Why do you still care about New Wave?

[scramjet]

Most of us here are at an age (I'm 40) where we have plenty of serious concerns to occupy our energies - Earning a living, raising families, and all that goes along with that. My friends who were into New Wave back in the day have only a mild interest now. They've moved on to more mature concerns.

So why do we care so much about the music that we listened to when we were young?

Is it nostalgia for a time of innocence and wide open choices?

Do you just get pleasure from listening to New Wave more than any other kind of music (or heaven forbid - talk radio)?

Is it just an amusing diversion and you could have just as easily taken up coin collecting or building model sailboats instead?

I'm having a hard time answering the question for myself. I think it's a little of all of the above and varies a bit with time.
Maybe you're a teenager or twenty-something who just likes the music.

Why are you here?

[Ollie Stench]

I just turned 37 last Tuesday, so we're in the same age bracket.

I think I can answer "yes" to all the reasons given. New Wave WAS a big part of forming who I am, and along with punk I haven't found anything else that has excited me since. It IS a no

[eight6]

I just find the structure of the music to be superior to anything else I've heard. It came at the same time as the computerization of society and as such allowed musicians an unprecedented amount of experimentation. (synths, drum machines, digital manipul

[n/a5]

For me the music has a renewed sense of meaning. Back in the day you might have listened because it sounded good musically....and a few songs resonated...especially those that dealt with more universal themses that could be heard and felt in the correct

[Sean]

These are my reasons:

1) It's the greatest music ever
2) One can really never get enough of it
3) The music that's out these days is horrible (excluding Trance)
4) New Wave helped shaped me into the person today, it's a part of me
5) New Wave wasn'

[nowhere girl]

I still care about New Wave because it has been a big part of my life since I was a kid(I am 33 now, and I have been listening to new wave and punk music since probably around 1978 when my babysitter's brother would play the records for me). Most of my b

[phillyidol]

This is a great question and I get what your trying to say. I don't have a good answer. Everyone else covered it pretty well. But I am crazy with my music. There are some people that just have a huge need for music. It is a huge part of my life. I have a

[i_like_lectric_motors]

Wow, great question. I'm 41 now and like Ollie, punk and new wave basically made me who I am. It's ingrained in me and if I make it to 80 years old I just know I'll still be cranking Black Flag in traffic.I can't even imagine living without it even though

[eight6]

One thing nobody has mentioned, including me in my earlier post is that there was such a wealth of music that I'm STILL discovering new songs & groups.

[ben_at_work]

Good call eight 6. I find new stuff every week, partially thanks to the forums.[8D]

[KYYX4ever]

Everybody has said it the way I would say it!
I agree with y'all.
It's part of your youth; nostalgia and all that; impressions were made; attachments were formed....

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[middlesexnj]

[quote]Originally posted by scramjet
[br]So why do we care so much about the music that we listened to when we were young?
Is it no

[bpdp3]

I don't look/dress the part -- those who meet me would never guess it - - but punk/new wave undoubtedly shaped who I am. It is in every fiber of me.

I read about it and listen to it endlessly. The Trouser Press Record Guide is required bathroom readin

[enzfan]

quess i'm just trying to hold onto a little of my youth. i'm forty and sad as it is to say maybe we spend more time looking back than looking ahead. looking back music was a big part of your life in your teens to early twenties. the 80's is the music i gr

[bowiestation]

This music is timeless ! I think the problem lies in the fact that it's dated.Many people find my music taste extremely bizarre. Does not matter. I've been jamming to new wave /punk since 1977 and still going strong. I miss the true shock value of it back