I like the music of my past. "Rock". It's all I listened to for the first 25 years of my life. But gradually the songs got older and the stations that played them turned into Classic rock stations. I found myself drifting to alternative rock stations. Now I can hardly listen to classic rock on the radio, as the play lists still repeat the same 1 or 2 hits off any given album. Mind you, the new music stations are doing the same thing. It's just that at least the songs are recent. Most of my friends are stuck in the past, some even regressing to easy listening. To each his own, but I think I'm lucky to be able to appreciate most of the new stuff. I still don't like to hear singers screaming without a hint of concern for musical tone. But for the most part I like the stuff my 16 year old daughter likes. Anyone else out there like me:yes:

check out Z103.5! :thmbsp:

The last 2 albums I bought were by Nickleback and Hell Yeah.My soon says I'm too old to listen to them.I just turn it UP.

I like a lot of modern music, especially metal, and I am in my mid fifties. :tresbon:





check out Z103.5! :thmbsp:
:no:



Carl

Hell I'm 50
I listen to and own
Garbage
Sneaker Pimps.
Hole
Days of New
Hot action Cop, etc......

Like Carl, I'm mostly into metal, and I'm pushing 50. New stuff and old.

The new corporate radio drivel? Nope.

Ken

48 and love the new rock and there are a lot of good tunes coming from these bands. The "classic rock" stations get old real fast. I drifted towards easy listening for a while. Now I'm checking out older blues to past the time. I'm also gong back though many old rock artists from the late 60's to the mid late 70's and give them all a listen instead of just their FM hits. When I want to crank it up I listen to some of the new artists (bands).

50 here. The first thing I do when shopping CD's is grab 10 or 15 new releases (regardless of the names), haul them over to the listening station and give 'em a quickie eval. Usually I can leave with one or two new artists per trip. The most new stuff I've bought lately comes from DJ's mixes like Stephane Pompougnac, FatBoy Slim, etc. I find my share of new R&B/ Soul, Metal, Jazz, etc. Catagories are basically the same. The Century is different.

Hmmm maybe I am missing something (54 years young). I should listen to some new stuff.
I do like the Godsmack concert video, the dueling drums are sweet indeed.

I'm getting close to 50, and I listen to some new stuff on the radio. There is only one decent English--language pop/rock station and one decent classical station in Hong Kong; the other Chinese stations are mostly stupid talk-talk-talk with the occasional crappy Canto-pop song. Stil, I get to hear some new stuff, and also check out more sometimes over the Internet.

The verdict?

Like Rat44, I like Nickelback enough to go out and buy some of their music! There are a few songs/groups like that which I like.

That said, probably 2/3 of new music doesn't do much for me. Not only am I not very keen on the hip-hop-derived electronic funk and rap stuff and gratuitous embellishment (vocal arpeggios where they don't belong) that seem to infiltrate too much of it. I'm also sometimes bothered by the terrible grammar and pronunciation a higher percentage of new singers/songs suffer from (compared with in previous eras). Also, some of the recordings are not well mixed/mastered; just too "digital". The ones who do things well, though (like Prince) are okay with me.

I may be old, but I do like SOME of the new stuff! ...mostly the ones like Nickelback who sound more like groups of yesteryear. [Nickelback reminds me a little of groups like BTO.]

50+ here, and I listen to a lot of new jazz, more and more classical, especially contemporary classical, some metal, some twang, and a lot of new rock in addition to the classic rock I've been listening to for 40-some years.

48 this year and I love new music...like the old stuff too. I like new music from most every genre form alt rock to twang to classical and jazz. Hell I just love music...old or new I don't care as long as it moves me!

Give Wolfmother a listen.Newer group doin it right.

Just turn 39 here and ''love'' music. I enjoy classic rock,some new rock to,little metal ( thanks to my 14 year old son ), I also enjoy alot of old country,quite a bit of new country and thanks to my 12 year old daughter, I like some of the hip hop stuff to.

I do thank God she ain't into rap like alot of girls her age,but hey,she also likes alot of my music to :thmbsp:

Hey, good music is good music, no matter what you call it. I'm 54 and enjoy anything that has a good beat, good words, whatever. Still don't like RAP at all, and those boys that try to blow out their vocal cords can take a hike. How about some Moby? The Verve? Linkin Park? Papa Roach? 3 Doors Down? Alice in Chains? I don't remember them all, but there is some good music there.

Don:music:

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I have a trip to Charleston scheduled for tomorrow, I will listen to only new stuff on XM.

The last 2 albums I bought were by Nickleback and Hell Yeah.My soon says I'm too old to listen to them.I just turn it UP.


I hear ya man! And I just turn it up to :thmbsp:

Hey Henry! 56 here and I like some of the new stuff too! I'm basically old school rock, but I have been into NIN, Black Eyed Peas, Death Cab for Cutie, Nickle Back to name a few.

I think music is sound art and whatever sounds good to you, you should enjoy - no matter what your age.:thmbsp:

Mike :D

I think music is sound art and whatever sounds good to you, you should enjoy - no matter what your age.:thmbsp:

Mike :D[/QUOTE]


I think you said it best :music:

This category would include me. Any time I find something that moves me, my only criteria, it becomes a part of my collection and I'm always looking for that sensation in music, new or otherwise. If it doesn't have staying power, it doesn't get played as much is all. I revisit recordings all the time, however, while adding new ones. The love of music is a passion, ain't it.

Here is a band that was on Letterman the other night. I really enjoyed this, hope you do to. 54 years young here

Raveonettes "Aly,Walk With Me"

Here is a link to watch the video.

Lust,Lust,Lust is the album title, Raveonettes just released this on vinyl also.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/49524-the-raveonettes-aly-walk-with-me-live-on-late-show-with-david-letterman

40 here. Grew up in the 80's and didn't like most of the music at all . Always did like classic rock but the stations must not realize that Zeppelin,The Doors,Steely Dan etc. have more than 3 songs in their catalogues.

I find I like alot of artists from the last 15-18 years yet even the alt rock stations beat a song you may like to death. I find myself more and more leaning to the local college station where I've discovered bands such as Old Crow Medicine Show , Nickel Creek , Son Volt and the Derek Trucks Band to name just a very few.

Btw, anyone heard the latest from Levon Helm ? I think its called "Dirt Farmer".

42 and I'm with the concept of this thread. Not opposed to new music, I just find it difficult to find stuff that I like without sifting through a sea of crap to get to it. If one of you can find a way to word starting a thread of "new music for old guys" or something - worded so it's obvious that it's trying to solicit suggestions (like some of the current, awesome playlist threads), I'd love to monitor it and try stuff. There are a few things in this thread already that I may have to follow-up on. :thmbsp:

Btw, anyone heard the latest from Levon Helm ? I think its called "Dirt Farmer".

Oh yeah...an excellent album!

I won't claim to consider myself an old timer just yet (though I'm older than a bunch of you), but to borrow a quote from our most prolific AK poster, Tentoze, "I would rather drink poison than listen to classic rock."

I'm always looking from new music and don't like to pigeonhole my preferences to any one genre or style. :music:

nearly 57...could not be bothered with the stuff the average teen might recognize, anything in the 'top 100' whatever, but do like to keep up with what's going on in the more esoteric reaches of the contemporary scene.

six organs of admittance-- think extremely well recorded amplified acoustic guitar and backing band with a deep respect for the history of acid folk like quicksilver, etc

burial-- the dubstep maestro from london town who keeps his identity secret and produces dub inflected dark soundscapes of cavernous depths

bright black morning light-- big album from last year-- two folks, man and woman, of native american descent, employing a lot of fender rhodes and droning harmonies to create something glistening, reverberant and original

cambodian psychedelic/sin sisamouth and srei sothear- this is a reissue from aquarius records of stuff dug out of street markets in cambodia. sisamouth and sothear were recording in the 60's, absorbing all the sounds of surf, soul, garage and psychedelia they were catching from the GI's, and welding it to their traditional styles of song phrasing.... some of this stuff rocks with such irresistible majesty it's crazy...how did we miss this stuff? sothear's incredibly high pitched voice soaring above the funkiest surf inflected psychedelic garage you ever heard, and its recorded so badly and with so much echo it sounds great!!

i also like to cruise the bins for all the forgotten stuff, stuff you nevere heard of, stuff you would never have listened to in 1960/70 whatever because it was what mom and dad listened to. spy movie stuff, exotica, you name it, enjoyable because its corny and in spite of being corny...if you get my drift.

oh, and here ya go-- dengue fever-- contemporary band of young muso's from brooklyn, i believe, who record in the style and spirit of sisamouth and sothear...you can DL an album on amazon

and so on and so forth

I'll be 44 this next month, and I'm still always looking for new music.. but I have a feeling a little different stuff than what you are all talking about.. BUT.. I'll probably never get tired of new techno and similar...

A few I like.. The new Moby sounds good.. Love Syntax and Goldfrap.. Felix Da Housecat along with Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold are always coming up with some great new mixes....

I bet that might be a little more "newer" stuff than you were thinking though..

Like Carl, I'm mostly into metal, and I'm pushing 50. New stuff and old.

The new corporate radio drivel? Nope.

Ken

What bands do you guys listen to? I'm 27, but haven't heard too much metal lately that I like. Actually, I haven't heard much metal lately at all. Always trying to expand the musical horizons!

I've heard of Wolfmother as another member suggested an have been meaning to pick up their album.

Almost 55 here.
I think Classic Rock stations are....B...O...R...I...N...G!!!
Plus....if I hear the SAME SONG played more than THREE TIMES A DAY....I'm tempted to toss my Tuner out the window!!
Some new music I like.................

Steve Earle
Waillin' Jennys
Neko Case
Gomez
Sam Phillips
Marti Jones
Waifs
Sarah Harmer
Mem Shannon
Sean Costello

It's ALL good.................

Steve

I'm 41. Not exactly old, but old enough to have been painfully dissatisfied with the commercial drivel of the 80's and early 90's

I always looked back for good music. (Buffalo Springfield, Tom Waits, all the Grateful Dead associates, Capt Beefheart, Fela Kuti, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen)

Then around 2000, I simultaneously became aware of Lambchop and Modest Mouse. Long story short, this got me excited about current music. I now have a ton of it. I have become a HUGE Will Oldham fan (aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) as well as Jason Molina (aka Songs:Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co.)

Some of the other newer music I dig: Kruder and Dorfmiester, Potishead, Sufjan Stevens, Castenets, Davendra Banhart, The Streets, Blackalicious, Nico Case, My Morning Jacket etc, etc,etc.

Although interestingly enough, my interest in Jazz is still archival. I so far am only interested in jazz from 1930-39 and from 1954 to 69 (or so). There isn't much new jazz that flicks my bic.

I'm 57, and I like a whole lot of the "new stuff" written after 1556.

49 and love newer Rock, Prog, etc... I still like my old stuff too, 70's Genesis, Pink Floyd, but I find myself coming back to Tool, A Perfect Circle (kinda the same band) more often than not.

56 Years young here and firmly planted in classic rock, light jazz and acoustical guitar but I do like SOME of the more recent Linkin Park and Avril Lavigne. There are a few others but I don't remember their names at the moment. There is a lot of recently released absolutely awful "music" that I just cant stand but I do try to listen to as much of the more recent music as I can on XM just to see what is out there. At times I have been pleasantly surprised. I even heard part of something by Snoop Dog the other day that really caught me by surprise.

Since this thread is about what music "Old Guys" like rather than what they don't like I will keep those comments to myself.

Hey, wait a minute.... who said I was an "Old Guy"??????????

Yeh, I'm an old guy, and yeh, I like a whole lot of new music. I even turn my 25 yr old indie-hipster twins on to new music. I never liked much "classic rock" when it was brand new, and I damn sure find no reason to be stuck in it in 2008.

I'm 52 and listen to everything ranging from classical to metal to hip-hop/rap. Some of the artists in my music collection include, Natasha Bedingfield, JoJo, Fergie, Moorcheeba, Lesiëm, Stone Temple Pilots, Usher and Snoop Dogg.

I'm 48 and find only a portion of "new" music appealing, some VERY appealing. I'm going back to page one of this thread and Google all the suggestions for samples. While they all may not be new, they're new to me and I'm always looking to expand my horizons. While not "new" (2003) I can't help but crank up this disc: http://www.mp3.com/artist/the-kerosene-brothers/songs/?tag=tabs;songs&om_act=convert&om_clk=arttabs

Just fifty so far. Tough thing is that some of the music I consider new music is not all that new. My sons and I share a taste for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Others that continue to produce although they aren't new bands include: Cake, Beck, Dave Matthews, Weezer, Crash Test Dummies and Ben Harper (a helluva modern slide player, and pretty good songwriter).

Some bands that I discovered past their active recording are: Soul Coughing (genius stuff); Bo-Weevils, the Pixies, the Von Bondies; Violent Femmes, The Beatles, and Soundgarden (maybe still active but solo stuff from their principals).

Somewhat newer ones would include White Stripes, Muse, Radiohead, Social Distortion and Matisyahu.

There is a lot of crap out there, but that was the case in my generation as well. That doesn't even include such pablum as Barry Manilow and Lionel Ritchie. We had to wait through Foreigner or REO to get to Jethro Tull or Neil Young. I agree with what was said earlier. All generations produce quality music and all generations produce schlock.

Regards,

D-Ray

Like Carl, I'm mostly into metal, and I'm pushing 50. New stuff and old.

The new corporate radio drivel? Nope.

Ken

Nothing like the sound of Opeth in the morning. :D

I'm 45 and I listen to death metal and Celtic folk metal bands. It all moooves me. Love jazz a too...and classical. Ain't hip to Opera though. Or rap.

Radio sucks!

I am 50 and in years past, in the late 70's early 80's a lot of friends enjoyed the same music. (Mostly classic rock that wasn't classic then) As time has gone on the music that I have gravitated toward is something that I never in would have guessed way back then. Maybe there is logic to the transition.(Old Music: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zepplin, Neil Young, Allman Brothers, and much other old stuff) (New Music: Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams, Kasey Chambers, Lyle Lovett, Julie Miller, Mary Gauthier, Be Good Tanyas, Jonatha Brooke, Shawn Mullins, Steve Earle, and a bunch of other stuff) The common thread being the guitar work and the blues influence, the difference being the vocals now going toward the twangy side more. For a while I was wondering if I was the only one listening to this "new to me" music. There was not anyone that enjoyed the same music. It seemed like everyone that liked the music that I liked was about 10 to 15 years younger. We have had some wonderful friends that feel like they havn't made any new music since the mid 60's or early 70's, and I don't mean the bluesy metal stuff. I'm talking about the Everly Brothers, James Brown, and songs that were played on the radio a bunch. Not that there is anything wrong with some of these, but it sure is great to connect with a great bunch of people here at AK that have similar musical taste. Also great to hear about other "new to me" music that prior to AK I didn't know existed. Through some of the members here I have discovered much great music. Look forward to finding more new music.:thmbsp:

Just turned the big 5-oh. I still prefer 'real' classic rock (Tull, Floyd, Zepplin,Rush) but I also enjoy some modern metal as well. Metallica, Sepultura, Disturbed, as well as altenative Korn, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, and even picked up the new Daughtry album. Every era has some good and bad.

Uriah

50 year old metal heads?! There is hope!

listen to some tool. nin. i enjoy averil lavigne. alot of her music hits personal notes with me. nobobys home- ive been listening to that one for a long time

ill listen to just about anything cept for opra ewwwww . an that core hard rap chit. ill listen to some old school rap from the early 80's dana dane.

tomorrow ill be 34 an one of my friends daughters is 12 she thinks it weird that i listen to some of the songs that she listens too. so i tell her what?

at a certain age do i have to listen to oldies?? that shuts her up lmfao

My appreciation of the new stuff is strong, and my appreciation of earlier stuff broadens at the same time.

Just turned the big 5-oh. I still prefer 'real' classic rock (Tull, Floyd, Zepplin,Rush) but I also enjoy some modern metal as well. Metallica, Sepultura, Disturbed, as well as altenative Korn, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, and even picked up the new Daughtry album. Every era has some good and bad.

Uriah

Same here...don't forget Tool!

I'm 52. (I doubt the young crowd would consider these groups as "new stuff" but oh well)

50 year old metal heads?! There is hope!

4 Q 2 :D

$h!te, it looks like I have to change my avatar again - he's much more mature than I ever plan to be :banana:

When Bill Haley first started doin' it 'around-the-clock', I thought this crap ain't gonna last :D :D :D . Boy, did those words ever have to get eaten :yes: !!!

I gapped-out from about '75 - '85 but apart from that, I'm into . . . most of it :thmbsp:

My latest CD is "Icky Thump" [White Stripes]; I've downloaded every video that Portishead have made - as well as the MP3's :music: ; and I get-off on 'tribal'/ 'aboriginal' - non-commercial recordings [djembe/ didge], to boot!!!

Have you heard some of these young-lady jazz-singers? Some of them remind me of Doris Day or even Ella :yes: . Some of them make an old guy start to think [quite the mistake!] . . . . they [FM station] keep on playing Supertramp this afternoon - and nobody else is 'in' :D.

And, lastly [for now], to 'Crowe' over those who would knock her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbjEbsd16qs

Nice to know I'm not alone here. Great replies and suggestions from everyone. We have a station here called 102.1 THE EDGE. not as ground breaking as they used to be because of their repetitive play list, but still not a bad place to look for alternative stuff.

What is Twang? I could guess, but it would be just a guess.

Oh yeah. I am also a big Beck fan.

I thought I was the only older guy that liked "younger" music..... To me there's a certain irony in seeing people my age (I'm 56) hanging on to the older music. Maybe to them it's a reminder of their teenage years, and they think it keeps them young? To me it just makes them appear old.... not open to anything new.

I do some scouring around for newer stuff I like. I've run across a site that really assists the process. ** Musicovery.com ** You can select from various musical styles, tempos, moods, and a few other variables. Based on that input it will generate a whole list of music, and it plays song after song, no commericals or anything. You can even visit each link on the chain of songs to see artist, song, album.

My latest favorites are Dusty Trails and Zero Seven. Not brand new, this stuff came out in the 2000 - 2004 era, but it's new to me. I'm a big lover of female vocals and these are a good fit for me.

Yeah Bill, the Raveonettes ARE good.



Here is a band that was on Letterman the other night. I really enjoyed this, hope you do to. 54 years young here

Raveonettes "Aly,Walk With Me"

Here is a link to watch the video.

Lust,Lust,Lust is the album title, Raveonettes just released this on vinyl also.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/49524-the-raveonettes-aly-walk-with-me-live-on-late-show-with-david-letterman

I'm a jazz guy and have been since high school. I'm fifty six. Try findng real and new jazz on the radio. Not that smooth jazz pap. In the Detroit metro area lives the worst radio known to mankind. If you like rap, r&b, country, and all of the other comercial stuff THEY want you to hear then this is your place. There are two stations here that play jazz and the're only on late at night. Where is all of the new stuff. Not re-issues. Once again, Money Talks.

I'm a jazz guy and have been since high school. I'm fifty six. Try findng real and new jazz on the radio. Not that smooth jazz pap. In the Detroit metro area lives the worst radio known to mankind. If you like rap, r&b, country, and all of the other comercial stuff THEY want you to hear then this is your place. There are two stations here that play jazz and the're only on late at night. Where is all of the new stuff. Not re-issues. Once again, Money Talks.
So would that put you in the camp of old guys who don't like new music?

I'm 52 and still love my rock, but remain open to new stuff. A quick scan on my iPod in the As reveals:

Alterbridge follows Allman Bros
Alison Kraus follows Alice in Chains
Audio Adrenaline follows Astrud Gilberto and is followed by Audioslave

Give Wolfmother a listen.Newer group doin it right.


They are no more. Good stuff though. Just saw them on Isle of Wight, from 2007.

I'm only 32, :D, but plan on hanging onto my musical childhood as long as possible!

It does get harder and harder to find about new stuff as my circle of acquaintances gets smaller over the years, but that's what sites like this are all about!

Some of the newer bands (most of these are in the indie rock vein)that I dig that are worth checking out are:

My Morning Jacket (I can't really recommend their latest though)
TV on the Radio
Fleet Foxes
Wilco
Radiohead (maybe you've heard of them? :D)
Broken Social Scene
Dr. Dog
Arcade Fire

Went with my 16-year old to see All Time Low...she's "in love" with the lead singer, and I was impressed by how well he handled lead vocals AND lead guitar.

I'm glad to take her to different shows - it's turned me on to some really talented new bands. My current favorites:

All American Rejects
Plain White T's
The Spill Canvas

Aimee Mann
Grace Potter
P!nk
Garbage
The Charms
Grip Weeds
Courtney Love
Cowboy Junkies
...and I'll be 50 in January.

Tom

As a really old guy of almost 67, I remember the original R&B from the 40's and 50's. For the most part, the music (music???????) of the present day is not even music. However, I do love Dead Can Dance, Fleetwood Mac, and a lot of the stuff from the 50's through the 70's. I recently took a box of my son's old treasure, which included his Devo plastic thingy, back to him. He probably treasures it, now.

I'm pretty dang old at 62 and I listen to classic rock once in a while but play mostly new stuff or old bands I haven't heard of before because I am getting bored with stuff I have heard over and over for many years.

I like instrumental new metal rock of 1990s-2008 like Oxes, Noxagt, 5ive, Trephine, Psychic Paramount and Pelican. I also like the mellower stuff like the Grails and Subarachnoid Space. I like drone like Paik, Earth and Growing and some electronic like M-83, Sutekh, e*rock and Sonic Youth's experimental stuff.

What is Twang? I could guess, but it would be just a guess.

I would define it as Roots music. Anything with at least a slight rockablilly or country vibe. Performers could include anyone from The Blasters, Joe Ely, Everly Bros, Lucinda Williams, Wilco, Dave Edmunds, and on and on.

There are great new bands and like in the "old days" lots of crappy ones. But I like a lot of the NY bands like Interpol and the Strokes. Brit band Franz Fredinand, brit soul: Joss Stone, Amy "where's my crack pipe" Winehouse, Duffy. And from your neck of the woods: Arcade Fire and New Pornographers. I'm 54 but not dead or deaf yet.

I'm in my late 40s and can't STAND the 'Light Rock/Oldies' stations my peers listen to. among my faves now;
Fleet Foxes
Sanamon
Seekonk
Pale Saints
Ocean Blue
Three Doors Down
Radiohead

NOBODY I went to school with has ever heard of any of these groups.

Some of the newer stuff I like.


Theory of a Deadman
Seether
Shinedown
Dark New Day
Static X
Jet Black Stare
Hinder
Three Days Grace
Trapt
Godsmack (not that new)


Tons I can't think of offhand.
My partner at work suffers from CRS (classic rock syndrome) so I get my fill of it during the week.

I think maybe i suffer from crs also. I do like Collective soul and Blues Traveler, i think i should start checking out some of these other bands.

I'm 60+ and just discovered classic rock!!! I'm in heaven, it's all brand new to me. Thousands of songs I never knew existed.

like many of you the rock we grew up with has turned to the classic rock stations that play the 1 or 2 songs. I listen to a lot of alternative, alternative country, old school country, singer songwriter, classical, jazz. XM Radio has turned me on to a lot of great music,especially XM 45 and 50. Age 46 will turn 47 on Nov.15

`if its too loud, then you`re too old``

I'm 38, and lived in Japan from '97-'02. While there one day in the subway I met an American guy with feathered hair, comb in back pocket, high tops, and white shirt w/broad vertical stripe pattern. Just like I might have dressed in high school circa '87. And sure enough, he came to Japan in the late '80s. The point? You have to always find new music, or you're that guy.

If you are in front of a computer all day like I am, www.slacker.com is a great site for band discovery. In addition to genre stations, like idie, hip hop, etc, you can input an artist you like. They will rotate through a bunch of similar artists and you will generally find a few new ones...

Alternatively, if you like indie, check out www.kexp.org a public radio station in Seattle. I've found about 50 new bands I absolutely love listening there...

Another perennial favorite of mine is http://www.avclub.com/content/home. Every year at new year they have all of their record reviewers do a best of the year list. I generally find a reviewer who has at least one person I know in their list and triangulate with other reviewers to whittle it down to a manageable 2-5 artists to check out.

Just a few suggestions. I don't want any of my new friends to be that guy...

As for me, I listened to a bunch of Death Cab while tiling the bathroom, and now am going through some old Burt Bachrach records. New and new to me...