We've been trying to decide who we can bless with our CDs! We are sworn classical listeners so it's not that they go out of date but when I listen to modern versions of the classics being played, I feel that they have all been on steroids. I just don't think faster is better!

OMG I have the biggest tape, CD and DVD collection and my Xbox and every other game system etc I have ever had 😅 not sure if it's that I love going back to them or I'm a hoarder and can't let go 🫣😅

yeah they do write music like that now, and 25 years from now someone else will say the same thing, it all comes down to if you get stuck in some musical era, and never give anything new a chance this is what happens,, today's music is great,, a lot of peoples minds for some reason get stuck like that,,, i check every week for new music,,,, the other thing is CDs sound sux, if y'all listened to that old music on vinyl, you will hear things in songs you never heard before,,,, i saved a lot of my vinyl,, tho i did rip a crapload of CDs, i have since been buying my old music that was on CDs, in vinyl,, the CDs do make great skeet to practice shooting doves,,, 😁Edited 29-Mar-24 08:19am

Loved the sixties and seventies..the Beatles..Bee gees

I remember my parents not liking my music in the 50's & 60's .Each generation has a different style we as "oldies" must be more tolerant

Good music should tell a story, a lot of the music these days is just the same 4-5 words repeated, boring. I grew up in the sixties and seventies, love rock, a great ballad and pop music.

I listen to my CD's every Friday while I clean bathrooms etc., and I have a LOT of CD's. I listen to The Beatles, Beachboys, Bread, Pilot, The Searchers, Boz Scaggs, Eric carmen, ELO, Peter Allen, Queen, Supertramp along with plenty of others. I also have some new CD's such as Sam Smith, Adele and Ed Sheeran and I can most definitely say there is a huge difference. My old music is all very different, it's upbeat and happy while Adele's songs have so much angst I find it difficult to listen to the entire CD. It all sounds the same no matter who is singing. Male or female it sounds the same. There is a high rate of suicide amongst young people today and while I bop along with my "old" music I often think that life was more simple and happy, we had so much to look forward to, despite the Vietnam War, we never had cause to consider killing ourselves. Music should be uplifting and if it isn't there's something wrong with it.

AGREE

love elvis presley

Music I believe whether it's olden days or current the lyrics, words, tune and the music all in combination if you can enjoy over and over that's what it stands out. 😊😍🥰

As someone born in the early 80's and raised by depression era grandparents, who grew up in a housing commission dense suburb/area, my taste in music is extremely eclectic. I love old time music from centuries ago, sea shanties, throat singing, easy listening, pop, country, top 40, punk, emo, all types of rock and metal, today's music. There are some songs from any of those and other genres that i don't like, but equally, there are songs i love. There's even some songs i love for the lyrics but not so much the music it has been sung to. Hubby and i have thousands of CDs in our collection, and probably about 2500 DVDs/Movies in that separate collection too. Yes, we can fall out of love with certain bands, musicians, songs or movies, but then it is nice to revisit those from time to time as well and we can and do fall in love with music again. I would never expect anyone to like all the music i enjoy listening to, but it never hurts to have an open mind and listen to something that someone else enjoys. Ask them why they like it- it might help to strengthen your friendship or relationship.

Music definitely prompts memories which verifies your statements. But we do change as we mature. My son loved death metal in his younger years but moved on to quality music, bless him.

Agree. Each piece of music you have has a time and a place in your life. There was a time I was a big mc hammer fan. Not soo much anymore

so very very true

Music Decorates Time

Just as we grow and change, our thoughts, attitudes, friends and lovers, so too does music change. I started liking music in the mid 1960's. The "British Invasion" was in full swing in Canada and I swung along with it. My pleasure grew with te addition of R&B, the Blues, Jazz and some single Country acts. Now, I find there are still a few oldies and newbies that get my blood boiling. Music, like beauty, is all in the eyes (ears) of the beholder (listener). It's not worth getting all upset about. There is stuff out there for every taste. Just be patient and maybe another Janis Joplin will appear.

Music is just something that continually evolves. People get way too attached to certain genres or artists and disregard everything else. There is ALWAYS good music being made. I find the close mindedness quite a shame. Sometimes people look for reasons to dislike things instead of give them a chance and find any positives in the music. There is an element of ego and selfishness involved in it all imo. Obviously not every song etc has to be for everyone though. I wouldn't call things I no listen to bad. I just simply moved on and kept listening to other things as I grew as a person.

the music is OK but the lyrics are rubbish

I must admit that I still like listening to the 60-90's music. Some of the music of today is not worth listening to with words that you can't understand. At the moment I am listening to Cruise 1323 with music from the 60's/70's. Music that gets your feet tapping & longing to get up & dance. You can't beat it.

Yes I gave most of my L ps away and only have about 12 left including some Beatles and Glen Campbell

Well firstly I hate CD's they don't sound right to me at least way to clean without any of the hiss's pops and crackles so I have kept all my Vinyl bought all that I can on Vinyl and not CD and only have a very small collection of CD's. I will admit that DVD's are good for video but you have to start with great masters and then edit the hell out of them to get a half way decent DVD or Blu Ray. As for the crap you hear over the internet it's not worth listening to it is so bad it makes 78's look brilliant but then again I have a decent Valve Amp a very good Preamp a direct drive Turntable and high end speakers so I can move things around by the noise coming out of the speakers alone just by playing with the ballance. The stuff the wife bought I can't stand but my records all the ACDC, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and so forth still sound as good today as they did when new. The wife's easy listening Your the Voice and other rubbish like that I didn't like when new and still dislike it today so I can not really say it's got any worse to my ears, but what I like I can play as it was meant to be played so loud it makes your ears bleed and you are deaf for a week. I suppose it all depends on why you got a certain record if you only bought it because everyone else was raving about it then it doesn't age well but if oyu got it because you really liked it then it is timeless.

Similar here, I used to have hundred of LP's and Single records when I was previously married, but when I got devorced he took most of it. I have a few CD's and some older LP's he gave me back and some I've since purchased tracks or albums online and put them on to CD. I love 70-80's music best. I do also have some more modern stuff like Daft Punk, The Weeknd.

I agree the music now is not very good i live in Qld now and listen to a radio station 92.1 great music

Remember that quote from The Blues Brothers? "Hell we play all kinds a music here...country AND western" Edited 28-Mar-24 13:19pm

They its waste a time and energy to write their own music, which they let others to write their music for them.

I listen to all kinds of music. Mostly old school

Music lifts my spirits and I love to listen/dance to all different types, knowing what the lyrics are compared to what I thought they were when I was younger is a laugh

It depends on how you feel on that certain day. If you're happy ,then I would put more romantic song and I love doing my housework with good songs that I like dancing to it.Edited 28-Mar-24 12:46pm

I think as we get older we listen to the words more and actually understand the underlying meaning of the songs we just used to blast out and dance to.

I think you listen to what makes you feel something whether it's happy, sad, or just makes you remember something from your past or whatever. Cheers to the good old days.Edited 28-Mar-24 12:18pm

You are so right I’m like you good old music

I listen to a few of my CD's from time to time.

You're right that there was a lot of rubbish from previous decades - we usually remember our music with rose tinted glasses, but music was so much more important to your identity then. It really is just a commodity now - and with short attention spans, you get the music to suit - pleasant at the time but disposable. The big change is the singles and album charts - there isn't much cross over - mostly it is 'singles' artists (mostly airplay) and album artists. Gone are the middle of the road 'older' artists from the singles charts - would you get a Gordon Lightfoot, Glen Campbell, Captain and Tenille and the like hitting No. 1 anymore? Not saying that was a style of music I enjoyed that much, but it gave variety. Now it's just the latest fad which usually disappears shortly after reaching the upper reaches of the charts.

Different people have different tastes. If all people were the same the world would be boring

Melody doesn’t seem to matter anymore

No rap, no crap only the good stuff……lol

Music has been destroyed rap and hip hop.

There are some good songs around and also some current songs that I like, but a good majority don't appeal to me at all. Majority of my music is from the late 50's and 60's to the 80's.

I still think the music from the 60's to the 80's is the best. Music went down hill in the 90's and still the current stuff is awful with a few exceptions.

DEPENDS ON what music you listened to. I still enjoy the thousands of songs I collected from the 1930s to maybe 2000 are still fantastic. I bought music tracks for the music not due to the circumstances etc. I think I only bought a couple of albums, as most only had one song that I was interested in. The music is still as great as the era that produced it.

Have to agree

Sadly I have to agree with you.

True ,alot of entire albums you go back to don't really cut it but the one or two tracks you loved on it you can now just click up on youtube,, then before you know it it's recommended others you'd forgotten in the same genre and you keep going in the little time of your life headspace ... Until you start thinking of another tune ,, you can be on there for hrs I find. Other songs are always classics whenever you hear them you get a rush of happiness or an ache ..So long as it has a good beat and vocal or story line in general it's good for me .

My favourite was Nat King Cole - each generation seems to change the style of music as well as clothes. I remember the starched petticoats we used to wear as we danced the jitterbug to the rock and roll. My parents were not impressed with that.

plastic wins APB happy Easter

Play me 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and even some from the 20s, 30s and 40s. Music we can sing along to, words we can remember and sing along with. How much of what passes for Music today is just Noise? Be honest, how many of today's songs can you actually remember the words, recognise the tunes? People go in their 10s, 100s of 1000s to so called Concerts put on by so-called Stars and what do they do? As soon as the Star appears they all start screaming and yelling so that whatever the Star is allegedly singing is drowned out. Religious or not I am willing to bet that almost everyone can remember the tunes and very often the words of every Christmas Carol ever written. Recently I decided to listen to what one of those people called Rappers was saying - they don't Sing. One so called song was almost pornographic with the Rapper telling some girl what he would like to do to her and what with. Another one, after which I gave up, the Rapper simply repeated the same words over and over and over again. That is Not Music it is just meaningless Noise.

Every generation has its own style of music and all generational music fits into three categories - "The Good,The Bad and The Ugly" which in itself was a good piece of music.

You only play what you like old and new there are some crap songs 60/70/80/90/ there are some good songs from 2000 onwards.

Good music is timeless and should be played loud..While drinking lots of beer..Edited 28-Mar-24 13:27pm

Play me 70s-80s music anytime and I'm happy 😊

Overall I think yesterday's music still is a cut above what is dished up today.

I enjoyed running the fitness center in a community college in a large diverse city in NJ. I heard a large array of music from various age groups. I am still going to say my Baby Boomer Generation has the best. We also had a wonderful music department right next door and on "open mike" afternoons many of this younger generation opted for their parents music which made my very happy that I could sing along....not so good for everyone else 😉🤣

You need inspiration

There are only some singers that I like and only some music so it makes no difference to me I just listen to what I like it all comes down to what you like

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Depends, there has been a lot of trash music the last 20 years. my kids listen to 80's and 90's music

You are totally correct. The music from the 1960’s through the early 1990’s was so much better that todays music.

Yep! You are spot on, APB! Some old songs trigger memories of either happy times, or very painful times. Play "Having My Baby", and I will be reminded of my now deceased first husband singing it to me when I was pregnant with our/my only daughter at 20. Play "Joy To The World" and I will smile remembering my youth! ;-D

I think that the music of yesteryear got into your soul in a way that today's "music" simply can't. I was born late 1964 but I love the folk songs of that decade and just yesterday I was listening to Joni Mitchell and her "Blue" album on YouTube as well as "Old Man" by Neil Young which always hits me like a ton of bricks emotionally as it reminds me of a departed loved one. But the 70's and 80's were when I really started to grow from a child into an adult and I love listening to Guns and Roses, Bon Jovi, Phil Collins and many more. But the "music" of today is superficial and even if I am trying to learn the words so that I can sing along it isn't deep and I only recall the words when I actually hear the first notes of the song when I listen again. It is quite meaningless, there are some exceptions like Adele's lyrics in her song writing style, but generally speaking I could never cry or mourn with today's mix of "noise", much of it computer generated. I believe that the days are long gone when you were able to listen to something like Beethoven's 9th or Claire de Lune, which I have been known to chop up vegetables while listening on repeat and feel the intensity or the peace from the notes of each song. Music, either yesterday's or today's, is personal and I think that's what makes it profound to each person, but it would be a boring world without it! Thanks for reading.

I have the same effect with old TV shows, but not with music, there is music from back in the day that I hated then but love now and thanks to a lot of people here I have discovered hours and hours of new music that I had no idea existed so cheers to you/Lianne/Mary and many others who have made musical posts, to me it's like the discovery channel, I recently received my spotify report I have 39 genres of music on my playlists, and to be honest I was caught going nuts to I wanna be sedated[rammones] wife and grandkids came home early but i continued my dance because I was in the moment reliving a time and yes I needed sedation after but as I say music to me is an experience and I don't as yet forget my experiences, my grandaughter [14] has a huge collection of van halen, nirvana,Floyd, Metallica, and zeppelin, she loves this era so I agree today's music does not stack up , she is currently learning the drums wants to be the next bonzette

I suppose it's a matter of your perspective as to what great music really is. To a lot of people, it would never be classical music, while to others that was real music. Personally, I love music with substance, and how it makes me feel. Music is all about the emotions it makes your feel. It can rev you up to want to dance or bring you down to tears. Of course, there are a myriad of emotions in between. I enjoy music that makes me feel calm, happy and hopeful. Your taste in music also changes in life. At least mine has. Later in life, I appreciate music that brings me closer to God and feels my heart with love and hope for mankind. In my teens, it was all about fun and knowing all the lyrics. Now most music I don't understand the lyrics, and when I do, I am ashamed as where we have gone as a society. Actually, music with no lyrics can bring out the most emotions. That takes real skill on the part of the composer. There are so great composers out there, but they don't get the credit they deserve. It's all about who makes the music charts and has the most fans!

1980’s music is the best

Great music will never die, unlike most if the crap that is written today, will there ever be another love song like the late Jaques Brel,s If you go away or a protest song like Buffy Sainte-Marie, Universal Soldier, great stories told like Harry Chapin, A better place to be, now all we have is crap music, They call it rap, poor beat, rubbish lyrics, and people who's use of the English language is at best doubtful, all about me and how hard y life has been, little humour, little talent that's all they need, as Harry asked Remember when the music came from wooden boxes strung with wire, as we sang the words it would set our minds on fire, so,so sad,

My favourites are the Cat Stevens albums, e.g. Tea for the Tillerman.

I prefer even older music 1940s-50s. I used to listen to Mario Lanza and the old bands. I like dance music, not the stuff that you hear now.

Have you ever heard of AJR, a.k.a THE BEST "RUBBISH" SINCE THE 21st century?! Well, my friend, you should listen to them, I suggest the song "The Dumb Song", it's my personal favorite. So, the lesson is, don't knock it until you've tried it. ;)

To each his own when it comes to MUSIC

I think the 1960's had the greatest variety of music: British rock, the Motown sound, folk music, psychedelic rock, East coast music (like The Four Seasons), West coast music (like the Beach Boys), that goofy bubblegum music, individuals (Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Leslie Gore, Dusty Springfield, to name a few), so many music styles, bands, just about everything. And singers from previous decades (like Sinatra) were still on the charts. There was something for everyone. I like music from the 70's, some of the 50's, and I love the 80's, but I don't think any time will come close to the 60's.

I have lots of cd and old vinyl records cassette tapes from 60's up to 90's the music today is not my style.

I hate today's music if you can call that cacophony noise music.

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I won't listen to the music of today. I can honestly say that I have never heard anything by Taylor Swift. I listen to music that was popular when I was growing up, from the 70s,80s,90s. It never gets old.Edited 28-Mar-24 04:32am

most current music is trash, year's ago there were true and great singer's, well, that's my take on it..

The trouble is that people would be sued left, right and centre if they write what is original to them and might be really good BUT somewhere, someone might have written something similar and is deem to be the owner of such "words"!!!!

I understand. I feel as if your tastes may have changed. I love my CD's and listen to them often. It is sad in my opinion how the music of today has changed. Just listen to what you like.

There is NOBODY that can write like Lennon-McCartney!!!

I also prefer songs from that time frame. The ones of today I would bin them.

the music today is rude and nasty. I have no idea what the words are to most of the music they play but many need to take lessons on how to play real music. The music of the 60's and 70's and ome of the 80's was the best music it had meaning, and new what they were playing about. I wish that some of the older music would come back. But sadly most of the older singers are gone now and all we have is the junk that I can not stand so I do not turn the tv or radio on. When it coes to music the U.S. lost many great singers forever and all the great music went down the tubes.

todays music totally sucks!!

I came up on 90s music, but also like some from 70s and earlier.. I'm definitely getting older since new music is garbage to me!

The soundtrack of our youth will always be more appealing to us, however, The Stones, Bruce, Bryan Adams have come out with new music that I enjoy too.

I have eclectic taste in music from classic through to rock. I like music from WW1 through to now albeit I think the 60's had the best music. I do not like rap as it is usually all swearing and anger and that is if you can understand it - not my cup of tea. I don't like all the music and agree a lot of it does not stand up but the classics do and a lot of the 60's stuff is still being played today. Enjoy what you like.

If your CD collection is rubbish to you now, I'll take the collection :)

I love my Bee Gees and music from years ago. Still listen to all my CD and will until I die.

It depends on the person, I'm an old soul so I like older music 1960s to 1999 yes some some songs aren't going to be as good as others but there is always bound to happen

How dare you insult my music from the 70s and 80s. Just kidding. I know what you mean though. The attraction of music ties a lot with the memory of events which is why it invokes so much emotions when you listen to the old songs you grow up with.