I'm not going to be that guy....

i like new songs and old songs equally ...i have my own selection of songs and music that i like ...they have their own style and uniqueness. not all the old songs were good and not all the new songs are good either ..i am not able to accept them , my brain just shuts off when i listen to those songs. I am more fond of the lyrics of the songs .. i cant accept songs with wierd lyrics, where do they get it from .. anyways ...Old songs reminds me of my younger days .. new songs keeps me young always .. wow that rhymes

I can't say I know a person like that but I understand how that person comes about. I feel like it's kinda of like a music rut, when people aren't open to listening to other types of music. I've found myself in certain moods and that happens but for the most part I like to keep my playlist wide and all encompassing. Especially as a musician I like to listen to a jumble of styles and artists so my stuff doesn't come out sounding like one specific artist.

My aunt is one of these people. When I was a teen we would all party together and she would play those songs from the 50-60's. It was fun at first we would dance and have a great time. She had one tape she would play over and over and over...... Now I can not stand some of that music. I try to listen to stations on the radio that offer new music. I don't want to be like her and think that was the only era of music.

i know people like this. stuck in the past and refusing to even sample the new music out there. my sister in law is one of em. wont even turn on the radio but plays her bon jovi tapes over n over again. sad really.. to stagnate yerself when there is so much wonderful NEW music all the time. how do i prevent being "that girl" ? i keep my radio tuned to a station that plays the newer music

You have just decribed my husband. I hate that, I do not nor ever will get hooked on oldies. They have their palce once in awhile, but not a steady diet of it. I try new things all the time.Some I like some I do not. I will not be a stagnant person, I am always evovling and growing.

Yep that's me. Music is very important to me, the songs I choose to listen to bring back memories, I love the old ones... I know all the words! lol I'm always open for new tunes though.

Well being a huge music fan and lover all my life I of course still listen to the music i loved when I was a kid and a teenager BUT I also love listenign to new music and of course having teenaged and young adult aged kids in my life I'm always hearing of new stuff..I dont listen to the radio so I have to rely on them and my other music loving friends etc to turn me on to new stuff....of course I find new tunes all the time on T.V as well like during a movie or series i'm into etc etc..

Hi DD..hope you don't mind me shortening your name...my children well adults now have always kept me young at heart and I like most of the music nowadays and still get CD's too but I think its good to move on with the age of the times not still back in the 60's,70's etc I still like music from then but like the music today too...bb littleowl

DarkDancer - hi. I think everyone older than me is stuck listening to the same music they have heard all their lives. I think I will die if I hear one more oldie coming from the radio. Music today is not as good as before, which is a problem. I like the idea of hearing new music randomly selected by your computer. I'm not too sure I want a sentient computer though. I'm attaching a picture of one of those old radios that people listened to before television entered the entertainment world. Sometimes the pictures come out good, other times you can barely make it out. so, we'll see. To tell you the truth though, because I don't have an AI or sentient computer. I do frustrate myself looking new music and end up with a mixture of 80s and 90s. It's the popularity of the 50s and 60s that drives me crazy! anawar out

This had me laughing. I don't think I'm quite that person. Are you saying that they only have songs from when that they grew up with? I have songs that I liked growing up, but they aren't the only ones taking up my Ipod. I listen to several things and I'm always learning about new artists.

I'm an old fart - baby boomer. And I do prefer listening to oldies - but that includes music from the 60s, 70s and early 80s. 50s are okay, but not my favorites. And I have a 24 year old who makes sure I get to hear some new good music as well. (He actually likes lots of old music too - even some before my time - like Frank Sinatra.) In addition to my oldies music, I listen to old hymns, contemporary Christian music and classical. Some country - but NOT the old stuff.

Well.... despite 80s being quite awhile ago, I can't consider it oldies. A lot of new artists these days are doing remakes of 80s songs - look at Fall Out Boy and 'Beat It'. It makes new life for these songs, our teenagers are rocking out to them. Anything pre-80s is oldies... in my opinion lol. I don't listen to pre-80s. I have always listened to a variety and I like current music, so I guess I won't ever 'be' that person. I'll probably always like some current music unless it takes a giant turn for the worse within the next decade or two. I prefer to listen to things that don't SOUND dated, even if they ARE 30 years old.

i know some people like that it's nice to hear old stuff brings you back but i like discovering new stuff plus my music tatse is so varied i couldn't cope with just one type of music i'd get bored. Wish my computer did that it'd save me finding new stuff to listen to out od curiosity which band and album was it?

its always good to have a variety of music to listen to new music is good but also i think you should keep your mind open to old music too, you would be suprised at the quality of it and i will have you know that most current music is made from old music not all but some of the good ones come from old music, think about old is gold

Music is basically what I like. I abhor the crazy out of tune music modes of these days and love the melodies of the past. You're right if you're trying to avoid getting into old age stuff. But, what do you personally really like ? Stick with that.

i think im that guy, haha, well you see, i think music era has its own personality, umm..so i guess, umm..you listen to what speaks to you, you know, speak to you in a way that you want it to speak, haha, im talking nonsense here, am i? i think im that guy, but its not that im not open to new kind of music, but what ive notice with the new songs that i like today is that it kinda has a semblance to what i use to listen and am still listening now, my songs, my old songs, yup it kinda similar only played differently, by the way im not that old im only 28, but im already getting stuck to my music era, the 90s and early 2000s

Interesting thread.......... I'm not that guy or girl but I don't hold it against them. I see nothing wrong with being more comfortable with the music you grew up with. Everyone is different. That's what makes the world go 'round. I grew up with classic rock of the 60's and 70's. I still love it as does my 29 year old daughter. However, I also love clasical, new age, 90's, adult comtemporary/altenative, R&B and even some new pop stuff. About all I don't like is rap, really heavy metal (I call it Cookie Monster music), and country. My Dad grew up with Frank Sinatra and the like. He loves clasic rock from the 70's and some newer sounds, jazz - probably about like me. But he is that kind of person who is eternally young and always ready to try something new. It's all just personality traits.

Sadly, I *AM* that person. I listen to 80's music like it's going out of style, and I just went to a Poison concert last year. Although I LISTEN to it, I am not still LIVING it. LOL Now *THAT* is the person I refuse to be. When I went to the concert, there were still people there with leather pants and that flourescent green color tops, shoes, etc. Eeew. Ratted hair, 80's makeup. I do, however, listen to new music too. I am a radio station flicker. I change it until something I know comes on. LOL Alternative, rock, whatever era. It's all good.

I can see why, given the quality of the majority of today's "music." Right now, as far as '08 jams are concerned...it's Coldplay or nothin.'

There is nothing wrong with being that person. It is simply what they were comfortable with and able to relate to. If they do that then that's a personal choice. Perhaps they are not taking the chance in trying to find new things to listen to and understand. It depends on the person, truly. If you turn into that person, perhaps you could understand from their perspective. There are some songs that just touch you deep inside that it feels as if the artist sat down with you and just...took everything in you and poured it into a song. Maybe that's what it is...or the song is an extenstion of themselves. Helped them through some tough times...