RE: Music
August 16, 2017 at 11:52 pm
(This post was last modified: August 16, 2017 at 11:53 pm by c172.)
I actually grew up on the likes of Kenny G, David Lanz and Paul Speer, and Skywalk, which were smooth jazz/fusion/whatever. When I was growing up, as a visibly physically disabled person, I was either shunned or treated a lot younger than I was. So I ended up hanging out with certain other social outliers, with my peers' parents and such at recess. So I took to their liking, pretty much.
When I moved to Florida, my first ever out-of-metro move, in 1991, I was still listening to the smooth jazz, but then I started listening to a "Mix" station (Hot AC format, maybe?), and got to listening to Richard Marx, OMD, the Moody Blues, They Might Be Giants, and When In Rome. The "Mix" was a semipopular station, but it still wasn't what the teens my age preferred. "Y105" played Mr. Big, Extreme, and others.
While there in FL, I did start listening to WMNF, a "dot.org" public freeform station, which one hour could be playing college punk, and the next be playing klezmer. And I liked a lot of it all. I really liked the exposure. And that's something I treasure to this day, being exposed to new music.
Having said that, I think I lot about my past, and how I wished I were better exposed to the music of my pears. With that in mind, I have explored 80's and early 90's music in the past two years, and conclude that I'd have possibly been a "light punk". Is "normcore" really a thing, because that term speaks to me, too (this is a different thread, methinks). I like what now would maybe be "soft rock". like Boy Meets Girl, Eric Carmen, Tears For Fears, Simple Minds or Men At Work. But I also like The Kinks, Dresden Dolls, Jesus and Mary Chain, Deep Blue Something, Joy Division, and even some 90's alternative/grunge/whatever (so many genre names!). 90's stuff I like is Might Mighty Bosstones, Butthole Surfers, Counting Crows, Live and others.
The nostalgia is strong with me, but new bands can be capable of some fun stuff. Hey. fun. That's a band name:
When I moved to Florida, my first ever out-of-metro move, in 1991, I was still listening to the smooth jazz, but then I started listening to a "Mix" station (Hot AC format, maybe?), and got to listening to Richard Marx, OMD, the Moody Blues, They Might Be Giants, and When In Rome. The "Mix" was a semipopular station, but it still wasn't what the teens my age preferred. "Y105" played Mr. Big, Extreme, and others.
While there in FL, I did start listening to WMNF, a "dot.org" public freeform station, which one hour could be playing college punk, and the next be playing klezmer. And I liked a lot of it all. I really liked the exposure. And that's something I treasure to this day, being exposed to new music.
Having said that, I think I lot about my past, and how I wished I were better exposed to the music of my pears. With that in mind, I have explored 80's and early 90's music in the past two years, and conclude that I'd have possibly been a "light punk". Is "normcore" really a thing, because that term speaks to me, too (this is a different thread, methinks). I like what now would maybe be "soft rock". like Boy Meets Girl, Eric Carmen, Tears For Fears, Simple Minds or Men At Work. But I also like The Kinks, Dresden Dolls, Jesus and Mary Chain, Deep Blue Something, Joy Division, and even some 90's alternative/grunge/whatever (so many genre names!). 90's stuff I like is Might Mighty Bosstones, Butthole Surfers, Counting Crows, Live and others.
The nostalgia is strong with me, but new bands can be capable of some fun stuff. Hey. fun. That's a band name:
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