Question for those in their late 20s and beyond...

SoundMaster · Nov 26, 2004

Do you find yourself being more "nostalgic" as you grow older? Do you long to re-experience the music (or the emotions and memories?) that you felt years ago?

These past few months have REALLY seen me feeling this way. I've totally gone back into time & have attempted to recaputure the feelings of my younger days. Perhaps it's the prospect of imminent fatherhood (as my wife is 3 months pregnant), or perhaps it's just the stain of aging (I just turned 33)?!?!

Lately, I've re-discovered the bands of my youth (AC/DC). Bands that have NOT grown along with me (such as Maiden, Priest, etc.) that I've been into for over 2 decades.

Does anyone here feel the same?
Ironically, we seem to remember the good more than the bad....is that just a defense mechanism of the mind? My teen days were more often worse than not, yet now, for some reason, I glorify them.
Strange, indeed.

carnut · Nov 27, 2004

Man, the older I get, the more nostalgic I get, I'm constantly playing good 80's albums, and buying alot on vinyl.... I just love the old stuff !!!
When i dropped in this place earlier this year I got back into the music the hard way, brings back all the great memories of my teenage years...
Anda, congrats with your upcoming baby ! Hope you'll give him or her a great youth to remember too

Big D · Nov 27, 2004

Don't know if I'm getting more nostalgic but I will say that digging out my old lps is enhanced by the memories of good times evoked.

tedvanfrehley · Nov 27, 2004

Amen brother. I am 30. About a year or so ago I started not liking any music by artists younger than me. Why? Can't say...I respect the hell outta the young guys but just can't get too psyched when there is so much older stuff left to buy. Shadows Fall are great but still I would buy a SHITTY motley cd over their best work if all I had was $20. I live in the 80's, I guess.

Wyvern · Nov 27, 2004

I'm nostalgia incarnate! I miss so much NWOBHM..., those were the days.

JonnyD · Nov 27, 2004

hahaha this one is a thinker I am in a Danzig kick at the moment and this thread made me realize that in a way I am listening to Danzig to remember a buddy who killed himself, also on the less depressing side I have made several purchases lately of bands I had on these Videos i used to get as a kid called "Rockvideo Monthly" their were certain bands I really liked at the time I couldnt afford or find the albums at the local store, but this year I have managed to track down a bunch of em

.....My teen years were often worse than not too but I would go back there for nothing I like being 26 its not so bad and I'm alot more sober now than I was then which is another plus

Walter_Langkowski · Nov 27, 2004

I turned 32 this past October so I fit into your category. For myself I really don't get too nostalgic about stuff in general. Except for a period between November 1991 to around October of 1993 (which was a pretty cool time) things have been better for me as of late.

I will say that a lot of the music from about 1989-1993 was a lot better, so with that in mind I'd say I'm nostalgic in that sense. I really think that a lot of the name brand bands of our more youthfull days have really gone by the wayside, and there are fewer and fewer really GOOD bands to sink your teeth into. And the really good newer ones are so underground that I really don't think that there will be much of a future for them, unlike about fifteen years ago when the major labels really supported hard rock and Metal.

tedvanfrehley · Nov 27, 2004

HEY BY THE WAY CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE PREGNANCY/BABY!!!! That's great. LIFESTYLE CHANGE, bro!! haha

sixxswine · Nov 27, 2004

Soundmaster, yeah a little bit...
But when I sit back & think about what I liked back in the day...
Mostly what some would call "buttrock" or "hair metal," I can't say that I'm
wishing I was back in the past. Yeah there are some bands that get me thinking
about the great times in the past, Ratt, Crue, Metallica(classic), Megadeth, Dio, Maiden, but that's about where it ends. I love the energy & fire that some of these new acts & recent discoveries have.
I look forward to the future of metal & the acts that are yet to some.
How cool is it to think that right now, there's some kid in some part of the world, that is strapping on a guitar &
will kick some's ass in the future?!

Bryant · Nov 28, 2004

SoundMaster said:
Do you find yourself being more "nostalgic" as you grow older? Do you long to re-experience the music (or the emotions and memories?) that you felt years ago?

I for one absolutely DO NOT !! I am just at the age where I caught the NWOBHM. I went through the hair metal era (not all bad by any means) and the rise and fall of thrash as well. I love all of those eras in my life and even though I followed my own path (within the metal genre) I saw the "big boys" like Dio, Bon Jovi, Metallica etc. I still listen to quite a bit of old stuff and love it, but more of it than not sounds tired and dated.
I know a guy (no shit) that up until about three years ago ONLY listened to Ozzy era Sabbath. That is all the music he listened to at the time. I thought to myself.... how fucking sad !! I revisit the past often, but I do not live in it. There is good music out there, but it takes an effort to find.
I am not here condemn anyone if they can't find new stuff they like, because it takes an effort, but the good shit is out there. There are people in their 30's out there (and younger) making music that oldschool guys like.

bryant

Bryant · Nov 28, 2004

Soundmaster.... forgot to congratulate you on the future youngin' I am there with you. My wife is due in April. ^__~

MURAI · Nov 28, 2004

I'm 20, one of the youngest suckers here but I do feel some nostalgia. Heavy metal seemed more fresh and exciting to me 3 years ago, but now I guess I'm getting a little too used to it.

LadySteele · Nov 28, 2004

being thirty-cough-ahem-something... I see a bit of what you are saying here- While I don't long to be 18 again, the "old stuff has its place, time, comfort, -nostalgia in addition to just being good to listen to.
impending parenthood -that is a big lifestyle change, you are saying goodbye to a part of yourself -parts that the music/memories are attached to. been there went through it. And on days that I am particularly tempted to pull my hair out, a good dose of the past is relaxing for memories of sitting on the beach with a beer, cutting class, with absoloutely no responsibility. AAAAHHHH , then the phone rings, somebody needs more koolaid, the dogs bark,bla

bla bla. But then the music today, it is so fun to have TSO be our family holiday tradition, Sonata Artica is good rev up the preschoolers and let them burn off energy music!
I wouldn't go back,its a journey this life, and when you are about to turn down parenthood ave., there is a time for reflection before you move on- makes sense. And, In 20 years I'll be crying to All that I Bleed and various other Savatage, because I rocked my baby to sleep to it..

LadySteele · Nov 28, 2004

Congratulations on your upcoming parenthood!-btw -

SickBoy · Nov 29, 2004

SoundMaster said:
Do you find yourself being more "nostalgic" as you grow older? Do you long to re-experience the music (or the emotions and memories?) that you felt years ago?

Well, as far as re-experiencing goes, that comes to spinning any of the classic era Maiden, Metallica, Slayer or whatnot album that I haven't listened in a while. Since I know this albums by heart I don't feel the need to spin them as often as I used to, but it's quite a trip down a memory lane when I do...

The thing me and my buddies like to remember is how we appreciated the music we got on cassettes and LP's way back in early 90's. The war in Croatia was about to kick off and besides that it was rather hard to find anything here, if you didn't have someone in Germany, Italy, Austria or UK to provide you with the new stuff. It was all Maiden and a few other bands they released here under license, since there was no import...
Most of the albums in those days I attained thru tape trading, most of the recordings were 3rd hand or even worse... But we still listened to them day in day out, whereas todays kids won't bother to listen if it isn't a CD or at least mp3 with bitrate over 160.

We had less albums, but appreciated them more, I feel...

Perhaps it's the prospect of imminent fatherhood (as my wife is 3 months pregnant), or perhaps it's just the stain of aging (I just turned 33)?!?!

Congrats on the kiddo!

USMC0341 · Nov 29, 2004

Not really nostalgic - but I think most of us have a fifferent perspective seeing the newer waves of music coming out and how Metal has come almost full-circle. Being a teenager in the heyday of the 80's REAL Metal scene was an unbelievable time to be growing up, and it's awesome to see a lot of newer bands who put emphasis on technical ability and solid songwriting putting out some awesome stuff.

SoundMaster · Dec 3, 2004

USMC0341 said:
Being a teenager in the heyday of the 80's REAL Metal scene was an unbelievable time to be growing up.

Indeed, it was.
I climbed aboard after the rise of the NWOBHM, so I missed it's beginnings, although I was there for it's glory days.

The rise of thrash was particularly cool, IMO. Back then, I viewed thrash as being the "purest" form of music, and the ultimate final destination of metal.
I distinctly remember being so enraptured by it, that I began labelling less heavy bands as insifnificant. In my view, Priest became "Judas Posuer", for having the audacity to release 'Turbo' at the HEIGHT of the Slayer-Megadeth-Metallica-Anthrax-Exodus-Overkill-etc Glory Run!

Today, thrash is the one genre of metal that I almost NEVER listen to. It didn't stand the test of time, IMO. Only a handful of those bands & records are relevant today, IMO. There was almost as much CHEESE and "disposability" in thrash as their was in hair/fluff/flower metal. Only it was a cheese of a different variety!

SickBoy · Dec 3, 2004

SoundMaster said:
There was almost as much CHEESE and "disposability" in thrash as their was in hair/fluff/flower metal. Only it was a cheese of a different variety!

Cheddar?

Psychonaut · Dec 3, 2004

I shift constantly. I'll listen to only new stuff for a few months and then listen to the older stuff for a few. Whatever catches my ear at the time. I do miss the early years but mostly because I had less responsibility and was more of a free spirit. Of course, I would never want to get that intimate with my palm again...