Would you enjoy the music you listened to as a teen if you heard it for time today?

Screen13 · 05-09-2013, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris74

Yes, I have fond memories of early 90s dance music and grunge. I know it a big contrast in styles but it established a base for a variety of music that I experienced and appreciated moving forward. when I was a kid the best group in my mind was twisted sister, yikes!

Could have been much worse. At least it was a band who's lead singer stood up against the PMRC and actually made a career for himself post-Sister as a radio personality (The House of Hair for starters).

Rakido · 05-09-2013, 09:03 PM

oh man 90s alternative like Smashing Pumpkins and Green Day. and anyone who says that Ace Of Base wasn't the first cassette tape they ever bought is a liar !

ladyislingering · 05-09-2013, 09:07 PM

Sometimes I revisit stuff I really loved when I was a teenager, and I sort of feel weird because I start to realize that my taste has changed so significantly. Lyrics I thought were brilliant back then are garbage to me now. Bands I was obsessed with then just seem like any other from their time period. For instance, I was pretty obsessed with The Cars when I was much younger than I am today, and nowadays I can hardly stomach most of their songs.

I went through an 80s glam metal phase, too. I don't understand why anymore. Maybe all teenage girls are just a bunch of horny weirdos or something. Actually, I went through an 80s phase, period. Now I might cruise around once in a while (with the windows up) listening to some 80s cheese if I can tolerate it/if I'm in a really great mood.

But for the most part, no. I don't think I'd be into stuff I listened to as a teen if I heard it for the first time today.

If my teenage self met my adult self, she'd probably be disappointed. I'm kind of a square, and she always wanted to be interesting/cool.

SGR · 05-10-2013, 07:42 AM

Nostalgia does play an interesting role. I got into Oasis when I was in 9th grade and I think some music (Oasis included) is easier to like when you're younger as it plays off of teen emotions. You build a love for it around that that still doesn't fade even as you get older. Other music (Linkin Park, Korn) that plays off negative emotions like teen angst/anger may not be looked upon as nostalgically since it played off a negative emotion that you just don't have as you get older.

Charlemagne · 05-10-2013, 08:56 AM

Definitely. The stuff I listened to as a teenager I still listen to and love now, although sometimes my teenage favorites have disappointed me (I'm looking at you Tegan and Sara), my teenage favorite bands, like The Mountain Goats, The Hold Steady, Sufjan Stevens and the National I still love today, in fact I just got Trouble Will Find Me and I'm so excited to listen to it. I mean I don't like every band I listened to as a teenager anymore, but if I heard them today for the first time I don't think I'd say to myself "these guys suck, how could I have thought they were good at some point?"

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-12-2013, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon

Ben Kweller comes to mind instantly. He's probably comparatively the best musician I loved as a teenager, but if today was the first time I listened to him I would likely not have even made it through one track.

Eminem as well. While I still enjoy listening to his older albums, if I hadn't obsessed over the Marshall Mathers LP while I was growing up I would have written him off as another modern radio whore.

Oh Eminem for sure, I also obsessed over Marshall Mathers LP.

Other than that I don't think I would have been so into Uriah Heep and Canned Heat if I listened to them now.

Kip1985 · 05-13-2013, 01:15 AM

To this day I still listen to the same music I did when I was a teen. I have expanded my musical tastes far beyond my teen years, but I still enjoy listening to the same bands.

galt54 · 08-04-2024, 02:14 AM

Back in the early 1960s I was only around ten years old. Some of the first music I listened to were such trashy stuff such as Herman´s Hermits. I rather liked the Hermits back then. I never listen to them today. And if Herman´s Hermits turned up for the first time today I would not care to listen to their stuff at all. I would just ignore them completely.

Maybe a better example would be The Dave Clark Five. Because not only did I like them a lot back in the early 1960s. I still rather like them today. But if they turned up on the music scene for the first time today, I would probably not become interested in their simplistic music do begin with.

Drjohnrock · 08-04-2024, 12:10 PM

Very good question. I'm a little late in answering it, but I wasn't even on Music Banter when this thread was started!

Even as a teenager, I listened to a much wider variety of music than a lot of the other kids in my school. In fact, a gal in my high school class once asked me "John, who's your favorite group? I mean, you talk about all of them!" So I would have to say I would still enjoy some of the music i liked back then, but would definitely dislike some of it.

SweetHeartHolly · 08-04-2024, 10:29 PM

I am another person who would only still listen to certain things. There are some songs that I guess you could say that I grew out of because the songs went onto become overplayed. "What Was I Thinking?" from Dierks Bentley is one example. I was 21 when that song got released and I was crazy about it then, but the song went onto getting played to death on the radio stations. To me, Dierks has several other songs that are way better in my opinion.

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

05-09-2013, 09:07 PM	#23 (permalink)
ladyislingering Maelian Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle Posts: 695	Sometimes I revisit stuff I really loved when I was a teenager, and I sort of feel weird because I start to realize that my taste has changed so significantly. Lyrics I thought were brilliant back then are garbage to me now. Bands I was obsessed with then just seem like any other from their time period. For instance, I was pretty obsessed with The Cars when I was much younger than I am today, and nowadays I can hardly stomach most of their songs. I went through an 80s glam metal phase, too. I don't understand why anymore. Maybe all teenage girls are just a bunch of horny weirdos or something. Actually, I went through an 80s phase, period. Now I might cruise around once in a while (with the windows up) listening to some 80s cheese if I can tolerate it/if I'm in a really great mood. But for the most part, no. I don't think I'd be into stuff I listened to as a teen if I heard it for the first time today. If my teenage self met my adult self, she'd probably be disappointed. I'm kind of a square, and she always wanted to be interesting/cool. __________________ You and I, We were born to die.

05-10-2013, 08:56 AM	#25 (permalink)
Charlemagne Say something vague Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,551	Definitely. The stuff I listened to as a teenager I still listen to and love now, although sometimes my teenage favorites have disappointed me (I'm looking at you Tegan and Sara), my teenage favorite bands, like The Mountain Goats, The Hold Steady, Sufjan Stevens and the National I still love today, in fact I just got Trouble Will Find Me and I'm so excited to listen to it. I mean I don't like every band I listened to as a teenager anymore, but if I heard them today for the first time I don't think I'd say to myself "these guys suck, how could I have thought they were good at some point?" __________________ Charlemagne had eyes like a lover, but last winter there was weather and his eyes they iced right over. My Last.fm

05-09-2013, 09:03 PM	#22 (permalink)
Rakido Groupie Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 8	oh man 90s alternative like Smashing Pumpkins and Green Day. and anyone who says that Ace Of Base wasn't the first cassette tape they ever bought is a liar !

05-10-2013, 07:42 AM	#24 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	Nostalgia does play an interesting role. I got into Oasis when I was in 9th grade and I think some music (Oasis included) is easier to like when you're younger as it plays off of teen emotions. You build a love for it around that that still doesn't fade even as you get older. Other music (Linkin Park, Korn) that plays off negative emotions like teen angst/anger may not be looked upon as nostalgically since it played off a negative emotion that you just don't have as you get older.

05-13-2013, 01:15 AM	#27 (permalink)
Kip1985 Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 94	To this day I still listen to the same music I did when I was a teen. I have expanded my musical tastes far beyond my teen years, but I still enjoy listening to the same bands.

08-04-2024, 02:14 AM	#28 (permalink)
galt54 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: A suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Posts: 191	Back in the early 1960s I was only around ten years old. Some of the first music I listened to were such trashy stuff such as Herman´s Hermits. I rather liked the Hermits back then. I never listen to them today. And if Herman´s Hermits turned up for the first time today I would not care to listen to their stuff at all. I would just ignore them completely. Maybe a better example would be The Dave Clark Five. Because not only did I like them a lot back in the early 1960s. I still rather like them today. But if they turned up on the music scene for the first time today, I would probably not become interested in their simplistic music do begin with.

08-04-2024, 12:10 PM	#29 (permalink)
Drjohnrock Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 316	Very good question. I'm a little late in answering it, but I wasn't even on Music Banter when this thread was started! Even as a teenager, I listened to a much wider variety of music than a lot of the other kids in my school. In fact, a gal in my high school class once asked me "John, who's your favorite group? I mean, you talk about all of them!" So I would have to say I would still enjoy some of the music i liked back then, but would definitely dislike some of it.

08-04-2024, 10:29 PM	#30 (permalink)
SweetHeartHolly Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2024 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 115	I am another person who would only still listen to certain things. There are some songs that I guess you could say that I grew out of because the songs went onto become overplayed. "What Was I Thinking?" from Dierks Bentley is one example. I was 21 when that song got released and I was crazy about it then, but the song went onto getting played to death on the radio stations. To me, Dierks has several other songs that are way better in my opinion. God bless you and him always!!! Holly