How Have Your Musical Interests Changed Over Your Life?

**Just John** · 06-12-2007, 02:17 PM

If they have I mean.

When I was anything from 3-9 I just went with whatever my parents played, which was Led Zepplin from my dad and I'm not sure what from my mum. I wasn't exactly a fan, but I just went with it like most kids would. When I was 9-10 I started paying attention to pop music, and alot of it was serious crap, Eiffel 65, Boyzone, B'witched, Shaggy, Phats And Small, Toploader etc. if it wasn't crap it was pretty generic radio stuff.

That was around 2001, about the same time I was allowed to watch Wrestlemania X7, which was amazing because it was my first Wrestlemania I saw. The theme they used that year was Limp Bizkit's My Way, thats was when 'skater' music (or thats what it was known as around my area) propelled into the mainstream, and me and my sister were into bands like Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Feeder, Alien Ant Farm, OPM and stuff. Typical kinda Kerrang stuff at the time.

2001 blew over and as I was going into high school in 2002 I played Vice City and would listen to V-Rock non stop, I was 11 and intent on growing my hair long because I listened to bands like Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer and stuff. It was all about the 80s metal.

As there always is, I found other kids in school who liked old metal too, but they were also into newer metal, thanks to that and WWE, I went onto bands like Drowning Pool. I spent a few years of metal, long hair and denim jackets and loved it. I met loads of like minded people, and adults who were suprised about a kid who liked that stuff.

After that, I got back into wrestling (I had been neglecting it for a while) and saw how Jeff Hardy had changed so much. It was from there I wanted to be oh-so 'Alternative (I joined tpww around this time too). I cut my hair and dyed it horrendous colours and wore the brightest, gayest things a kid can wear. I remember finding out that Jeff Hardys favorite band was Pearl Jam, and since I was idolising him, I thought I'd download some of their stuff. First thing I downloaded was Jeremy (Coincidently their most mainstream song). That changed everything, I was officially mad about Pearl Jam and Our Lady Peace (They did the music to Jeffs desire video, yes I was awful

).

I'd always realised that I wasn't really being 'alternative', just the reverse side of the coin. But I'd push it aside from my mind, various things kept driving back the thoughts (Our Lady Peace's song 4am "...Being too much like somebody else") I remember hearing Pearl Jams song Corduroy, and I kept hearing the line "I'll end up alone a copy cat". It got to the point where I couldn't listen to it because the truth hurt basically. I was made so insecure by this, that I dropped the whole thing. It was at the same time I heard the lyrics differently (It was actually "I'll end up alone like I began"). Which still seems weird now.

As I got out of this mindset, I discovered a new genre of music from San Andreas: Southern Rock. I was so into CCR and Lynyrd Skynyrd, I drifted into a southern thing (Thats where the Redneck gimmick stemmed from). This worked up all until the end of last year. Where I had explosion of Genres, I took on Gangsta Rap, 90s Music in general, electronic music and loads of subgenres of the same. Since then my tastes have developed and developed and I've gone all over the music map. I also got into New Age, but I honestly have no idea where that came from.

Now that I'm in a point of realisation of my music, I see what I have covered, and whats left to be covered. I have also built up an immense playlist and sometimes its great to just think, 'Yeah I'm feeling like some metal' or whatever and just play it. I even find new bands of old genres and pick up the old metal time for a few days. Over the time of my music interests, I've played drums for two years and dropped it. Played guitar for a year, and realised I'm awful. Its sort of ironic after trying to be all unique and eventually given up, In time I've become my own person really. Which is what Jeff Hardy was saying to do all the time. Shame that I think he's a bit of a tool now

So how has music shaped your life? How have you grown up with it? Whats changed?

06-12-2007, 02:17 PM	#1
Just John Kiss the blade Posts: 8,284	How Have Your Musical Interests Changed Over Your Life? If they have I mean. When I was anything from 3-9 I just went with whatever my parents played, which was Led Zepplin from my dad and I'm not sure what from my mum. I wasn't exactly a fan, but I just went with it like most kids would. When I was 9-10 I started paying attention to pop music, and alot of it was serious crap, Eiffel 65, Boyzone, B'witched, Shaggy, Phats And Small, Toploader etc. if it wasn't crap it was pretty generic radio stuff. That was around 2001, about the same time I was allowed to watch Wrestlemania X7, which was amazing because it was my first Wrestlemania I saw. The theme they used that year was Limp Bizkit's My Way, thats was when 'skater' music (or thats what it was known as around my area) propelled into the mainstream, and me and my sister were into bands like Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Feeder, Alien Ant Farm, OPM and stuff. Typical kinda Kerrang stuff at the time. 2001 blew over and as I was going into high school in 2002 I played Vice City and would listen to V-Rock non stop, I was 11 and intent on growing my hair long because I listened to bands like Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer and stuff. It was all about the 80s metal. As there always is, I found other kids in school who liked old metal too, but they were also into newer metal, thanks to that and WWE, I went onto bands like Drowning Pool. I spent a few years of metal, long hair and denim jackets and loved it. I met loads of like minded people, and adults who were suprised about a kid who liked that stuff. After that, I got back into wrestling (I had been neglecting it for a while) and saw how Jeff Hardy had changed so much. It was from there I wanted to be oh-so 'Alternative (I joined tpww around this time too). I cut my hair and dyed it horrendous colours and wore the brightest, gayest things a kid can wear. I remember finding out that Jeff Hardys favorite band was Pearl Jam, and since I was idolising him, I thought I'd download some of their stuff. First thing I downloaded was Jeremy (Coincidently their most mainstream song). That changed everything, I was officially mad about Pearl Jam and Our Lady Peace (They did the music to Jeffs desire video, yes I was awful ). I'd always realised that I wasn't really being 'alternative', just the reverse side of the coin. But I'd push it aside from my mind, various things kept driving back the thoughts (Our Lady Peace's song 4am "...Being too much like somebody else") I remember hearing Pearl Jams song Corduroy, and I kept hearing the line "I'll end up alone a copy cat". It got to the point where I couldn't listen to it because the truth hurt basically. I was made so insecure by this, that I dropped the whole thing. It was at the same time I heard the lyrics differently (It was actually "I'll end up alone like I began"). Which still seems weird now. As I got out of this mindset, I discovered a new genre of music from San Andreas: Southern Rock. I was so into CCR and Lynyrd Skynyrd, I drifted into a southern thing (Thats where the Redneck gimmick stemmed from). This worked up all until the end of last year. Where I had explosion of Genres, I took on Gangsta Rap, 90s Music in general, electronic music and loads of subgenres of the same. Since then my tastes have developed and developed and I've gone all over the music map. I also got into New Age, but I honestly have no idea where that came from. Now that I'm in a point of realisation of my music, I see what I have covered, and whats left to be covered. I have also built up an immense playlist and sometimes its great to just think, 'Yeah I'm feeling like some metal' or whatever and just play it. I even find new bands of old genres and pick up the old metal time for a few days. Over the time of my music interests, I've played drums for two years and dropped it. Played guitar for a year, and realised I'm awful. Its sort of ironic after trying to be all unique and eventually given up, In time I've become my own person really. Which is what Jeff Hardy was saying to do all the time. Shame that I think he's a bit of a tool now So how has music shaped your life? How have you grown up with it? Whats changed?