"The" Bruce Dickinson?
Posted on 04/24/2015 7:16:06 PM PDT by Squawk 8888
For all of us, we have a musical sweet spot in our lives. It happens roughly between the ages of 14 and 24, from the time we enter high school to the time life begins to intrude with its demands of jobs, mortgages and families. During that period, almost nothing is more important to us than music. It not only becomes a personal obsession but something we use to proclaim our identity to the rest of the world.
But after about 24, we just don’t have the time (and often the interest) to indulge in our musical passions as much as we used to. Instead of spending hours seeking out what’s new and cool, we begin to fall back on the music of our youth for enjoyment, relaxation and comfort. New music just doesn’t do it for us anymore. We might even find ourselves saying “Music today isn’t anywhere as good as it used to be when I was young!” Then you go and yell at some kids on your lawn.
This is totally natural. Every generation has the biological right to believe that the music of their youth is the greatest music of all time. We also have a biological right (or at least a predilection) to have a musical mid-life crisis. The Guardian reports:
Some encouragement for all the 42-year-olds suddenly getting into Rihanna or Rudimental: at least your midlife crisis is less dangerous than buying an unsuitably-powerful motorbike.
Streaming music service Spotify has identified 42 as the age when many of its users rediscover the joys of current pop music, as part of research into how their tastes mature over time.
“During the teenage years, we embrace music at the top of the charts more than at any other time in our lives. As we grow older, our taste in music diverges sharply from the mainstream up to age 25, and a bit less sharply after that,” explained the company on its Insights blog.
“We’re starting to listen to ‘our’ music, not ‘the’ music. Music taste reaches maturity at age 35. Around age 42, music taste briefly curves back to the popular charts — a musical midlife crisis and attempt to harken back to our youth, perhaps?”
Be careful who you get in bed with.
Don’t sell your soul at the crossroads, fame ain’t worth it
Very nice very tasty!
Funny, but true: for the many years, it thought the lead singer of Creedence had a speech impediment.
Only much later did my younger brother clue me in he was trying to sound Cajun, or something.
When you hear stuff you rocked out to as a yoot playing on Muzak or in the elevator.
Best Black Sabbath tune ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjUIP2ugG4
There’s only one man could ever touch Ronnie Dio vocals and that’s Bruce Dickenson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asJftWVQud0
I’m right there with ya. I’m still stuck in doo-wop - both eras.
I’ve actually regressed back to Sinatra. Drove my granddaughter nuts, until she heard “High Hopes”.
Life is good.
Listening to ‘Never Mind The Bollocks” and realizing that it’s pretty mellow and downright cheery compared to the last Opeth and Dream Theater albums I bought, to say nothing of the stuff I write.
"The" Bruce Dickinson?
3 of my favorite groups are fictional: Spinal Tap, Strange Fruit, and Steel Dragon.
I’m having mine at 50-”ish.” I’m studying theory in-depth and just bought an Epi ES-339 to fool around with.
I’m enjoying Dave Stewart’s books on music. They don’t cover everything, but they are informative and amusing.
http://www.davebarb.demon.co.uk/dsbgbook.html
I pretty much listened to rock in high school, but one day I came across these guys on TV and I was just mesmerized..Been a huge Metheny fan ever since, he and Lyle Mays are just amazing together.
Pat Metheny Group - San Lorenzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsj226JkHQ0
I was lucky, I got to see/hear ballet, opera and my favorite the symphony when I was very young. Often.
Did not appreciate that until my late 30’s.
Now its beat jazz, classical and baseball on the radio.
agree. just before 50. at 48 I tired of classic rock. that was a big deal.
I'm a boomer and I can't stand music from that era. Give me Lady Gaga and OneRepublic any day of the week. The Pulse, Sirius/XM Channel 15 is what I normally listen to.
There are very good young artists, every bit as good as the better artists of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
I like Adele and Rihanna. I like Elton John and Michael Bolton. I like classical music. I love to surf youtube and find new music.
I think I have always loved a variety of music. It would be boring to keep listening to the same things that I listened to in junior high.
That rocked.
Sounds a little like The Glasspack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WKCimIoL9k
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