Psychology tells us why old people don't like new music.

[Cotton1]

The other day I noticed I not only hear music differently as I age but I process it differently as well

I got to thinking I need to check it out and research to be sure I'm not crazy

Interesting finds regarding the subject

https://qz.com/quartzy/1717718/why-d...same.%E2%80%9D


hen I was a teenager, my dad wasn’t terribly interested in the music I liked. To him, it just sounded like “a lot of noise,” while he regularly referred to the music he listened to as “beautiful.”

More at link

[Cotton1]

"A new study suggests that people who are highly empathic process music differently in their brains. Music seems to be a social glue. Think of how love songs enhance our romantic feelings, how marching bands intensify our affinity for the home team, or how huge rock concerts make us feel one with a crowd of thousands"

[Cotton1]

"what age does your music taste solidify?


"For men, the most important period for forming musical taste is between the ages of 13 to 16. Men were, on average, aged 14 when their favorite song was released. For women, the most important period is between 11 and 14, with 13 being the most likely age for when their favorite song came out."

[stephenpe]

just happened to have this come up on my Youtube loop when I read this music thread. My 18 yr old son listens to a very WIDE range of music. I like a lot of it. Much I have never heard. Some of it is just a soundtrack to a video game. He does like really old stuff, also. My favorite song(s) came along in my late teens

When I was a teenager, my dad wasn’t terribly interested in the music I liked. To him, it just sounded like “a lot of noise,” while he regularly referred to the music he listened to as “beautiful.”

My dad regularly complained about that "squalling shttt" we listened to. And then in his 80s he told me Hey Jude was the greatest song he ever heard.

[NoisyBoy]

One day when I was 19.I was home for the weekend and was stretched out on my bed diggin on some Bobby Sorethroat Seger.
The Night Moves album had just came out and I was listening to “Down on Main Street.
My dad loved that song.He wanted to know who the singer was and the name of tune.

[RMNIXON]

As Red Green once said, Don't tell the kids to turn the music down. Be honest and admit you just don't like their music so tell them to Turn it Off!

[carolina73]

I tell kids that are hurt by older people dissing their music, to just ask the adults if their idea of music is "Love me Do" and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da". That will shut them up.

There are some songs from my youth that I hear and wonder what happened to music like that and some that I here that makes me embarrassed to know that we used to listen to music like that.

When you see albums like "Best of the _0s"; then no they mostly weren't.

[Standing Wolf]

When my youngest was a teen, he liked a wide range of music, as do I, but some of the things he listened to (and spent big bucks on) sounded to me like the original cast album of Hell - a cacophony of sound and some hoarse-voiced dude screaming incoherently. How anyone could classify that as "music" is totally beyond me. On the other hand, he liked the Beatles, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthire, and was a big fan of Johnny Cash. He told me a short time ago that one of his earliest memories is of riding in the car with me and I was playing Meat Loaf's 'Bat Out of Hell' album on the cassette deck. He asked what kind of music it was and I said, "The kind you play really loud!" and I cranked it up.

Looking back at how our parents (mine, anyway) used to complain that you couldn't understand what the Beatles or some other popular groups at the time were saying, the complaint seems really silly. For sheer incoherence, I think you have to listen to The Hollies' 'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress'.

[Cotton1]

just happened to have this come up on my Youtube loop when I read this music thread. My 18 yr old son listens to a very WIDE range of music. I like a lot of it. Much I have never heard. Some of it is just a soundtrack to a video game. He does like really old stuff, also. My favorite song(s) came along in my late teens




My dad regularly complained about that "squalling shttt" we listened to. And then in his 80s he told me Hey Jude was the greatest song he ever heard.

In college I minored in psychology. We studied about what we often referred to as "value programming years " in casual speak.

Much of who you are , how you are etc begins forming between 8-12. After that you fill in the blanks as you close on the age of 16-17. By age 17 you are pretty much (80-90%) the person you'll always be as an adult. I love music so much. I prefer to listen to music than deal with my emotions

[Cotton1]

When my youngest was a teen, he liked a wide range of music, as do I, but some of the things he listened to (and spent big bucks on) sounded to me like the original cast album of Hell - a cacophony of sound and some hoarse-voiced dude screaming incoherently. How anyone could classify that as "music" is totally beyond me. On the other hand, he liked the Beatles, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthire, and was a big fan of Johnny Cash. He told me a short time ago that one of his earliest memories is of riding in the car with me and I was playing Meat Loaf's 'Bat Out of Hell' album on the cassette deck. He asked what kind of music it was and I said, "The kind you play really loud!" and I cranked it up.

Looking back at how our parents (mine, anyway) used to complain that you couldn't understand what the Beatles or some other popular groups at the time were saying, the complaint seems really silly. For sheer incoherence, I think you have to listen to The Hollies' 'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress'.

I have a slight auditory disorder that impedes me from understanding words. I can hear five I just can't understand it sometimes .

As a kid one of my fav kid memories was with my dad. He was an entertainment executive in Memphis. We were about 30 miles from Memphis and he cranked up "Light my Fire" . He said "this song is number two now" , The Doors.! I was 8. 1967