A question for those of you who are over 35...

[ekahob]

What kind of music do you think you would be listening to if you were 18-22 today?

I think I would be going to raves and dance clubs and dancing my ass off to the latest strain of techno. I'd probably also dabble in a little indie rock and electronica when I needed to be mellow. I'd hate hip-hop and rap.

Today, I don't like techno and only some indie rock and electronica. I hate hip-hop and rap.

[pikeprof]

I would say that I would probably be an indie-rock geek as that closely tailored my tastes from way back when-I listened to some synth-pop-but I don't if i'd like electronica.

[savethewave]

I would probably have indie-rock for listening, and techno, trance, and industrial for when I went out.

God, though...I would hate to be a young person discovering music for the first time today, because of the overall lack of quality.

[bpdp3]

I think I'd be listening to what I listen to now...indie, electronica, the current barrage of 'garage' rock, etc etc.....

What I wonder, however, is if I would go back and listen to the groups that were my actual mainstays at that age.

Would I ever

[Grunch]

Maybe you would get into new wave once you heard it.......think about it, the first time you heard any shoegaze/dreampop/twee pop sound, such as The Shermans, Trembling Blue Stars, Field Mice, Blueboy, Next Time Passions, and the loads of other excellent

[Ollie Stench]

God, I can't even fathom what it wold be like to be a teenager today. Knowing how reactionary I was at 11,12, 13 it was easy to get into punk and new wave as those were the haven for outsiders. Now there's no underground, everything is popular and pre-f

[pikeprof]

as Sebadoh said-Gimme Indie Rock!!!

[EchoBeachBunnyBoy]

Not a clue, but I know it wouldn't be the Top 40 crap that clogs the airwaves & brain cells of America's youth today.
I was a teenager at THE perfect time (1978-1984),IMHO...[;)]

[KYYX4ever]

Great question !

I think I'd be listening to today's synthpop/electro/trance/ambient. I've always favored the more synthy music out there.

But imagine this:
You are 18-22. You go onto the Internet to find out about your favorite new band, such a

[SwampThing]

This station...

http://www.somafm.com/recent/?indiepop

[fritzb]

I often wonder what I would be into today if I was a teenager. The only thing I can go on is what qualities I like in all music.

I like catchy melodies and rhythms and almost anything with great keyboards in it. It's a common thread throughout all

[SwampThing]

[quote]I know some of you may consider it sacrilegious of me, but I've always considered bands like Greenday, SR-71, Blink 187, Lit, and Ame

[Grunch]

Hey Fritz, I agree with you on the punk front, I never really cared much what the message was, if you could actually make it our anyway, it was just whether or not it grabbed me. I frankly really enjoyed ever track on Fear's The Record, to me a quintessen

[bowiestation]

I have to agree with Ollie.I honestly cant imagine what bands I would like by todays standards.Certain modern bands like Incubus have a few really good tunes I might add.There is no underground anymore.Too much time has passed to allow that to be producti

[WoodlandParkPunk]

If I was a teenager today I would slit my wrists!
I would be the geek at school that wore a Ramones t-shirt and actually knew the names of their songs. I like old school punk and fun, poppy new wave.