I wouldn't say I've necessarily 'grown up', but my musical tastes have certainly evolved, and in some cases, gone almost full circle.
From a young age I've always (even in the 80s when I was at Junior School) been a bit partial to emotional rock/hair metal. Stuff like Simply the Best, Power of Love, Danger Zone etc. This has been the one real constant in terms of my music tastes... anything with a bit of over-the-top emotion and some powerful-yet-palletable guitars has appealed to me.
In my early teens, I used to like mainstream electronic music like Snap, The Shamen, 2 Unlimited, The Prodigy and stuff like that. However in the mid-90s Oasis converted me to 'indie' and then 'rock' music. This has been something I've enjoyed for over 10 years now. However, in the late 90s, partly due to a friend at uni I started getting back into electronic music, only this time more on the trance side of things... Chicane, Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold and stuff like that. Pretty much all of this decade I've been focussing on rock and trance acts, with not much chart/pop at all.
My tastes have widened a tad because there is now some rap/hip-hop music I can listen to (eg Eminem). Not so long ago I couldn't stand it. I can also appreciate classical music and I find some hybrid stuff quite interesting (e.g. Apocalyptica).
One thing I think is important to note is that I'm almost entirely motivated by melodies rather than lyrics. By which I mean that when I'm listening to a song, I'm mainly revelling in the sound of the voice/music, rather than what they are actually saying. I'm often astounded to see people reciting lyrics off by heart, because I find it almost impossible to do that even with some of my favourite songs. This is probably why I enjoy both lyrically simple bands such as Oasis and trance because I don't really need any kind of deeper meaning to my music.
From a young age I've always (even in the 80s when I was at Junior School) been a bit partial to emotional rock/hair metal. Stuff like Simply the Best, Power of Love, Danger Zone etc. This has been the one real constant in terms of my music tastes... anything with a bit of over-the-top emotion and some powerful-yet-palletable guitars has appealed to me.
In my early teens, I used to like mainstream electronic music like Snap, The Shamen, 2 Unlimited, The Prodigy and stuff like that. However in the mid-90s Oasis converted me to 'indie' and then 'rock' music. This has been something I've enjoyed for over 10 years now. However, in the late 90s, partly due to a friend at uni I started getting back into electronic music, only this time more on the trance side of things... Chicane, Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold and stuff like that. Pretty much all of this decade I've been focussing on rock and trance acts, with not much chart/pop at all.
My tastes have widened a tad because there is now some rap/hip-hop music I can listen to (eg Eminem). Not so long ago I couldn't stand it. I can also appreciate classical music and I find some hybrid stuff quite interesting (e.g. Apocalyptica).
One thing I think is important to note is that I'm almost entirely motivated by melodies rather than lyrics. By which I mean that when I'm listening to a song, I'm mainly revelling in the sound of the voice/music, rather than what they are actually saying. I'm often astounded to see people reciting lyrics off by heart, because I find it almost impossible to do that even with some of my favourite songs. This is probably why I enjoy both lyrically simple bands such as Oasis and trance because I don't really need any kind of deeper meaning to my music.
