Below I spoke of my love for popular music - all types & all eras.
From what I've seen, most music is typecast by the generation first hearing it. As they go on in life, they lose touch with the music that comes out later. Their music is referred to later as "oldies". I have always tried to escape that "dating" by diversifing my music tastes to accomodate all eras. I have wowed women and friends by showing them samples of what I've listened to. The woman I dated 12 years my senior (Bonnie) last year actually was won over by my liking The Carpenters. Yes, those Carpenters. Hey, they had great songs.
I like popular classic rock, B-sides, 1970s ballads, disco, and big-band 1940s-50s music the best, but will listen to anything once so I can note it. If a band is known for one major song, I'll download their other songs as favorites. The two types of music I will not make a habit of listening to: this so-called "gangsta rap" and any individual song that promotes exploitation or violence of women and children.
Want that diverse range? Here's ten songs I recently downloaded, with release years:
1. Black Crowes/"She Talks To Angels" (1990)
2. Jackson Browne/"She Must Have Been Somebody's Baby" (1981)
3. Celine Dion/"A New Day Has Come" (1999)
4. Vince Guilardi Trio/"Cast Your Fate To The Wind" (1963)
5. The Cars/"Drive" (1985)
6. David Baby Cortez/"The Happy Organ" (1959)
7. Indigo Girls/"Closer To Fine" (1996)
8. Fergie/"London Bridge" (2006)
9. Rolling Stones/"Miss You" (1977)
10. k.d. lang/"Constant Craving" (1991)
