dogooder
Well-known member
Are you trying to tell me the laws of physics were different three hundred years ago and frequencies have changed since then?
Just how musically adventurous are you or are you locked into the music of your younger years?
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Folkcafe
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I'm just going to presume you are not this dense and are intentionally just giving me crap. You might be the first and only member here I block.
grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
I don't think I could unless I was unemployed and needed a job quickly because the mortgage payments were due and I had to eat. I can't even listen to music on the radio or TV. I'm that guy that long ago did away with the DJ and decided that I was only going to listen to music I wanted to, when I wanted to. Of course, it hasn't always been a perfect storm, sometimes it's unavoidable, but it hasn't been for want of trying !
I remember saying to people at HR back in 2010 or 11 that I wasn't looking for new music anymore. I had {have} a vast collection and had been through several listening and acquiring phases from '73 until 2009. And I loved them all. It was so exciting, discovering either new genres, new artists or new albums or new songs. So often, in fact virtually every time, I was going against the grain of those that I was hanging with. Back in '79 when I discovered Pink Floyd's first two albums, I was in a city where everyone was going disco ga-ga. It was huge. And there was I, Mr Unfashionable, who didn't party or have muscles, getting into these weird albums from the 60s. My cousin said to me "Typical you, always has to be different." But he was wrong. I genuinely loved the Floyd's music. They changed my musical headspace and opened the door to so many other arenas, not least jazz. As a kid, I loved the pop of the 60s and 70s. Through my sisters, I acquired a secret appreciation of the likes of David Cassidy, David Essex, Carly Simon, the Osmonds and the Bay City Rollers. I discovered the Jackson 5 and the Beatles all on my own. I heard the Stones through my cousin Eric. My Dad unwittingly turned me onto classical and the easy-listening path I learned from my Mum with her Jim Reeves, Man of LaMancha soundtrack and Seekers. All the other paths came my way through school, friends, curiosity or accident. But I had the greatest time. And I stayed even when they'd long departed and moved on to something else.
So to answer the question, after that ramble, I think that I'm both. I am unashamedly locked into the music of my younger years and I don't actively pursue new stuff. But every so often, I'll hear a song that I like and I'll buy it. It might be one from 1970 or 2021. It'll be new to me. It might come from a TV show or be something one of my kids is listening to. My personal tastes are very adventurous ~ you have to be to get into Indian music when everyone around you is listening to reggae ! And I think this reflects itself in the actual music I make. It's a real mish-mash that happily goes beyond my personal limitations as a player.
I consider myself closed-minded in an open-minded sort of way. Or open-minded until my mind closes. Once I like something, I'm not going to stop liking it, except in very rare instances.
I'm at my most closed-minded when it comes to food. I like what I like and if I don't like the look or smell of something, on pain of death will it cross my lips, let alone enter my goblet.
I can be open-minded though, at surprising times. This morning, I made myself scrambled eggs and added mushrooms, pineapple
, peppers 
, cheese 
and onions 
. No surprise there. But I saw some strawberries 
in the fridge and added some. I had never eaten a strawberry in my life up until this morning. So that was damned near revolutionary for me.Tasted great in the eggs, by the way.
Not only do I recognize mine, I revel in them.
That's natural. I've long held the theory that human beings will be disposed to music they've heard from really young. Peer pressure can also "dispose" one to a particular genre.
I have to disagree wholeheartedly with that. Yes, it is "all just music" in the same way "disease" is all just "disease" and a bike and an aeroplane are just "vehicles." But you try getting from England to South Africa on a bike or heading downtown to buy some bread on a plane. Or treating influenza the same way you would neck cancer or a broken leg.
For me, not pigeonholing music into specific categories is sheer ignorance and just trying to be clever where cleverness isn't required. That isn't to say that there aren't overlapping and very grey areas. Fusions exemplify this. But can you imagine walking into a record shop {oh, those days !} and asking the person behind the counter for some music ? You might want some Diana Ross or Gladys Knight for your convalescing Mum and the shop person gives you Metallica or Stryper.
Mama gonna love you !
I have a friend who once, to make a point to an audience about the believability of an eye-witness, ate the contents of a can of dog food.
It was sickening to behold.
Some time later we were talking about the misapplication of the term 'classical music' and he said his favourite composer was Bach.
He was at a loss as to why I laughed and laughed !
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
I think you might have misunderstood the OP. He was talking about musical tastes, not musical physics.
Folkcafe
Active member
One of my side gigs is working with a DJ that gets hired out of an agency that works with themed events. Catering, decor, costumes the whole bit. This weekend was a 1920's swing theme event for an inaugural ball for a newly elected mayor. I help with lighting design and put together themed play lists for cocktail and diner service. This DJ is really good with crowds but is like some here, locked into what he knows. Some gigs are themed mystery theater in the same 1920's vibe. If you play music that is from this period, you'll likely drive the crowd from the venue. It's not relatable to most people. Still, some great stuff out there that fits the vibe but with modern sensibilities.
Stuff like this and add familiar stuff like Amy Winehouse every so often.
dogooder
Well-known member
I know exactly what he said, meant, and I am basically saying to me it is all the same. I once auditioned for a "Ska" band. I wondered out loud whats the big deal, these are just polkas, boy did they get mad. To me it is all the same, just music. I will now bow out of this conversation and leave you guys to hash it out. I apologize for raining on the parade, good luck to all.
DM60
Well-known member
I will throw in. I am stuck, not of my youth, but of a certain style. For me at least, I have tried to expand my circle, but it is limited. I do like very deliberate music. I am not a blues guy, I don't care for jams, I like music that has thought, arrangement, good production, etc.
Now combine the two, like classical music. The folks who play that, I really appreciate their skill. I do find that in a lot of ways it lacks real emotion. But well recorded and arranged music I have a strong attraction and well written/recorded pop music. In the pop category, it is a strange love affair. While I am not a Taylor fan, I still like pop standards like Jim Croce, Super Tramp, Daniel Boone, Spin Doctors, AIC. You get the picture.
Still looking and try to stay open minded, but I am like Grim, I am still closed minded to a large extent.
Now combine the two, like classical music. The folks who play that, I really appreciate their skill. I do find that in a lot of ways it lacks real emotion. But well recorded and arranged music I have a strong attraction and well written/recorded pop music. In the pop category, it is a strange love affair. While I am not a Taylor fan, I still like pop standards like Jim Croce, Super Tramp, Daniel Boone, Spin Doctors, AIC. You get the picture.
Still looking and try to stay open minded, but I am like Grim, I am still closed minded to a large extent.
LazerBeakShiek
Rad Racing Team
To me..music and teenage love are the same thing. When older it changes and that perfect love is changed . Allowed itself to take hits. Possibly even a little damaged. For better or worse. You take that knowledge and experience and make a better world...even if a little bit numb.
to have the kind of relationship I had with music...I hope you had a lot of girlfriends.
to have the kind of relationship I had with music...I hope you had a lot of girlfriends.
grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
Like all trees are just trees, right ?
Well, there are sometimes overlaps, similarities and common elements within and between certain forms of music.
That could be an indication that you're not really a good listener.
Supercreep
Lizard People
I try to get way outside my comfort zone.
I'm still recording seventies-era proggy music but am drumming in a synthpop/EDM outfit. The "rules" are diametrically opposed to those of rock drumming.
I'm still recording seventies-era proggy music but am drumming in a synthpop/EDM outfit. The "rules" are diametrically opposed to those of rock drumming.
The evolution from late 60s pop into more mature rock and fusion genres was fascinating. Shortly after the Beatles and Beach Boys we had Allman Brothers,Steely Dan, Edgar Winter, Mott the Hoople, Bowie, Zeppelin, Genesis, EW&F to name a few; plus singer-songwriters like James Taylor, Cat Stevens, etc. I'm biased only because I grew up with this music, but I enjoy new music discovery as much as listening to old favorites.
Random dude
Well-known member
I see you only have 2 posts here. Welcome!
LazerBeakShiek
Rad Racing Team
I have been feeling Alienated
on my spaceship alone
Say goodbye to the past leave it all with a laugh
cause you was always right and all alone..
on my spaceship alone
Say goodbye to the past leave it all with a laugh
cause you was always right and all alone..
Thank you Random Dude!I see you only have 2 posts here. Welcome!
Mick Doobie
Resist We Much
I kind of don't have a (self) opinion on this topic. Sometimes I don't want to hear things I've heard before, especially worn out over and over, a shame because it was once a good song and I enjoyed it. Other times It gets on my wick when someone attempts to turn me on to some new music I've never heard. I prefer to discover new music in my own, but I reckon you have to hear it somewhere first. Anyway, no, probably couldnt do that job. It would depend on how much it paid. Whoever said a paying job has to be enjoyable.
^^ all that to say nothing.
This thread does bring to mind, radio back probably ending in the 70s used to be much more "musically adventurous" than it has become, format radio. From Fire & Rain, to R&R Hoochie Coo, Tubular Bells, Gordon Lightfoot, BTO, Engelbert Humperdinck, to that Winter boy with the with the white hair. That was pretty cool.
Oh, and BJ Thomas. I think it might rain.
^^ all that to say nothing.
This thread does bring to mind, radio back probably ending in the 70s used to be much more "musically adventurous" than it has become, format radio. From Fire & Rain, to R&R Hoochie Coo, Tubular Bells, Gordon Lightfoot, BTO, Engelbert Humperdinck, to that Winter boy with the with the white hair. That was pretty cool.
Oh, and BJ Thomas. I think it might rain.
Mick Doobie
Resist We Much
& Tom Jones. And Delta Dawn by that little sassy gal.
Oh yeah, not sure y'all heard. Probably should post it in a different thread.
Did y'all hear the news? Tony Orlando died last night. Yep, found him this morning....
at the crack of dawn.
Oh yeah, not sure y'all heard. Probably should post it in a different thread.
Did y'all hear the news? Tony Orlando died last night. Yep, found him this morning....
at the crack of dawn.
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DM60
Well-known member
You typed that one one a stone tablet,
Mick Doobie
Resist We Much
You typed that one one a stone tablet,
Hah, yeah, old one, huh? Reminiscing back through 70s radio had to give Tony a mention. & Dawn, of course. Could have been more appropriate. Sorry, Mr Orlando.
Buck62
噛んでくれ
I've been addicted to a Japanese all-girl Metal/Hard Rock group for 5 years.
I'd say that's kind of adventurous.