# When I was a teenager \[blank\] music shaped my life and my culture...fill in blank. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-teenager-blank-music-shaped-my-life-and-my-culture-fill-in-blank/391501 "2007-02-09T15:40:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-teenager-blank-music-shaped-my-life-and-my-culture-fill-in-blank/391501/41 "2007-02-10T08:53:44Z")
It’s not all that I listened to at the time, nor is it the only genre that influenced me, but American hardcore punk (Minor Threat, Black Flag, Bad Brains, Dead Kennnedys, etc.) had a HUGE impact on me. Not just in my musical tastes, either; I realize more and more that it’s affected my tastes in, and approaches to, most of my artistic endeavors, including music, photography, and moviemaking. The sense I got from it was that it wasn’t an adaptation of an old art; this was an obliteration of the old art and building something from scratch. Then again, I saw the documentary [American Hardcore](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419434/) tonight, so I may be a little bit moony at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-teenager-blank-music-shaped-my-life-and-my-culture-fill-in-blank/391501/42 "2007-02-10T13:32:09Z")
To the extent that Music affects us all I cannot see how it would not be an integral part in most eveyones life…I remember a study in College of a Mayan group in Guatemala who had a band of sorts…it was said to be sounds from the ancients as they played instruments I had never seen and they sang so melodically (sp?) Today my tastes have changed, I listen to a lot of Bob Dylan, Krishna Das, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, David Gray… ---
**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:** [February 10, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-teenager-blank-music-shaped-my-life-and-my-culture-fill-in-blank/391501/43 "2007-02-10T17:20:35Z")
5 labels ruled my teenage life, from 85 onwards - Mute, Factory, Creation, Rough Trade and 4AD. If it was on there, I listened to it, if it wasn’t, I mostly couldn’t be arsed. OK, maybe Beggar’s Banquet & Strange Fruit (Peel Sessions) as well, but not every artist with those labels. For instance, the Ramones were BB and I can’t stand them (or most US punk). That should tell you all you need to know, I think. Oh, also “C86”, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-teenager-blank-music-shaped-my-life-and-my-culture-fill-in-blank/391501/44 "2007-02-10T17:51:11Z")
I enjoyed reading your post, Agent Towers. Yours was quite an interesting Odyssey! 🙂 My influences were from 1964 to 1974. Too many individual names to mention. I not only love the music, but in retrospect, I’m proud of it. Unabashed political statements and demands for change. It was revolutionary in every sense of the word. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-teenager-blank-music-shaped-my-life-and-my-culture-fill-in-blank/391501/45 "2007-02-10T20:34:31Z")
[QUOTE=glee] I’m sure you won’t get fooled again as you drive on your magic bus, because you can see for miles. You’re talking about my generation! [/QUOTE] Hey, man, you got any pictures of Lily? I can’t explain, but I have a bargain with my wife. We’ll be going mobile after this song is over. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-teenager-blank-music-shaped-my-life-and-my-culture-fill-in-blank/391501/46 "2007-02-10T21:36:26Z")
> [@](#): > > I wore Docs, too - and just bought a new pair. Nya. But they hurt my heels, so mostly I wear my old-people slippers. I currently have my heels duct-taped because I’m breaking in new Docs. My old ones lasted for seven years. I didn’t have musical taste in high school. Sorry. I do remember listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Loreena McKennitt, Pearl Jam, and Barenaked Ladies, but I don’t think I started any kind of music collection until post high school. I’m still not sure I have any real musical taste. The most formative pop experience I remember was the first time I heard KMFDM and Wolfsheim, and I would have been 19. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-teenager-blank-music-shaped-my-life-and-my-culture-fill-in-blank/391501/47 "2007-02-10T23:26:40Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Oh, also “C86”, if you know what I mean. [/QUOTE] I’ve still got the case for that. The tape itself bit the dust many years ago - worn out! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-teenager-blank-music-shaped-my-life-and-my-culture-fill-in-blank/391501.md?page=2)