Do modern teens know 90's music? (vid)

[RoJoHen]

Go forward another 10 years and ask kids about the music of the noughties and you'd get a similar reaction. Our music taste can be largely influenced about the era in which we grew up in.

Indeed. I think everyone eventually reaches an age where it seems all the new music sucks.

With things like Pandora and other music apps, these days I think it's easier for older people to find new music they like. Maybe they'll still think the Top 40 sucks, but there are convenient ways to get exposed to new music that may never end up on the radio.

 

[Kor]

Yup, and that age is about 30 usually. I'm already pretty much there. It's not that I hate all new music but I don't bother seeking it out anymore. If I hear it, I hear it but if I'm going to actively put something on it wil be something familiar.

That said, the 90s were my decade and I'm supposed to be all nostalgic for the music. I do feel a bit of that, but I still don't think the 90's can touch the 80's for awesome music.

The 90s were my high school days, but I don't really listen to much of the same stuff that I listened to back then.
I am always on the lookout for new or unfamiliar music of all types, whether contemporary or classic from any era... but generally not the stuff played on mainstream pop radio.

Without this approach, I never would discovered some of my favorite contemporary musical acts such as Pink Martini, the Avett brothers, First Aid Kit, and She & Him.

(but I generally can't stand the 80s )

Kor

 

[JoeZhang]

With things like Pandora and other music apps, these days I think it's easier for older people to find new music they like. Maybe they'll still think the Top 40 sucks, but there are convenient ways to get exposed to new music that may never end up on the radio.

The Top 40 I think is neither here nor there these days - now with internet radio, Pandora, spotify, deezer etc etc - it's possible to hear about a new band in a genre you like and be listening to that band 10 seconds later..

 

[RandyS]

My music taste is a bit eclectic, if I like a song I like song doesn't matter what era or genre it's from. Sure there are genre's that I prefer than others.

Yep. Same here. The music of the 90's wasn't all bad, just like the music of the 80's wasn't all good. It's the same today.