i like rock music .over the last five years i have started to like opera.is it normal tochange in your 40s?
363399
It doesn't matter what we used to like and dislike when we were younger. All that matters is what we like and dislike now. I also used to hate classical music but now I love Russell Watson and Vangelis, and I used to love things like SLade and Black Sabbath but now I'm not so keen.
486648
ALL music.\nEven though I find most disco and a lot of rap is full of cr*p, I'll even listen and find something to enjoy there.\nStill, rock (in all its various forms), classical (um, NO opera, please), country and definitly the blues with a bit of jazz on the side round out my plate for an audio feast.\nAnd as the saying goes: if its too LOUD, you're too OLD!
739972
Sorry friend but your generation is being assimulated by mine.\n\nVery few new stuff seems to be prominent. Lots of stuff from 80s and earlier.\n\nWe just don't want to give you a voice.
1098269
It is perfectly normal,  I was 15!  Thank your lucky stars!!!!!  I know its hard to be different, but it isn't something that you really want.
1162646
Most of the time I listen to metal or rock, occasionally classical (Beethoven, Prokofiev, Wagner), and once in a while a few jumpin' Big Bands era tunes (Glenn Miller, Andrews Sisters).\n\nMy favorites are: Metallica, Godsmack, Alice in Chains, Megadeth, Queensryche...
341205
No, but it's not a particularly imaginative genre, either.  While I'm blissfully ignorant of the current scene, the trend of "MOR" (middle of the road) acts that actually got play in the 80's and 90'on Christian Radio stations was to be musical milquetoast and about 5 years in arears of current forms.  Petra may have listened to Sting's albums, but they did precious little to become truly musically adventurous.  Add to that a general laziness of lyric writing, where long, a-rhytmic passages of theology are ripped from a King James Bible and shoehorned into a 4/4 backbeat.  There were exceptions, of course, but precious few.  Also add to that a theological content in the lyrics that's explicitly aimed at adolescents, and Christian Rock becomes something to grow out of(when I was a child, I listened to Christian Rock, but now that I have grown, I have set aside those childish things).  I refuse to "graduate" to the Gaiters or others of such ilk.
919809
Coming from a hard rock loving background, my tastes have shifted over the last year to more blues, gospel, bluegrass music.  I love the pureness of this music.    I think as we get older, our tastes change.    Enjoy
852689
no. i listen to a wider variety of music, including my old time faves and my now faves
1152338
No you just have to deep a little deeper nowadays.  The difference is, when I was at school, I had a lot of friends and we were all into Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Breeders etc etc, so it was easy to find out about new music in the same genre.\n\nNow I am old(!) all the stuff that's 'mainstream' is dire, I agree, but listening to 'rock' radio stations, there is still some good stuff out there - it just needs 'finding' now that my friends have grown up, and out of their angst dammit!
1002969
i'm 27...hey there! harry chapin...i've heard of him, but unsure about what kind of music he plays...i do know it's older though..and i think it's cool you like music that's older. :) it's different.
816302
i like classic rock and the blues.
956491
Opera is okay, but I prefer male voices or altos versus sopranos.  And the symphony rocks.  Plus, what is hotter than a guy sitting down at a piano and playing a majestic song written just for you?
979113
Everyone's opinion about music, the new type is crap and has no taste. But, that is what every next generation has thought. Parents in the 50's thought Elvis was trash, that doesn't ensure that he is. That's why it is a free country, and if you think music has been going downhill, then it probably started going downhall after people started making music. Just because you think your music is better doesn't make it. I don't like the new music myself, I am a fan of blue, jazz, rock, and classical.
1108891
Chances are, never. Has it occurred to you that you may just be getting older and no longer 'in touch' or perhaps they just don't make music like they used to? Don't panic! Just dig out all your favourite old CD's and listen to them and castigate the kids for listening to crap (Ideally wait until one of your favourite songs is covered and moan like buggery that its not as good as the original) I works for me
8337
I listen to all genre except 80's era rock 'cause I was into marriage then and missed the whole thing.\nBlues mostly whenever I wanna relax, Techno when I am upbeat, light jazz for mood, country and blue grass at times. I listen to a mix of world music when I need to get myself ready for a new task (helps the ole brain)\nI guess it is called age and eclectic.
382486
hey im 12 and i like hard rock and metal wats wrong with liken music you do.
802292
Well, older people still get it on, so to speak lol. My dad was 62 when I was born and there was a composer (can't remember his name) who fathered a child in his 70s. As much it is weird to think of an older person getting it on, it still happens!