone could have an age when they realized they realized loved music. I feel like it's just always been a part of me. I guess that's probably because my dad is as much of a music fanatic as I turned out to be, but it's really hard for me to imagine having some kind of conscious realization about my love for music.

that rings true for me also

i've always had 60s pop-rock played in the house since birth

~~[MERIT]~~ · 09-18-2012, 09:42 PM

I didn't really start getting into GOOD music and wanting to start a collection until around middle school (maybe age 13-ish or so).

Rjinn · 09-19-2012, 10:50 PM

In terms of getting into what I think is good music, and meaning something to me and my life, I'd say 15. I used to a lot of crap before, except for AC/DC and Queen as a little kid.

Neapolitan · 09-19-2012, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

that rings true for me also

i've always had 60s pop-rock played in the house since birth

There was a lot of 60's music in my house too. I remember in gradeschool (6th grade) my friend asked me if I like music. I said 'yeah I listen to the Oldies station' He said "No bands like Pink Floyd... have you heard of Pink Floyd?" And he went on and one about them. So Pink FLoyd was my first recommendation at around the age of 11. But I always was into music as far back as I can remember.

09-18-2012, 12:12 PM	#32 (permalink)
Chives Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 299	I listened to music quite a bit when I was younger to pass the time when walking to and from school. My mom always listened to music around me, so I guess I was listening from a fairly young age. However, I didn't really get into music until I was like...18 when a friend introduced me to Simon & Garfunkel and I heard all of their core studio albums. Everything before that was movie soundtracks, video game soundtracks, and only a few odd artist albums here and there. I bloomed late, I suppose, so I have to make up for lost time! __________________ [My last.fm] [My Tumblr]

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barkjon Groupie Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 19	When I was like 7. Very musical family. __________________ "Rhetoric can't raise the dead / I'm sick of always talking when there's no change."

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	It's so foreign to me that someone could have an age when they realized they realized loved music. I feel like it's just always been a part of me. I guess that's probably because my dad is as much of a music fanatic as I turned out to be, but it's really hard for me to imagine having some kind of conscious realization about my love for music. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

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Rjinn The Aerosol in your Soul Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 1,546	In terms of getting into what I think is good music, and meaning something to me and my life, I'd say 15. I used to a lot of crap before, except for AC/DC and Queen as a little kid. __________________ last.fm

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~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	I didn't really start getting into GOOD music and wanting to start a collection until around middle school (maybe age 13-ish or so).