I just don't get it!! I know everyone has different tastes but...

[Conall]

The Black Eyed Peas were good until they let a girl start singing with them in my opinion.

I cant stand poppy R&B bullshit myself, but I don't try to throw my opinions about music on people that do. I'm sure there are a lot of people who don't like deep techy house, and think it all sounds the same, just like my opinion of chart R&B.

nah man fergie was with them for ages before they went shit, she can actually sing despite her vocal performances in any of their recent records. They just sold out, simple as

[exokinetic]

Great post!

Very stimulating.

[dodge]

Can anyone even begin to explain the part about why oldies can't except new music? I just can't even begin to imagine hitting a certain age and that being a cut off point for me and only listening to music up to that particular era. I refuse to let it happen. I think I will always want to hear new things. Even if I don't I will force myself to give new music a chance.

I just came back from a season in spain and 99% of the bars in the area I was living in was pure cover singers singing the same old shit for the oldies on holiday. I just can't comprehend going on a 2 week holiday only to sit in bars listening to the same classic 40's, 50's and 60's music night after night. No matter what age I am, I think I'd sooner hang myself then get to that stage.

And it's not like these oldies check out one bar and do other shit for the rest of the holiday. Some of em where telling me shit like "Ooh, we watched the Four Tops tribute at that other place and it was dreadful, then we saw a different Four Tops tribute at that new place and it was wonderful, think we're probably going back there tonight". I mean what the fuck? Don't they get bored of hearing the same shit they've probably been listening to since the Four Tops were in their hay day? It baffles me.

Look at someone like John Peel. Before he passed away he played the most current shit. For an old boy he did well on playing fresh music. (Well you never know he might have just been doing it cos he was getting paid, for all we know he could have been sitting in the studio when ever a new track was playing saying "what the fuck are kids listening to these days?"). But still if he played what he did cos he was genuine, which Im sure he was, why is it he could stand new music and my dad for example, who is the same age as John Peel was when he died can't listen to anything but smooth jazz? I played my dad some dubstep in his car one time, just to see what his reaction would be. I think 6 seconds was as long as I got out of him before he told me to turn it off. Why can't he even listen and try except it for what it is, even if it's not to his tastes?

I personally don't like the band Cradle Of Filth, but if someone said check out this new tune by em, I could happily listen to a whole track and come to my own conclusions. Play it to a 70 year old biddy and she will literally instantly cover her ears and screw her face up like she's scared out of her wits. At the end of the day it's just sounds, sonic frequencies. It amazes me how that works.

I would love to get a group of old fogeys, and do a serious scientific study as to why they refuse to listen to new styles of music. Like play different and various genres and narrow down exactly what frequencies and sonics within the music makes it unacceptable for them to enjoy.

[dodge]

Great post!

Very stimulating.

It's kinda like one of those "what's the meaning of life?" theories. Don't think it could ever be explained.