Music you *used* to be into?

[centurymantra]

STP is back with a vengeance FYI

i dunno if this is good or bad.

I remember hearing a recent STP recording on the radio as I was driving home from work. I remember it mainly because I was amazed at how the kick drum was just slicing through 70mph road noise on a fairly low volume stereo. Seriously, it was almost the only thing you could hear, along with maybe a little vocal.

[AnalogousGumdropDecoder]

God, when I was in middle school I thought Blues Traveler was the shit. I heard them a couple of years ago and it's like Yngwie on harmonica with three guys dozing off behind him. I also thought Stone Temple Pilots were amazing (which at times they could be, though not usually). Tiny Music is awesome, Purple is about half-good (how did I not notice all that filler??), Core is TERRIBLE... And so on. For some reason I used to like Boston, Collective Soul, Bad Company, Better than Ezra, god... all kinds of mediocre corporate rock. I even bought the first 2 Creed albums. Okay, forget I said that shit - that totally wasn't me... I was rockin' Schoenberg in the womb!

[Trick Fall]

Tears for Fears Head Over Heels is a great song and still gets cranked in the car now and again. The 80's gets ragged on, but in my opinoin there is a lot of great music from that era.

My theory is that most bands really only have a couple of good songs per record. I really don't think there are many albums that hold up over time. So even though there are probably some pretty cringe worthy things in my collection there is usually a song or two from the artist that I still like.

[weatherbox]

I began consciously listening to modern music at age 13 in a cultureless suburban setting with no older siblings to offer guidance. It was 1993. You can see how this turned out very, very badly. Scoop up all the worst mid 90s references made in this thread, I am guilty of all. Except Dave Matthews and Sublime. Even I knew that was fucking awful.

I will say mid-90s shitty music was more interesting in its spread than today. I just don't see a Gregorian chant revival happening now like it did in '94.

[RefD]

I began consciously listening to modern music at age 13 in a cultureless suburban setting with no older siblings to offer guidance. It was 1993. You can see how this turned out very, very badly.

same here except it was 1982 and so-called New Wave.

thankfully, i soon discovered early Pink Floyd and late Beatles and somehow steered myself away from the worst of the time.

i still like Split Enz, tho!

[firby]

I guess I would say Duran Duran, but Rio still fully rocks...Every single time.

i agree

I sang 'hungry like the wolf' with a live karaoke band for my then-girlfriend/now-wife. That got me laid that night.

Me too. That was the first album I ever bought (actually got it on cassette).

Still love it.

[AnalogousGumdropDecoder]

My theory is that most bands really only have a couple of good songs per record. I really don't think there are many albums that hold up over time. So even though there are probably some pretty cringe worthy things in my collection there is usually a song or two from the artist that I still like.

<b>???????????</b>

WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO???

[Trick Fall]

My theory is that most bands really only have a couple of good songs per record. I really don't think there are many albums that hold up over time. So even though there are probably some pretty cringe worthy things in my collection there is usually a song or two from the artist that I still like.

<b>???????????</b>

WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO???

A fairly wide variety of stuff. Some all time favorites would be Blondie, The Ramones, New Order, Blur, Oasis, Sonic Youth,The Rolling Stones, Saint Etienne, Velvet Underground... some current faves are Spoon, 1990's, Bat for Lashes, Queens of the Stoneage, Mickey Avalon. I buy a couple of cd's a month and am more of a "pop" singles kind of guy than an album rock guy. I do not own any records by the Beatles or Led Zeppelin and can't remember the last time I put on a Pink Floyd record.

[curtiswyant]

My theory is that most bands really only have a couple of good songs per record. I really don't think there are many albums that hold up over time. So even though there are probably some pretty cringe worthy things in my collection there is usually a song or two from the artist that I still like.

<b>???????????</b>

WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO???

A fairly wide variety of stuff. Some all time favorites would be Blondie, The Ramones, New Order, Blur, Oasis, Sonic Youth,The Rolling Stones, Saint Etienne, Velvet Underground... some current faves are Spoon, 1990's, Bat for Lashes, Queens of the Stoneage, Mickey Avalon. I buy a couple of cd's a month and am more of a "pop" singles kind of guy than an album rock guy. I do not own any records by the Beatles or Led Zeppelin and can't remember the last time I put on a Pink Floyd record.

I hope you've at least heard the Beatles albums (if not, BUY THEM NOW). Being a fellow Oasis fan, you owe it to yourself to hear the real thing.

[Trick Fall]

My theory is that most bands really only have a couple of good songs per record. I really don't think there are many albums that hold up over time. So even though there are probably some pretty cringe worthy things in my collection there is usually a song or two from the artist that I still like.

<b>???????????</b>

WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO???

A fairly wide variety of stuff. Some all time favorites would be Blondie, The Ramones, New Order, Blur, Oasis, Sonic Youth,The Rolling Stones, Saint Etienne, Velvet Underground... some current faves are Spoon, 1990's, Bat for Lashes, Queens of the Stoneage, Mickey Avalon. I buy a couple of cd's a month and am more of a "pop" singles kind of guy than an album rock guy. I do not own any records by the Beatles or Led Zeppelin and can't remember the last time I put on a Pink Floyd record.

I hope you've at least heard the Beatles albums (if not, BUY THEM NOW). Being a fellow Oasis fan, you owe it to yourself to hear the real thing.

I had a box set of all their albums on vynyl when I was a kid

[Sean Sullivan]

I was into screamo stuff like Thrice, Thursday, Taking Back Sunday, Juliana Theory for a bit in high school, then I was into Revelation Records' heavier stuff, but I also liked stuff like Wilco, Dismemberment Plan, Pavement, and others, and slowly just leaned towards alternative country and indie rock these days. I also have a new found love for power pop like Sloan, The Sneakers/The db's and psychedelic stuff like The Stems and Roky Erikson.

[mikeyc]

I still maintain that Right Said Fred's "Up" is one of the best albums of 1992.

[jamoo]

and prince...

[Trick Fall]

I still maintain that Right Said Fred's "Up" is one of the best albums of 1992.

My wife loves that record and I actually saw them at The Palladium in NY and thought it was a totally fun show/

[mikeyc]

I still maintain that Right Said Fred's "Up" is one of the best albums of 1992.

My wife loves that record and I actually saw them at The Palladium in NY and thought it was a totally fun show/

At one point, I owned 2 copies. Don't ask.