Let’s assume you grew up through the 50’s and beyond.
Born in that glorious decade know as “The 80’s”. What? Twas glorious!
What music do you keep up with these days?
I’m not sure if I keep up with any music. I get what I like when I come upon it and I try to know when musicians and bands I already like put out new stuff.
What music are you purchasing?
The last music I bought was a handful of songs by The Heavy.
What was your favorite band as an adolescent and what became your all time favorite band as an adult?
uh… as an adolescent I was super into grunge, particularly Alice in Chains.
Now, I’d probably have to say Tom Waits. The dude is ten kinds of awesome.
@Coloma “Nix the 80’s, a few good tunes, but that is one decade that is not very “note”-worthy. lol”
I beg to differ, The underground scene in the 80’s is the best I know of. The Birthday Party, The Cramps, Violent Femmes, Big Black, Jesus Lizard, Sonic Youth, The Pixies, Butthole Surfers, Einsturzende Neubauten, Pulp—there’s a lot of good stuff if you know where to look.
@john65pennington “Lets face it, there is no good music out there anymore, unless its an oldies station.”
Not so! And frankly, the music you like best is a massive influence on a lot of today’s music. The Heavy clearly has a boner for Howling Wolf and Screamin Jay Hawkins. Amy Winehouse was classic R&B all the way, Melody Gardot classic jazz and Antony & the Johnsons…well I’m not sophisticated enough to recognize this band’s musical heritage. And Plan B…I mean come on. There’s so much love for old music in today’s music.
God, show me someone that says none of the new music is any good and I’ll show you someone that has stopped looking for good music.