Old school music.

[Darth-Baiter]

Music is a big part of my life. It supports good mental health for me. 
 

I’m not that old, but some of my music is.   Not super old.  Steely Dan.  CSN, Beatles, the Who. I’m rediscovering some older music.  So good!   My wife is not a fan.   Enter Bose noise cancellation headphones. 
 

 

[TnRiver46]

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[volzfan59]

About all I listen to is classic rock and country. The only new music I listen to is red dirt. Majority of the crap out now in both genres is just that.

[Choporoz]

If I were somehow restricted to only music from a single 10 year period,  I'd choose about 1967 to 1976 and be perfectly happy

[Skunkmaster-k]

I been on a Pink Floyd kick here lately. The Wall mostly. 

[MN Fisher]

Growing up in the 60s and 70s...old school music to me is Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, etc

[Darth-Baiter]

1 hour ago, volzfan59 said:

About all I listen to is classic rock and country. The only new music I listen to is red dirt. Majority of the crap out now in both genres is just that.

like women, i like it all. blonde brunettes, etc.

 

i can find music of all genres that i can get behind.  maybe not Jazz.  nope..no jazz.  new age jazz, YUCK!

[roadwarrior]

The Hag

 

 

[N Florida Mike]

I listen mostly to bluegrass , older country, Gospel music, and every now and then  , a Lynyrd Skynyrd song or two…

[12poundbass]

Country from the 70’s to the early to mid 90’s for me. I’m also a big CCR fan. ?

 

There are some good country artists out there currently and thankfully they aren’t mainstream.

[GRiver]

@N Florida Mike I like bluegrass too, but it scares some people . When they hear banjos and your up one of the smaller waterways. Like bear creek or salt run. 
still like some metal too

[Bankbeater]

I like a few of today's artists, but mostly I listen to classic rock from the '60s and '70s.

[DitchPanda]

I'm only 40 but that's my kinda music. Love CSNY and Steely Dan amongst others. One of my favorites is The Doors...grew up on it and I never get sick of it.

[BigAngus752]

Blessed that my wife and I both love music.  We have Alexa with multiple streaming options in multiple rooms, my garage, and SiriusXM in her car. 

[gim]

I listen to a lot of classic rock.  CCR, Seger, Eagles, ACDC, Rolling Stones, The Cars, Fleetwood Mac, a few others.  I also like Metallica and Green Day but I wouldn't consider them to really be "classic rock."

[J Francho]

I got into a yacht rock phase two summers ago that I haven't completely shook off. I think it's pretty widely known here I like some pretty eclectic stuff. Last trip to the vinyl store netted this: 

Chick Corea Akoustic 1987

Weather Report I sing the body electric 1972

Rush Hemispheres 1979

Men at Work business as usual 1982

 

Last trip I picked up all Gil Evans era Miles from the 50s including a mint reissue pressing from the 70s of Porgy and Bess. Time before that, just a Deftones record. 

[Captain Phil]

I like all types of music.  When I was very young, my mother worked in a record store. I remember her showing me my first 45 rpm record with the large hole in the middle and the adapter they used to play them.  She had a small collection of 78s that I listened to as a child.  In the Baptist Church singing was a big part of the service.  In the fifties, I would often fall asleep listening to music on my radio. Early Rock and Roll was great. Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson and the Everly Brothers were my favorites. I never cared much for Elvis, although my sister loved him.  In 1964, a buddy of mine in gym class told me about a new group called The Beatles. Their early songs were some of their best.   The sixties had some of the best music ever.  My favorites were the Moody Blues, The Turtles, The Young Rascals and John Sebastian.  Hard Rock started around that time and I got into Led Zeppelin and the Who.   Country music tells a story, most of it sad.  It's the music of poor people and struggles.  Some of the best lyrics come from country music.  Many of the kids I grew up with lived that life.   In 1966, I went to school in Detroit.  This was during the Motown Era and every bar and club had some famous group playing in it. Eventually I started listening to classic music.  It's amazing how much inspiration it had on modern music.  Hip Hop is not music, it's poetry.  Today, my Sirius Radio has my favorite stations, 60s Gold, Classic Vinyl and Willies Road House. This world can be a pretty depressing place some times, music makes up for it.

[throttleplate]

Growing up in North Dakota in the 60"s I was strictly told to never change the house or garage radio stations or else face heck. So i grew up on country music and had to listen during sunday lunch the polka hour.

Add to that on tv on saturdays the only tv in the house was tuned into the Porter Wagoneer show, Buck Owens, Lawarance Welk and Hee Haw, at least Hee Haw had some woman in it with sexy shorts and tops, that was a blessing.

When i entered high school i changed to rock and bought a car and a Craig cassette deck, back in the 70"s if you listened to country you were considered a loser but i still listen to the old country today.

 

[MN Fisher]

28 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

So i grew up on country music and had to listen during sunday lunch the polka hour.

I'm sorry...

 

28 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

but i still listen to the old country today.

Okay - we can't be friends anymore.

[J Francho]

I actually love polka. 

[Woody B]

Like most people with a few years on them I usually prefer older music.   I read an article once that said the music we're exposed to in our early teens is what we'll like for life.   I was 13 when I attended Lynyrd Skynyrd's last concert....with the original members.   I loved, and still listen to most of the music from the 70's.   I like "some" of the new stuff from various genres but if I'm in a listening mood it's usually old stuff.   

 

I "listen" differently that most.  I don't want music as background noise.  I don't have anything on when I'm working, fishing, ect.  When I listen to music, I listen to music.   I'm a musician.  I don't play as much, or as well as I used to.  For years I'd play a minimum of 4 hours a day.  I can play guitar, bass, violin, banjo, mandolin.  There's a few other instruments I can "entertain" with but I can't "play" them.  For ~15 years I had a part time job in a local studio recording tracks for radio commercials, ect.   The studio engineer was a blind man.  He had a very good ear, and was very demanding.  He made me into a better player.   

 

Added @J Francho  Polka is cool!!!!  but for me it's 15 minute music.  I enjoy listening to it for 15 minutes or so then I'm ready for something else.   

[J Francho]

I used to listen to The Polka Bandstand (local radio show) with my Polish grandmother on Sundays. I got an ear for it. 

[throttleplate]

3 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

I'm sorry...

 

Okay - we can't be friends anymore.

[Darth-Baiter]

today, was early AC/DC stuff.  wow.  

[Mobasser]

17 hours ago, J Francho said:

I actually love polka. 

J Francho, you should Google an old song by Buck Owens, called "Bucks Polka". It was one of his instrumentel songs from the 60s. My dad used to like it. Buck plays some nice guitar, on a sparkle finish Fender.