Do You Guys Ever "Get Stuck" in an Era??

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I'm 77, and I still listen only to the music I grew up on. 50s & 60s and some 70s. I make my own music thumb drives with 60 or so songs I like. Try as I did, could not get into the later music. Disco and Rap killed it.

I'm a year older, but I long ago left those years of music behind. While I still like to hear some of them again, I mostly listen to accappella religious music and non religious music in the "New Age" genre, most of which is instrumental.
 
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I do have eclectic taste in music. I like instrumentals (such as Acker Bilk's 'Stranger on the Shore,') and I like classical, too. I even enjoy opera. But my absolute favorite music is the 80's stuff that had a really hard 'downbeat,' and what was then known as a "b*tchin' bass" guitar! :D

Examples would include CCR's 'Fortunate Son,' 'Well-Dressed Man' by ZZ Top, 'Simply Irresistible' by Robert Palmer, and even (despite the ridiculous video) 'Relax' by FrankieGoesToHollywood.
 
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Several years ago i downloaded and 'ripped' a sh*t load of my favorite songs....mostly 60's, 70's and some country. I now have over 600 of my favorites on SD card that I have duplicated. There is one for my F150, one for my motorcycle MP3 player, one for the RV and one for the record player/radio/sd card, bluetooth unit in the dining room/kitchen in the house. Since all of these will play 'random' I never get tired of listening to them.

However if I want to mix it up a bit I bluetooth IHeart radio 60's to them.
 
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My Brother just retired after a very successful career,,,
As a guitarist/teacher in Norman, Oklahoma.

He said the most difficult part was,,,
Listening to and learning the riffs for anything after after the mid-eighties.

He had to know the most recent music though,,,
It was necessary to stay relevant to his younger students.

He was born in 1958 and his music tastes are like my born in 1951 self,,,
Late 60's Zeppelin through early 80's hard rock,,,
Anything after Dire Straits is a waste.

He did manage to turn some of his students on to real guitar players,,,
Jimmy Page, Robin Trower, Lindsay Buckingham, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knoffler and such like.

He didn't "hate" any genre except for maybe the speed metal bands,,,
He didn't much like the "hair bands" of the late eighties either,,,
But his profession made him tolerant of all music genres.

And he absolutely refuses to play "Stairway to Heaven" ever again,,,
Unless it's to teach a new guitarist how to play it.

I'm of the opinion that what music one likes is "mostly" a product of environmental exposure,,,
Since the 20's, whatever was playing on the radio when you went through puberty,,,
Is the music that you will profess to love for the end of your life.

I firmly believe that my love for Classical music,,,
Came from the soundtracks to the cartoons I watched as a youth.

Aarond

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