peptastic
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Do you actively search music mags for new music? Online radio stations [last.fm, pandora, playlists], youtube or word of mouth? Or are you content to say "Music of the '90s meant more. there are no good bands out there anymore"?
I do agree with John Frusciante who said that electronic music was the last great musical instrument invented but I'm not fearing for new music yet.
My twin sis has stated numerous times without her I'd only be listening to Morrissey and the Smiths.
I think she was being unfair but I do seriously take her recommendations into consideration.
I have gotten into many favourites from her. She's more pro-active about finding new bands than I am.
These days I hear bands from numerous sources. I never listen to local radio or watch mtv like I did in my childhood. I hear music in films, last.fm & pandora, youtube playlists and the like. lala.com was great when it was around.
In my toddler years-
I listened to whatever my mom listened to. Thus I grew up on David Bowie from the crib.
The cars song "moving in stereo' frightened my older brother, my twin and I to pieces.
My earliest memories are of hating the band foreigner especially 'I've been waiting for a girl like you". I still don't like them. I formed a life long love of the band the police since I was a toddler.
Best- David Bowie & the police
Worst-Madonna
My youth [3-9 yoa]-
My older sister dominated my taste. She picked the radio stations on car trips, mtv, and the radio.
I loved INXS in the late '80s during the time everyone loved the hair bands poison and def lepard.
There was some good stuff but I only knew one new order song 'true faith' because without the internet I had to hope the dj said the artists name on the radio. I remember taping other new order songs off the radio during my childhood.
Best- INXS & the labyrinth soundtrack.
Worst- Def lepard, Whitney Houston Richard Marx, dirty dancing soundtrack.
I was an indentured servant to my older sis to borrow such "classics" like Belinda Carlisle, Hall & Oates and Samantha Fox tapes.
My mom tortured us with Tracy Chapman and Tom Petty.
Ugh Rod Stewart too. I went as far as to hide all Don Henly/the eagles before any long trip to Tennessee.
My preteen years. [10-13]
I was on my own away from my older sister's influence. I watched NBC's nightflight program, the radio, mtv & vh1.
I became a diehard Sting fan and finally got my own tapes of his stuff.
MTV started switching to rap in these days.
My peers loved Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. They weren't telling me about anything good.
Worst- Tommy Page when I was 12 and continued fandom of Madonna.
Best- Sting, the police & u2. This is around the time I became a collector and had to have everything rather than tape some songs off the radio.
I liked nirvana, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, etc.
My teen years- [14-17]
MTV alternative nation was great at the time. I loved vh1's 'big in the 80s' show.
I became a cure fan from beavis & butthead [and Moz too] and loved depeche mode & radiohead.
When I got the internet at age 16 I started checking out all kinds of stuff from other fans best of lists. I got to hear about joy division, the smiths, leonard cohen, etc.
The internet made it so much easier to track down what songs you heard from movies or on the radio.
I didn't have to rely on entertainment weekly saying only Garbage and Hole were any good.
I think the internet has helped me tremendously find about great artists from around the world. I shudder to think relying on radio bought out by record companies.
I do agree with John Frusciante who said that electronic music was the last great musical instrument invented but I'm not fearing for new music yet.
My twin sis has stated numerous times without her I'd only be listening to Morrissey and the Smiths.
I think she was being unfair but I do seriously take her recommendations into consideration.
I have gotten into many favourites from her. She's more pro-active about finding new bands than I am.
These days I hear bands from numerous sources. I never listen to local radio or watch mtv like I did in my childhood. I hear music in films, last.fm & pandora, youtube playlists and the like. lala.com was great when it was around.
In my toddler years-
I listened to whatever my mom listened to. Thus I grew up on David Bowie from the crib.
The cars song "moving in stereo' frightened my older brother, my twin and I to pieces.
My earliest memories are of hating the band foreigner especially 'I've been waiting for a girl like you". I still don't like them. I formed a life long love of the band the police since I was a toddler.
Best- David Bowie & the police
Worst-Madonna
My youth [3-9 yoa]-
My older sister dominated my taste. She picked the radio stations on car trips, mtv, and the radio.
I loved INXS in the late '80s during the time everyone loved the hair bands poison and def lepard.
There was some good stuff but I only knew one new order song 'true faith' because without the internet I had to hope the dj said the artists name on the radio. I remember taping other new order songs off the radio during my childhood.
Best- INXS & the labyrinth soundtrack.
Worst- Def lepard, Whitney Houston Richard Marx, dirty dancing soundtrack.
I was an indentured servant to my older sis to borrow such "classics" like Belinda Carlisle, Hall & Oates and Samantha Fox tapes.
My mom tortured us with Tracy Chapman and Tom Petty.
Ugh Rod Stewart too. I went as far as to hide all Don Henly/the eagles before any long trip to Tennessee.
My preteen years. [10-13]
I was on my own away from my older sister's influence. I watched NBC's nightflight program, the radio, mtv & vh1.
I became a diehard Sting fan and finally got my own tapes of his stuff.
MTV started switching to rap in these days.
My peers loved Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. They weren't telling me about anything good.
Worst- Tommy Page when I was 12 and continued fandom of Madonna.
Best- Sting, the police & u2. This is around the time I became a collector and had to have everything rather than tape some songs off the radio.
I liked nirvana, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, etc.
My teen years- [14-17]
MTV alternative nation was great at the time. I loved vh1's 'big in the 80s' show.
I became a cure fan from beavis & butthead [and Moz too] and loved depeche mode & radiohead.
When I got the internet at age 16 I started checking out all kinds of stuff from other fans best of lists. I got to hear about joy division, the smiths, leonard cohen, etc.
The internet made it so much easier to track down what songs you heard from movies or on the radio.
I didn't have to rely on entertainment weekly saying only Garbage and Hole were any good.
I think the internet has helped me tremendously find about great artists from around the world. I shudder to think relying on radio bought out by record companies.
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Good memories.
