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

**Goofle** · 04-19-2013, 04:25 AM

This question isn't related to artists/albums you don't like any more, because we all know that certain artists you enjoyed as a teen/kid end up being cast by the wayside at some point. I want to know if there are artists that you loved as a teen, which are still fondly looked upon - or even rated very highly to this day - which you may not have liked had you heard them for the first time today.

For example, I very much doubt I would give a toss about Oasis if I had not heard of them before today, and had listened to all the other artists I have come to love/appreciate. But for whatever reason, they are a band I have not dismissed and ignore completely nowadays. In fact, I really enjoy a lot of their songs. It is difficult to be 100% certain about this question because I might have loved Oasis anyway. I just think it's interesting how nostalgia plays a part in personal taste.

Also, I think it comes down to familiarity as well. The fact that I now know all of the words - and even know how to play some of them on guitar - makes it easier for me to just enjoy the songs.

leeby · 04-19-2013, 05:03 AM

i think i would

Screen13 · 04-19-2013, 02:15 PM

Maybe, but then again I'm always interested in past, present, and future no matter what.

Paedantic Basterd · 04-19-2013, 02:20 PM

I seriously don't think so. I listened to some atrocious crap.

CrazyVegn · 04-19-2013, 02:25 PM

NO it is/was WAY too shallow

adamosmaki · 04-19-2013, 04:50 PM

Not really. With the exception of a few songs

crazed · 04-19-2013, 05:29 PM

I'm sure I would. As a teen I was eager to discover music from past eras as well as new music. I still love to discover music from the past I may be hearing for the first time. I don't see that when the music was made has any bearing on whether I'll like it or not.

Paul Smeenus · 04-19-2013, 05:57 PM

Some yes, others absolutely not

Engine · 04-19-2013, 06:55 PM

As there's no way to actually measure the effects of nostalgia, I'll just say yes I would enjoy the music. I assume that my taste in music has been steady.

Some proof of this is that I got rid of hundreds of once-loved records, cassettes, and CDs when I was in my teens because I decided they were crap in some fit of teenage stupidity (such as that I was suddenly too cool for hair metal or top-40 pop), and now I wish that I had them all back.

Also, this mainly goes back to my pre-teen music because my general tastes were pretty much solidified by the time I was 15 (although, naturally, they expanded a lot since then). It was then that I stupidly disavowed my old loves such as Dokken, Cinderella, W.A.S.P., Def Leppard, Heart, INXS, Belinda Carlisle, Salt-n-Pepa, etc.

As an aside, I still can't listen to certain music that I discovered and hated when I was a teen/pre-teen such as: just about all 70s prog, the Rolling Stones, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, anything resembling nu-metal, etc.

WWWP · 04-20-2013, 12:52 AM

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.

04-19-2013, 06:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	As there's no way to actually measure the effects of nostalgia, I'll just say yes I would enjoy the music. I assume that my taste in music has been steady. Some proof of this is that I got rid of hundreds of once-loved records, cassettes, and CDs when I was in my teens because I decided they were crap in some fit of teenage stupidity (such as that I was suddenly too cool for hair metal or top-40 pop), and now I wish that I had them all back. Also, this mainly goes back to my pre-teen music because my general tastes were pretty much solidified by the time I was 15 (although, naturally, they expanded a lot since then). It was then that I stupidly disavowed my old loves such as Dokken, Cinderella, W.A.S.P., Def Leppard, Heart, INXS, Belinda Carlisle, Salt-n-Pepa, etc. As an aside, I still can't listen to certain music that I discovered and hated when I was a teen/pre-teen such as: just about all 70s prog, the Rolling Stones, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, anything resembling nu-metal, etc. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

04-19-2013, 05:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
leeby Groupie Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: London Posts: 7	i think i would

04-19-2013, 02:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Maybe, but then again I'm always interested in past, present, and future no matter what.

04-19-2013, 02:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I seriously don't think so. I listened to some atrocious crap.

04-19-2013, 02:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
CrazyVegn Left due to ban epidemic Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 498	NO it is/was WAY too shallow

04-19-2013, 04:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
adamosmaki Groupie Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 14	Not really. With the exception of a few songs

04-19-2013, 05:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
crazed Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Indiana Posts: 552	I'm sure I would. As a teen I was eager to discover music from past eras as well as new music. I still love to discover music from the past I may be hearing for the first time. I don't see that when the music was made has any bearing on whether I'll like it or not.

04-19-2013, 05:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
Paul Smeenus David Hasselhoff Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Back in Portland, OR Posts: 3,681	Some yes, others absolutely not