Evolution of music.

Started by You're Gonna Go Far Kid! April 2nd, 2010 9:11 PM
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Everybody goes through stages of musical taste. Certain things come and go in your life, and you're on the hunt for a soundtrack to coincide with your life's highs and their complementary lows.

When I first listened to music, I was really into Green Day and other mainstream rock. Then bad things started going on so I listened to more emo things... Lots of Linkin Park and Atreyu. Things in my life started looking up and now I hardly like rock anymore. I'm more into alternative, and recently i've been listening to more female artists (Lady Gaga, Shakira, Beyonce).

And you?
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Usually when I am into someone, I always will be. The only artists that I have phases with are rappers or rock bands. Im a Pop lover though and I find it heaven in this genre because there is always something new. I always have Beyonce, Gaga, or the Gorillaz to run to though when I am having trouble finding good music.

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Up until about just when I turned twelve I didn't really have a defined music taste. I'd basically listen to whatever my parents listened to or whatever was on the radio. My favourite bands were Green Day and Good Charlotte *shudder* and also the Doobie Brothers. Basically, listened to anything from Don McLean to Kelly Clarkson.

Got a music taste around when I turned twelve, when I started listening to some emo music. First album I ever bought was Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance (mind you, this is actually a good album, despite the Black Parade making me embarrassed to be an MCR fan). Some death metal came along but to be honest I was listening to that for the image, not because I liked it and grew out of it quickly. My favourite bands at this point were My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Taking Back Sunday, The Living End and Avenged Sevenfold.

Towards the end of 2005 I began to get into classic rock music. I listened to a lot of Led Zeppelin, Queen and AC/DC type music during this time. I also discovered The Black Keys, a blues rock duo who proceeded to be my favourite band for the next almost three years. This and I started listening to more acoustic stuff like Jack Johnson and Pete Murray. During 2006 I got into the Sex Pistols, The Ramones and basically just the punk genre. I was also listening to bands like The Arctic Monkeys, and some indie stuff like Phoenix and I Heart Hiroshima. Towards the end of this year I got into grunge etc. and grew out of a lot of the emo bands I use to listen to (only a select two or three remain in my music library). I was now listening to a fair bit of Nirvana, Mudhoney, Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam. This was also around the time when I began listening to blues music (after seeing Buddy Guy live in concert).

It was June of 2008 when I heard the song Incinerate by Sonic Youth. That was the exact sound I'd been craving subconsciously for ages, and it was like my ears had been opened up to a new level of listening to music. I listened to this song just about non-stop for two weeks. An onslaught of bands followed - Broken Social Scene, Metric, Blonde Redhead, it was overwhelming. Sonic Youth took the place as my favourite band from The Black Keys who had held it for over two years and are still my favourite band today.

Last year, 2009, my music taste further expanded. I started listening to some modern folky sort of music like Lisa Mitchell and Angus & Julia Stone. I've always had a thing for jazz throughout my life but only now I actually listened to it a fair bit. Also got into math rock, such as The Edmund Fitzgerald, Lite and Toe. Also when I first got into Foals, who have turned out to be an amazing band. I actually first got their record at the end of 2008 but didn't find it accessible enough until after I had listened to The Edmund Fitzgerald. Also got into Explosions In The Sky and other post-rocky sort of bands throughout the first half of this year. Second half of the year was much just listening to the same thing.

Nowadays I'm listening to lots of genres, and listening to generally a lot of stuff, ranging from no wave to indie to blues to hardcore to experimental etc. Since about mid-2006 I've had a fairly open mind when it comes to music so it was only a matter of time before I got into all this amazing post rock and folk music, so I'm sure my music taste will continue to expand. However, I'm loving the music at the moment, and I've not once been bored with any indie/alternative sort of music, so I'd have to say that's my favourite genre.

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Wow, this totally happened to me. At first, I would always say that a person's taste would always change throughout his or her's life, but I would always avoid the reason why. I guess that all this time, music has been a mirror to my personality, feelings, emotions, and thought.

When I first listened to music, it was Cambodian music. Yeah, it's practically what one would only hear in my country. Well, as soon as I moved to America, I began listening to American tracks. I immediately discontinued listening to any Cambodian songs after that. It was as if I moved on towards another chapter of my life.

At age 11, I started Middle School. Culture blasted itself into my soul the moment I took the first step out of the bus. I began to listen to video-game music and a lot of techno tracks, because some of my former friends was also listening to it. Anyways, throughout my 6th grade year, I was humiliateed to no ends. In a way, I blamed my lifestyle, which included the music I was listening to.

For the rest of 7th grade, I progressed to mainstream and indie rock, emo, heavy metal, and grunge music. My life then was depressing, and I ever thought about was a way to get rid of the pain. The songs they singed was pleasing to my soul. I had hope; it continued pushing me to find a better life.

8th grade, I finally found a better life. I abandoned most of my heavy metal bands for more pop singers. It was all my friends ever listened to. I was afraid that if they saw bands like Alice Cooper, Black Sabbeth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc. on my iTunes, they wouldn't like them anymore.

Eventually, I finally stopped listening to my friend's song and started finding my own. Nowadays, I listen to Korean Pop, Pop, Alternative Rock, Pop Punk, Rap, Hip-Hop, Country (Taylor Swift), and R&B. I listen to everything else to a much lesser extent. I am not sad anymore, and my life has been promising lately. I, too, have began listening to more female singers lately. I started listening to Techno, Electronic, and Trance again. Heavy Metal bands such as Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and Metallica appeals to me. For once, I feel that I am finally at peace, so is my musical taste.
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When I was younger, I listened to good music that was mainstream at the time, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kasabian, Gorillaz, Daft Punk. I still enjoy these artists, but I just don't listen to them as much anymore. Then when I became a super internet nerd I discovered a lot more bands and now I listen to a load of weird crap. Massive Attack, Burzum, Skinny Puppy, The Mars Volta & The Velvet Underground to name a few.
So I've only really been through "two stages."
Unova
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Posted April 19th, 2011
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13.1 Years
When I was a kid, I used to listen to nothing but Oasis, Spice Girls and Frankie Goes to Hollywood :D

I went down the pop route for years after that- S Club 7, Steps, some radio rock like Limp Biskit. Then I got into classic rock and metal- AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Metallica etc.

Right now I mostly like stuff from the 70s I find on Youtube. I'll listen to most anything except most modern pop.