• teslasaur@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Dunno what kind of meh you listened to in high school. Iron Maiden, Queen, In Flames, Ozzy, Dream Theater and At the Gates still slaps the shit.

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      We listened to the music despite Axl being too high/drunk to actually play most of his concerts. One wouldn’t have throught he could go downhill from there, but here we are.

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    Idk there are still quite a few artists and songs i can listen to from when I was in high school

    There are also quite a few that I can’t listen to anymore. Guess it really depends

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    Speak for yourself, I’ve still got a running list of early morning songs that’d play on the school bus radio from highschool.

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    Most (but not all) music has something to recommend it. If you don’t like entire eras of music it’s not because the music is “bad,” it’s because it’s not to your taste anymore (or, for stuff you didn’t listen to, never was).

    Much like with food, if you can find what makes a particular genre enjoyable and listen for that, you can enjoy a lot more. I would never listen to Taylor Swift the same way I listen to Rush or Pink Floyd, but I still loved Midnights. I wouldn’t listen to Bach the same way I listen to Nightwish, but they’re both fantastic.

    There’s nothing wrong with being discerning in your tastes. But there’s also nothing wrong with the styles of music you don’t like, it’s just a different flavor. I don’t like cilantro and never will, but I understand why people do. And I didn’t like coffee until I learned how to taste it properly. The same is true of music.

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      I listened to a lot of somewhat niche cringiest punk and red dirt country bands (odd combo i know but I was a confused teen) in high-school. Like bands that no one has heard of, no I’m not bragging these bands were just that awful. But I was young and HAD to be different and some of the songs would make me cringe so hard now that my soul may leave my body if listened to one. You’re right about one thing my music tastes changed drastically

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    My first musical physical media purchase was Backstreet Boys, but the rest after wasn’t cringe, I swear!

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    Just wait until you taste “Songs You Recorded in High School” 😬

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    Not from what I experienced unless… oh, right… millennials …mmmmyea. Throw it out. Something happened with music around then.

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      Oh, really? There’s for sure some bad 90s music you’ve just forgotten about.

      I’ll be watching Todd in the Shadows and go, “Oh shit! I forgot about Spin Doctors! Damn, they were annoying.”

      This was also the decade that gave us nu metal ffs.

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        Bad music exists all the time, but the Era that gave snoop dog, eminem, system of a down, placebo, oasis, Linkin park, Nelly, rammstein, U2, Radiohead, and Green Day will reign Supreme.

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        My wife went to a Spin Doctors concert in the 90s and I still make fun of her about it. (Although I kind of like Two Princes.)