posted April 01, 2013 03:54 PM            

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Originally posted by Dee:
i noticed that myself.i don't even watch any music awards shows anymore because i don't know any of it.

I hear some more now because my daughter is a teen. one direction,lady gaga,never shout never rebecca black and so on

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I feel so out of touch with today's music, wondering whats going to happen when I have a kid and he/she listens to certain tunes lol. I grew up during the period of grunge music, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, etc...so I guess it will be considered 'old people' music to them lol.

posted April 01, 2013 03:56 PM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:
Maybe. I think some new music still filters through to me. I listen to Pandora a lot, and it's always testing new songs out on me.

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posted April 01, 2013 04:35 PM            

MTV is just a garbled mess of Reality TV junk these days. Even VH1 isn't playing a lot of "music videos" anymore. Kinda sad.

But I agree with this concept. I am 32 and although I still do listen to SOME new music if I happen to catch it on my local favorite station, I am more prone to appreciate what I listened to in my "heyday". I do NOT, however, dress as I did when I was younger.

posted April 01, 2013 05:26 PM            

I can't help but notice how many radios play older stuff decades old along with the newer ('course boomers would be a significant audience for most of them, and I think more cater specifically to boomers than to Gen Y).

I'm slowing down on movies a bit as well, but then so many movies are remakes even when they don't claim to be so they seem a lot less inspired with age (and after seeing the tropes/themes repeated a millions times). So who knows, maybe in another 10 years (I'm 30 now) I'll have little to do with it.

I'm still keeping up, however. Curiosity makes it so, and I imagine I'll always be at least a little curious. Plenty of older people keep up with TV, but maybe that's cheap and easy enough to keep up with (as opposed to going to the cinema).

Oh, yes...I knew a woman in about her 60s who saw Tomb Raider with me. While she liked it overall (to her it was original as she's never been a big movie watcher, and having a heroine like that was surreal and scandalously funny to her) she said it "moved too fast" and I had to sum up certain parts. However, I don't think it's because her mind has slowed down (as she's very quick mentally), I think that may be a generational thing. I notice that the older the movie the slower it usually goes...I recall when me and a bunch of friends who had heard how awesome the black & white Dracula was made an event of watching it and it was the biggest flop for us, just one of the reasons being how SLOW and how EXPLAINED (even Dracula illogically explained why his enemies should listen to Van Helsing) everything was to the point it was absurd to us. And that's not necessarily a dig, mind you, I like how people back then were EXPECTED to have an attention span, but it does show people processed info differently back then, and I can see someone of that generation having a problem keeping up with an action movie based on a video game like Tomb Raider today. And I can see how all the eye candy at the expense of a story (as many of our movies today are compared to those made decades ago) would alienate a lot of older people from wanting to see them (and I can think of other peripheral factors that would discourage older people from going, too).

posted April 01, 2013 09:02 PM            

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Originally posted by libraschoice77:
Is it me or does it seem when we hit a certain age we just stop paying any attention to newer music or movies? When we are in our late teens and 20s we cant get enough of what's new and the current music trends...but once we get to be about 35-40 years of age we just stop noticing anything newer/updated lol. It's like we become stuck in a certain era that we grew up with, and nothing else really changes it.

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posted April 02, 2013 11:35 AM            

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Originally posted by ghanima81:
NEVER switch on MTV to find out cool music! LOL A better bet is Pandora, or Youtube.

MTV is just a garbled mess of Reality TV junk these days. Even VH1 isn't playing a lot of "music videos" anymore. Kinda sad.

But I agree with this concept. I am 32 and although I still do listen to SOME new music if I happen to catch it on my local favorite station, I am more prone to appreciate what I listened to in my "heyday". I do NOT, however, dress as I did when I was younger.

Egads.

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posted April 02, 2013 11:44 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
I think the music thing is happening to me. I used to BUDGET for new CDs, but it's very rare I add to my collection anymore (or bothered much with mp3s). And it's just not anywhere as important or therapeutic as it used to be. Now it's books (or writing).

I can't help but notice how many radios play older stuff decades old along with the newer ('course boomers would be a significant audience for most of them, and I think more cater specifically to boomers than to Gen Y).

I'm slowing down on movies a bit as well, but then so many movies are remakes even when they don't claim to be so they seem a lot less inspired with age (and after seeing the tropes/themes repeated a millions times). So who knows, maybe in another 10 years (I'm 30 now) I'll have little to do with it.

I'm still keeping up, however. Curiosity makes it so, and I imagine I'll always be at least a little curious. Plenty of older people keep up with TV, but maybe that's cheap and easy enough to keep up with (as opposed to going to the cinema).

Oh, yes...I knew a woman in about her 60s who saw Tomb Raider with me. While she liked it overall (to her it was original as she's never been a big movie watcher, and having a heroine like that was surreal and scandalously funny to her) she said it "moved too fast" and I had to sum up certain parts. However, I don't think it's because her mind has slowed down (as she's very quick mentally), I think that may be a generational thing. I notice that the older the movie the slower it usually goes...I recall when me and a bunch of friends who had heard how awesome the black & white Dracula was made an event of watching it and it was the biggest flop for us, just one of the reasons being how SLOW and how EXPLAINED (even Dracula illogically explained why his enemies should listen to Van Helsing) everything was to the point it was absurd to us. And that's not necessarily a dig, mind you, I like how people back then were EXPECTED to have an attention span, but it does show people processed info differently back then, and I can see someone of that generation having a problem keeping up with an action movie based on a video game like Tomb Raider today. And I can see how all the eye candy at the expense of a story (as many of our movies today are compared to those made decades ago) would alienate a lot of older people from wanting to see them (and I can think of other peripheral factors that would discourage older people from going, too).

And btw, my cousin juryrigged a dvd player into Granny's (very old) TV about 2 years ago and she thought it was an eyesore as she didn't know what she'd do with it...so I sent her a copy of The Last Unicorn and now she's ok with her dvd player. Granted, it's 1982, but she says she loved it and watched it more than once. I'm thinking of sending her more modern movies to see how she likes them, too...hmph, I should get my cousin to have her see the Firefly dvds...being that Granny is cynical of the law and thinks Bonnie & Clyde are actually heroes I bet she'd love it!

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posted April 02, 2013 12:00 PM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
I was born in 1991 and I appreciate music from the 70s -late 90s the most.

The 90s was a golden age for country
the 70s through the late 90s had the best rock.
I also have an obsession with 80s music, i just love the sound. out of all the decades of music 80s music stands out the most.

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posted April 02, 2013 12:07 PM            

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Originally posted by libraschoice77:
Is it me or does it seem when we hit a certain age we just stop paying any attention to newer music or movies? When we are in our late teens and 20s we cant get enough of what's new and the current music trends...but once we get to be about 35-40 years of age we just stop noticing anything newer/updated lol. It's like we become stuck in a certain era that we grew up with, and nothing else really changes it.

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Originally posted by Lexxigramer:
I guess I am an odd one.
I never was a teen or twenty something who cared about what was new or current trends.
Hate being a sheepie.
I will march to my own drummer thank you.
I go for what I like and not what is trendy or popular at any time in my life to date.
So my likes and dislikes are mine not what society thought I should be into in my teens and twenties,
nor my thirties, forties, fifties, and soon to be sixties and onward.
Sure it weirds some folks out, but hey;
I can usually get on with anyone of any age because I am flexible.
My son went to see Arlo Guthrie in concert.
Arlo was from my generation.
So like me, my son also crosses generations and all for music and movie likes.
Well, lol; music back 100s of years.
Why limit oneself to a time frame?
Why bother catering to the trendy?
Boring boring boring stagnation and or sheepiness herd mentality ewwwwwww.

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posted April 02, 2013 12:12 PM            

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Originally posted by somethingexcellent:
Well actually...! There's a chemical or hormone or something in your brain whose production levels drop as you get older, and that chemical/hormone allows you to like more things in tandem with how much of it there is. So as you get older, the chemical levels lower, and you begin to like new things less and less.

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posted April 02, 2013 12:16 PM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:
I agree. MTV is a mess. YouTube is a good option for getting similar music. Amazon is also good. They see that you like whichever artist, and make suggestions based on that.

Grunge made me miss the 80's, but many times since that period we've had various bands that kind of harken back to the 80's.

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posted April 02, 2013 05:15 PM            

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Originally posted by libraschoice77:
That's good that you were able to go your own way with things you enjoyed and you didn't let anyone sway you. Unique quality is admirable in a person it means they're not afraid to be themselves. But a lot of people want to follow or feel it's the right thing to do by going with the flow. Monkey see monkey do frame of mind if you ask me.

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It is NOT always easy being accepted when true to self.
People can and do become very rude, up to violent even.

Know, Love, and Be Yourself!

It is worth it!
Your soul needs that self acceptance.

posted April 02, 2013 07:42 PM            

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Originally posted by libraschoice77:
Is it me or does it seem when we hit a certain age we just stop paying any attention to newer music or movies? When we are in our late teens and 20s we cant get enough of what's new and the current music trends...but once we get to be about 35-40 years of age we just stop noticing anything newer/updated lol. It's like we become stuck in a certain era that we grew up with, and nothing else really changes it.

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I've noticed it too. Even with myself. I don't think it's that people get "stuck", but they enjoy the music they know, have come to appreciate, know the lyrics too, remind them of old times etc.

I'm like AG in that new music finds me while listening to Pandora or something like it. I will jot down an artist or band's name I like and have never heard of before and look into them, but mostly already have such a wide variety of music I love that I prefer listening to it and it never gets boring.