Most people realize that the music they listen to during their formative years is the type of music they end up listening to for the rest of their lives. That’s why you have people listening to oldies (or now Classic Rock) radio stations. There is probably some physiological science behind this and it is considered gospel.

But I’ve realized that that isn’t true for me. During my teens (late 90s) I listened to Europop/dance and the hits of that time period – Radiohead, Oasis, Mariah Carey etc. I still enjoy listening to the songs I liked from that era; but by no means do I only want to listen to those songs. In fact since that time, I’ve spent considerable time listening to other genres such as trance, indie rock, 80s and now KPop in addition to the Top40 songs that are popular each year. There are always some good songs from those genres and time periods which I like to keep shuffled up; so my music listening habits are certainly not restricted or unduely centered around the late 90s.

I guess the reason behind this is that a lot of people listen to music when they were growing up, but listen to it because “it was there”. Maybe they were at a dance, or went to the mall, or had nothing else to do. But if you enjoy music, you don’t need to restrict yourself to those years and want to explore what else you’ll like – so there is no reason that your enjoyment should be entirely from a 5 year period.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: growingup, music