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I loved this article. I have about 4k songs saved in my "liked" playlist on Spotify, majority of them were from when I was 20 to 24, then it tapered off a lot.

by nkotov 2y ago

I loved this article. I have about 4k songs saved in my "liked" playlist on Spotify, majority of them were from when I was 20 to 24, then it tapered off a lot. I turned 30 this year and I still like to discover new music but not as much as I did in my early 20s.

reactordev 2y ago
This is why folks in their 40s+ end up still listening to the same stuff. lol. The article was right about that. Acts like Greta Fleet help bridge those gaps between old school sounds and new music. Electronica has never been easier to get into as well and there’s a nostalgia for those old school synthwave vibes. Like all things, there’s an ebb and flow to music and musical taste over time. You’ll find as you understand music more, you’ll be listening to classical on a Thursday morning just as much as you’ll listen to pop, rock, or jazz. By the time you reach 60, your musical tastes should be broad enough to appreciate all music, hopefully. Obviously some will reach that point faster than others. Musicians tend to be the fastest since they are students of music. I still have a rock playlist I created in my late 20s on Spotify that I listen to this day. Mostly started as a digital version of my in-car CD collection.
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swozey 2y ago
I like to go through my Liked songs list that's probably 10+ years old on Spotify and it's basically like a journal of my life. I'll see months where I clearly started dating a new person, incorporated their new-to-me music into my playlists, then when I start to see Lord Huron etc I'm probably going through another breakup. Then glowing up which for me is usually a metal/hardcore/rap 3-6 months in the gym until I meet someone and cycle again. lol. My Spotify Remix in 2020 was pretty much all depression music.
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  > it's basically like a journal of my life. From the artist side, apparently during Fleetwood Mac's heyday they were getting up on stage and basically singing about how horrible their relationships with each other were. Whether that's "money for nothing" or "suffering for your art" I'll leave to the band members to say, but Wikipedia notes: > In 1976, the band was suffering from severe stress. With success came the end of John and Christine McVie's marriage, as well as Buckingham and Nicks's long-term romantic relationship. Fleetwood, meanwhile, was in the midst of divorce proceedings from his wife, Jenny, and had also begun an affair with Nicks. The pressure on Fleetwood Mac to release a successful follow-up album, combined with their new-found wealth, led to creative and personal tensions which were allegedly fuelled by high consumption of drugs and alcohol. Nothing like a musical star to provide a good corn king/wicker man sacrifice on behalf of society...
  - swozey 2y ago
    I can't imagine being a grown adult and dealing with that amount of drama. I don't ever date inside of my friend groups because it always winds up causing some rift. Imagine having to put out a world class album through all of that. Oof.
evanletz 2y ago
Agreed. I'm 27 and still save a lot of new music. But I've looked back at my older playlists from college and was probably saving 10x more songs back then. Full-time job definitely affected that

by nkotov 2y ago

reactordev 2y ago

This is why folks in their 40s+ end up still listening to the same stuff. lol. The article was right about that. Acts like Greta Fleet help bridge those gaps between old school sounds and new music. Electronica has never been easier to get into as well and there’s a nostalgia for those old school synthwave vibes. Like all things, there’s an ebb and flow to music and musical taste over time. You’ll find as you understand music more, you’ll be listening to classical on a Thursday morning just as much as you’ll listen to pop, rock, or jazz. By the time you reach 60, your musical tastes should be broad enough to appreciate all music, hopefully. Obviously some will reach that point faster than others. Musicians tend to be the fastest since they are students of music. I still have a rock playlist I created in my late 20s on Spotify that I listen to this day. Mostly started as a digital version of my in-car CD collection.

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swozey 2y ago

I like to go through my Liked songs list that's probably 10+ years old on Spotify and it's basically like a journal of my life. I'll see months where I clearly started dating a new person, incorporated their new-to-me music into my playlists, then when I start to see Lord Huron etc I'm probably going through another breakup. Then glowing up which for me is usually a metal/hardcore/rap 3-6 months in the gym until I meet someone and cycle again. lol. My Spotify Remix in 2020 was pretty much all depression music.

082349872349872 2y ago
> it's basically like a journal of my life. From the artist side, apparently during Fleetwood Mac's heyday they were getting up on stage and basically singing about how horrible their relationships with each other were. Whether that's "money for nothing" or "suffering for your art" I'll leave to the band members to say, but Wikipedia notes: > In 1976, the band was suffering from severe stress. With success came the end of John and Christine McVie's marriage, as well as Buckingham and Nicks's long-term romantic relationship. Fleetwood, meanwhile, was in the midst of divorce proceedings from his wife, Jenny, and had also begun an affair with Nicks. The pressure on Fleetwood Mac to release a successful follow-up album, combined with their new-found wealth, led to creative and personal tensions which were allegedly fuelled by high consumption of drugs and alcohol. Nothing like a musical star to provide a good corn king/wicker man sacrifice on behalf of society...
- swozey 2y ago
  I can't imagine being a grown adult and dealing with that amount of drama. I don't ever date inside of my friend groups because it always winds up causing some rift. Imagine having to put out a world class album through all of that. Oof.

evanletz 2y ago

Agreed. I'm 27 and still save a lot of new music. But I've looked back at my older playlists from college and was probably saving 10x more songs back then. Full-time job definitely affected that