# Have your musical tastes changed radically? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408 "2013-03-31T10:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/21 "2013-04-02T00:35:06Z")
I’d say no, but I remember that six month span in middle school where I made my mom listen to Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” on repeat. Sorry, mom. Yes, it’s changed, though that’s more a matter of being exposed to different things than of my deciding I didn’t like my old favorites. Though I used to hate my mom’s radio station, even though it was WXRT in Chicago, which is actually really, really good. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/22 "2013-04-02T01:05:49Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I don’t know why I missed this but I absolutely loved them in concert. People were looking at me weird when I screamed when they opened with _Cadence to Arms_, but that was because I knew they were probably going to segue into _Do or Die_, which they did! Hijacking my own thread in reply, they were just fantastic. I got on stage for the encore (about 80-100 of us did), got a hug from Al Barr and kiss on the cheek from Ken Casey. Life = fantastic. And: They opened with a recording of a lovely Irish song that I haven’t heard, but I think it was the girl that sang _Darcy Darling Dear_. Then straight into _Sing Lound, Sing Proud_ and\* Pipebomb on Landsdowne\*. I came home soaked in my own sweat, unable to speak, with various unexplained bruises and a sore head where the guy who went over me accidentally gave me a boot to the back of the head. So very awesome. What a night! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/23 "2013-04-02T01:16:25Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Pretty similar though I gave up on pop in the early 80s. Now I’m moving back in time musically. I’ve gotten an appreciation for Sinatra and some of the other vocalists of the 40s and 50s. And I listen to a lot more Big Band of the same era. Yeah, I was never a big fan of Blue Eyes, but damn, the guy had some pipes and outstanding phrasing. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/24 "2013-04-02T01:30:33Z")
Vegas Lounge Jazz More Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr, Diana Krall ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/25 "2013-04-02T09:00:02Z")
Nope, I still like all the stuff I liked in high school, and stuff like it. The only changes have been entirely new genres coming along, like grunge. But it still all falls under the same general heading of “Indie-alternative”, and has since the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/26 "2013-04-02T09:24:52Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Vegas Lounge Jazz > > More Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr, Diana Krall Nat KING Cole is my very favorite. ---
**Author:** ![bennett.cynthia74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@bennett.cynthia74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bennett.cynthia74)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/27 "2013-04-02T11:37:47Z")
No never. It remains the same all time. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/28 "2013-04-02T11:49:46Z")
Mostly classical, operas & operettas, musicals, classic rock, pop/standards, choral. Constantly expanding within each genre, haven’t added a genre in over 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/29 "2013-04-02T18:34:36Z")
I’ve started to like opera a lot more in the last decade. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/30 "2013-04-02T18:48:50Z")
I used to loathe disco music. Now I find myself regularly listening to the soundtrack of _Saturday Night Fever_ and loving it. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/31 "2013-04-02T22:38:16Z")
New Wave --\> Heavy Metal --\> Psychedelic --\> Prog Rock --\> Goth --\> Industrial/Electronica --\> Alternative Jangle --\> Grunge --\> Prog Alternative --\> Blues Wondering where I’ll go next from blues… Tried and have never liked: Rap, modern R&B, country, jazz ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/32 "2013-04-02T22:39:36Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > New Wave –\> Heavy Metal –\> Psychedelic –\> Prog Rock –\> Goth –\> Industrial/Electronica –\> Alternative Jangle –\> Grunge –\> Prog Alternative –\> Blues > > Wondering where I’ll go next from blues… > > Tried and have never liked: Rap, modern R&B, country, jazz Blues can be a launching pad for jazz, particularly earlier New Orleans jazz. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/33 "2013-04-03T18:03:37Z")
I was super into the Blues in high school and hated top-40. Now, I never listen to the blues and have an appreciation for pop music. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408/34 "2013-04-03T18:11:54Z")
For about a decade I stopped listening to rock 'n roll (and all variants) because I discovered classical music. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-musical-tastes-changed-radically/654408.md?page=1)