Music Forum / How has your musical taste 'changed' over time?

other than a select few people, i'm pretty much alone when it comes to my music taste (and i mean like people i'm around, in school, etc.).

I listen to most screamo, but I really like The Devil Wears Prada, We Came As Romans, and A Day To Remember.

And, while I don't consider them as screamo, Emerosa is freaking great, if you listen to them.

a day to remember isn't really screamo, i mean kinda but yeah.
do you like bring my the horizon, norma jean, confide, or anything like that?

confide= <33

some of the nicest dudes on the planet.



bmth= 8===D

Confide is grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.

Norma Jean is alright, not a huge fan though. BMTH is easily in my top ten.

yeah, i'm pumped for their upcoming album.

i got to hear a preview of it a while back, and its incredible.


but i'm actually looking forward more to new Circa Survive:]]
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they just need to hurry up!

re: Audioslave, I dunno it's all just pretty unappealing to me at this point, along with POD, Creed, Nickelback (okay that's not fair at all). Point is, I'll probably never be inclined to give them a listen again.

this screamo discussion. it makes me sad.

then: five iron frenzy
now: bach?

confide= <33

bmth= 8===D

basically, yeah.

I really didn't listen to much music up until college, really. By sophomore year of college, I couldn't walk the 5 min to class without my iPod.

Started off with a lot of pop punk music dabbled with all sorts of rock. These days I listen to damn near everything I can get my hands on. I'm real into trip hop and ska at the moment.

haha. i know a guy whose license plate says 'skasome.' it owns.

Funny, i make a topic about music and I havn't heard of most artists named so far xD

*311
*sting
*prog rock, at the drive in
*indie, jade tree records, saddle creek records, early emo, kanye west
*glitch, electronic, minimal techno, ambient, marvin gaye, curtis mayfield
*popular hip hop, stones throw records
*disco, blog hip hop, modern funk, 80's cheese

phases off the top of my head. stuck on the last one now.

at the drive in

i miss those guys:[

this screamo discussion. it makes me sad.

QFT

Basically once or twice a year I find out there's a genre I thought I hated that I actually like. The only one left is country.

Country isn't good. Western is often fantastic, as is Bluegrass, but there's nothing about country that can save it that doesn't turn it into one of those two (imo).

Ride6

Well I do doubt I'll like country as a whole, but I'm sure I'm eventually going to appreciate the more obscure stuff- as with most music.

I started to listen to music that my father listened to, some progressive rock bands like Yes and Genesis and the '80s new wave scene, and some nice Belgian rock bands like dEUS. Then it evolved to all kinds of rock. Like two years ago I grew into indie and alternative rock. Nowadays I listen to classic and psychedelic rock too, and Oasis of course.

Country isn't good. Western is often fantastic, as is Bluegrass, but there's nothing about country that can save it that doesn't turn it into one of those two (imo).

Ride6

Hmm, that's an interesting comment. I think I see what you mean -- there are redeeming qualities musically which can perhaps be broken down to southern roots music influences. For instance what the Dixie Chicks do is pretty good I think -- traditional bluegrass instruments with pop inspired vocal harmonies. It's not an original idea, but it's done well.

So then I suppose it depends what your definition of country is. The genre does seem like one gigantic cliche: Storytelling based songs (usually about lost love) with particular vocal inflections and traditional instrument arrangements. But from a certain distance, a lot of genres really break down into rehashed cliches. Indie rock = modern takes on the Beatles (choose your favorite period). Hip Hop = rapping about how rapping made you rich and life was tough before over 2/4 beats and synth loops, or lately auto-tune. You can go on and on with that type of thing. But you have to dig in a little bit to find where the genuine music separates itself from the imitation.

The same is probably true of country music. There are genuine artists out there that sing and perform in that style which probably have something to say which is worth hearing. Willie Nelson perhaps as one example that comes to mind. That kind of music is worth the effort of getting to know if you have time for it. The hard part is that outside observers like you and I who didn't grow up with that musical tradition are going to have a tough time finding the real artists in that genre because the whole music industry is so flooded with imitation and commercialism.

It's the same with every genre. It takes time to get enough exposure in that genre to learn the cliches and sort out where your preferences lie. Almost everyone has likes and dislikes in the genres they listen to. "Indie Rock" -- I love The National, can't stand Vampire Weekend. Hip Hop -- Mos Def, the Roots, k-os, One-Bo-Lo are all artists I respect but I don't really follow whatever's popular so I couldn't tell you what's terrible. But you know, just turn on the radio and you'll find it. As a musician and a songwriter you've got a better ear than most for what constitutes a genuine artistic achievement.

Or maybe you're right. Maybe country music is just all crap.

I started off with bands like Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, really bad rock music, and the trip-hop and electronica my mum listened to while I grew up with bands such as Massive Attack.

I then moved onto Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys etc, and still enjoy them on occasion. Around this time I discovered Absolution by Muse, and that got me into a deeper style of music, and I began listening to Radiohead, Mars Volta, Arcade Fire and more alternative rock.

When I moved to Australia, I ended up in a group of metalheads and went through a phase of liking their music, but it never lasted that long. In 2005, I discovered raving and clubbing and hardstyle/hard trance became my thing. This is still what I listen to mainly, but its become something I listen to a lot less these days as I've grown up and out of the rave scene.

Nowadays, I love drum & bass, dubstep, fidget house and Australian hip-hop, and I've gotten back into all the bands I used to love like Radiohead, Placebo etc. but its still mainly music I can dance too.