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Why do old people hate new music?
The Clarksvillian ^ | December 2, 2021 | Frank T. McAndrew

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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KEYWORDS: badmusic; classic; devilsmusic; homosexualagenda; music; noise; radio; rock
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To: wbarmy

Actually gospel music has gone through some major revolutions, you just gotta be going to the right churches to find out. There was the big black gospel movement that started in the 1920s. Then the southern gospel run which was basically bringing black gospel styles into white churches in the 60s. Then Christian country which started in the 50s but really gained traction in the 80s peaking in popularity in the 90s. The 90s saw a big explosion of Christian rock.

Sure the very old style “traditional” churches are still throwing around 200 year old hymns. But that’s a small section of what’s going on out there.


161 posted on 12/02/2021 10:22:07 AM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: Lazamataz

Give them time. As a kid I despised “The Beatles.” As a 42 year old, I think they are pretty good.


162 posted on 12/02/2021 10:22:47 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: millenial4freedom

Great album choice.

There’s an absolutely stellar band from Russia that does covers of Chicago and other horn bands.

Many believe they play better than Chicago, and man do they put on an awesome concert. We recently drove 400 miles each way to see them perform.

Leonidandfriends.band


163 posted on 12/02/2021 10:22:51 AM PST by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR)
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To: Bonemaker
“Why do old people hate new music?” Because it sucks. Sincerely, Old People

Ain't that the truth?

Sincerely, Another Old Person

164 posted on 12/02/2021 10:27:59 AM PST by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: discostu

I agree, but every single one of those churches you talked about would understand and know any of those old songs once they started singing them. Even the Christian rock churches have hymnals hanging around and know those songs.

And having been in churches all around the world, in at least five different languages, they know those songs also. I have sung and heard those three in Ukraine, In Sierra Leone, in Germany, etc.


165 posted on 12/02/2021 10:31:26 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: dmam2011

As any musical theorist worth their salt knows, music history is like a mountain. The peak was reached around 1968 or 1969. It’s been trending down ever since.


166 posted on 12/02/2021 10:31:52 AM PST by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: wbarmy

Classics stick around for a variety of reasons. But the persistence of Homer doesn’t mean story telling has changed.


167 posted on 12/02/2021 10:33:37 AM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: EvilCapitalist

“While my guitar gently weeps.”

IMHO, the greatest single moment in guitar history was when Prince started jamming that song with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, and Dhani Harriso was, in the words of everyone there, Epic.


168 posted on 12/02/2021 10:36:03 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: dmam2011

I stopped listening to “pop” music when the singing started to sound exactly like a young woman I once shared a labor room with. Add in today’s rasp and screech, and I’m done.
Today’s singing style is senseless and chaotic, and contributes nothing to the music industry or society. Put bluntly, it is nothing more than the wail and whine of a self-pitying spoiled child, and has absolutely nothing to do with talent.


169 posted on 12/02/2021 10:37:13 AM PST by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

How are you on Nine Inch Nails?


170 posted on 12/02/2021 10:43:45 AM PST by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: Lazamataz

I kind of liked them when I was younger, but haven’t listened to them in years.


171 posted on 12/02/2021 10:48:40 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: Lazamataz

The only song of theirs I remember is “Closer.”


172 posted on 12/02/2021 10:54:06 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: CommerceComet

On the bright side, there’s still a lot of superb jazz musicians out there. Even at that though, a lot of the music is their contemporary take on old standards.

On the pop side, I can’t hardly have some kind of audio playing without stumbling on “old” music (ie 50’s through 90’s). I conclude that era is still extremely popular across a broad range of ages.

Yours truly


173 posted on 12/02/2021 10:57:05 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: EvilCapitalist; Dr. Sivana

“Blackbird” is also a good track on that album.


174 posted on 12/02/2021 11:00:44 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: EvilCapitalist

There is a song Trent Reznor wrote, called “Every Day Is Exactly The Same”, that describes the Fascism we are living in today.

It’s brilliant.


175 posted on 12/02/2021 11:02:23 AM PST by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: kosciusko51
“Blackbird” is also a good track on that album.

Sure. But for every "Blackbird", there is a "Wild Honey Pie", "Revolution #9" and "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?". Get "Blackbird" on a compilation set.
176 posted on 12/02/2021 11:03:26 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: dmam2011

Because it isn’t music.


177 posted on 12/02/2021 11:05:26 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: dmam2011
generally its true...however, I run across a song now and then from within in the last few yrs and enjoy it immensely...

and I listen to some of the music from the late 60's and early 70's and think how terrible it was...."Jeremiah was a bullfrog" and "dizzy" are examples...

178 posted on 12/02/2021 11:11:46 AM PST by cherry
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To: dmam2011

Personally I find music these days uninspired and frankly boring. I am a child of the 80s and still think it was the best music.


179 posted on 12/02/2021 11:15:19 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: njslim

To be honest the band at my church are better live singers than most popular bands are now when they do live concerts. I really like Hillsong United. Some beautiful voices from down under.


180 posted on 12/02/2021 11:17:59 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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