Posted on 12/02/2021 7:26:02 AM PST by dmam2011
As I’ve grown older, I’ll often hear people my age say things like “they just don’t make good music like they used to.”
Why does this happen?
Luckily, my background as a psychologist has given me some insights into this puzzle.
We know that musical tastes begin to crystallize as early as age 13 or 14. By the time we’re in our early 20s, these tastes get locked into place pretty firmly.
In fact, studies have found that by the time we turn 33, most of us have stopped listening to new music. Meanwhile, popular songs released when you’re in your early teens are likely to remain quite popular among your age group for the rest of your life.
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Who says old people hate new music?
I’ve gone the other way, learning to appreciate the music from my parents’ era that hadn’t appealed to me growing up, plus some Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw.
Because it sucks?
I agree. Once I discovered el Rushbo and sports talk radio I stopped listening to most new music.
But why? The author answered ‘when’.
The psychological aspects are certainly worth taking seriously.
But it also may be a factor that the music industry has been sucking for well over 20 years.
Interesting. Mostly true, but not with all music heard. Some modern music does have a nice flavor to it, but most of it is trash and a lot of screaming, yelling and noise compared to the actual MUSIC I remember in my younger years.
“Why do old people hate new music?”
Because it sucks.
Sincerely,
Old People
Why do old people hate new music?
Haven’t any new music in years. But I have heard a lot of noise.
That didn’t really happen to me for music. I still discover new artists that I can enjoy very much, but I still of course listen to most of the jams I favored as a younger man. Right now I’m enjoying the voice of Dylan McDermott.
I’m always discovering great new and older music I have never heard before. It’s almost a hobby. You gotta go looking for it.
I see that you guys have this issue nailed, and I do not need to duplicate your efforts. Carry on!
I never stopped exploring musically. Which is great. Lots of great new music. Not to mention “old” music I missed along the way. I just have the addiction. And work in a situation where I can listen to music all day.
Of course, that is just my opinion, and a large part of my life experiences.
I just prefer to not hear THUMP-THUMP-SCREECH Oooga Booga Kill Cops Hoes that could have been created in the jungle 10,000 years ago. If you can call that crap “music.”
Innovation in music exploded in the late 50s, the 60s, and the early 70s. After that, there was little new. Even in that era, bands had to win over Big Music to get any distribution and radio airtime. You were forced to listen to what THEY wanted you to listen to. I remember this mold just starting to break in 1968 when I discovered K-SHE FM “underground” FM in St. Louis. You got to hear a lot of music that never would see the light of day on the Top 40 format. The Top 40 music was mostly lowest-common-denominator crap.
With the advent of Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, Qobuz, Tidal, Deezer, Amazon Music, etc, it has become so easy to find music from new bands that you like.
My musical tastes have evolved a lot. I just don’t enjoy listening to the hard rock / psychedelic rock I enjoyed as a teen.
My adult daughter called my music ‘fogey music’....... Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Moody Blues, etc.
Then one day she discovered THE BEATLES..................................
I’ll take “Because it sucks” for $1,000, Alex
Thats cuz all the “music” in the last 25 years sucks
Its over produced, none of the singer/bands today know how to play a musical instrument
Everything is done in a studio where individual tracks are recorded then mixed
Most of the “live concerts” are simply playbacks when the band and singers mime their way through
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