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05-09-2013, 12:18 PM | #21 (permalink) | |
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05-09-2013, 08:07 PM | #23 (permalink) |
Maelian
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Sometimes I revisit stuff I really loved when I was a teenager, and I sort of feel weird because I start to realize that my taste has changed so significantly. Lyrics I thought were brilliant back then are garbage to me now. Bands I was obsessed with then just seem like any other from their time period. For instance, I was pretty obsessed with The Cars when I was much younger than I am today, and nowadays I can hardly stomach most of their songs.
I went through an 80s glam metal phase, too. I don't understand why anymore. Maybe all teenage girls are just a bunch of horny weirdos or something. Actually, I went through an 80s phase, period. Now I might cruise around once in a while (with the windows up) listening to some 80s cheese if I can tolerate it/if I'm in a really great mood. But for the most part, no. I don't think I'd be into stuff I listened to as a teen if I heard it for the first time today. If my teenage self met my adult self, she'd probably be disappointed. I'm kind of a square, and she always wanted to be interesting/cool.
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05-10-2013, 06:42 AM | #24 (permalink) |
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Nostalgia does play an interesting role. I got into Oasis when I was in 9th grade and I think some music (Oasis included) is easier to like when you're younger as it plays off of teen emotions. You build a love for it around that that still doesn't fade even as you get older. Other music (Linkin Park, Korn) that plays off negative emotions like teen angst/anger may not be looked upon as nostalgically since it played off a negative emotion that you just don't have as you get older.
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05-10-2013, 07:56 AM | #25 (permalink) |
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Definitely. The stuff I listened to as a teenager I still listen to and love now, although sometimes my teenage favorites have disappointed me (I'm looking at you Tegan and Sara), my teenage favorite bands, like The Mountain Goats, The Hold Steady, Sufjan Stevens and the National I still love today, in fact I just got Trouble Will Find Me and I'm so excited to listen to it. I mean I don't like every band I listened to as a teenager anymore, but if I heard them today for the first time I don't think I'd say to myself "these guys suck, how could I have thought they were good at some point?"
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05-12-2013, 10:35 PM | #26 (permalink) | |
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Other than that I don't think I would have been so into Uriah Heep and Canned Heat if I listened to them now.
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