...the style(s) of music that you do?

I am extremely interested in why people are attracted to the music that they are.
It's my belief that at least a large segment of one's musical tastes are formed during their Jr. High/High School years.

During these specific school years...
1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?
2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)
3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?
4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?
5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm
[Edited 6/15/05 20:23pm]
[Edited 6/15/05 23:15pm]

Fascinating. I'll answer this tomorrow.

Country is my mom's influence. I listen to 70s rock, because my dad did and it makes me remember him. Metal was my big brother's influence. My younger brother took over listening to alternative/modern rock when I left off. I got into hip-hop/R&B/soul on my own. Nobody in my family listens to the same kinda music. lol

Going to bed now, but I'll answer the specific questions tomorrow.

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?

i was pretty much part of the out crowd, though i was more invisible than anything. i did a bit of art and drama stuff at school, but i didn't really engage socially because my peer group was the art school kids i hung out with after school. so i was unpopular, but in the ways that mattered to me, i felt very popular indeed.

2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)

a real mish-mosh of stuff. mostly 80s alternative/new wave, but i was discovering all kinds of stuff around this time in my life.

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?

yeah. in fact, i learned a lot about music from them. most of what they liked was more 'extreme' than what i was discovering on my own, but i enjoyed experiencing what i considered the 'dangerous'/'edgy' stuff.

4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?

hair metal, crappy top 40 stuff, richard marx, stuff like that.

5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?

yeah. lately i've been getting interested in music from different cultures, like brazilian music and indian music, which i think is appealing to me as i get older in much the same way that jazz or classical tends to appeal to a lot of folks as they get older - but generally, my tastes are really the same as they've always been.

theAudience said:

Is this your thesis, or dissertation? Any way...
1. I was the "out"cast of the "in"crowd (this is how I am today as well)
2. R&B from the 60's to present...some rap, some pop
3. Depends on the year, but overall, no. Most of my male friends were really into rap and my female friends liked the flava of the month artists.
4. Rap, trying to be cool, smooth but edgy, and sexy...all the things they weren't and still aren't.
5. Yes, but today's artists bore me. I don't take any of them serious as singers, producers, or musicians, and it's rare that a new song jumps into my soul the way I'm used to.

Right now I'm blasting some classical music because I'm in a bitchy mood. It's working...

Very interesting topic, tA.


1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?

I was an outcast but most of the cool/popular kids liked me.

2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)

Solely R&B. Then MTV came along and I blended in pop, pop, pop, musik.

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?

Yes.

4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?

Same thing as me.

5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?

Yeah but I started listening to alternative rock about nine years ago so my music tastes are much more diverse now. Plus, some Orgers have turn me on all types of incredible stuff.

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?
f*ck no. i attended different schools so i was never in a 'clique', or wanted to be.

2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)
anything and everything.

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?
some did..some didn't. sex pistols, cramps, ramones, misfits, generation x.... to madonna, prince, duran duran,teena marie, 5 star, kylie....leonard bernstein, mozart,kathleen battle, . etc... it was quite varied.

3) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?


4) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?
yes!

i also gre up in a house where the tastes ranged from flamenco and spanish standards; motown; rock & some country; r&b/hip hop; dance & top 40.

theAudience said:

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?

seriously, i was too "cool" to be a part of any group, but i was well respected by most all. i was very quiet, but didn't really appear shy or anything -- i just didn't let anyone get close to me, though many tried. i was the kinda kid that did unexpected things like get a standing ovation for playing a lead role in a play, or beating out the favorites during musical competitions, or winning essay and short story contests, or kicking butt in sports though i generally didn't like them. i had a few good friends, but i really preferred to be alone. however, i did date the most popular/gorgeous girl in junior high for most of 7th and 8th grade, which surprised a lot of people. and in high school, 2nd to the class president, i was voted most likely to succeed, which surprised me 'cuz i didn't know that many people knew my name to vote for me (i wasn't even one of the choices), plus, like i said, i never really had many people around me that i'd consider friends -- and i really haven't changed much since then.


2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)

i entered 7th grade listening to most of my older brother's music, rock: motley crue, van halen, boston, foreigner, etc. i wore out my brother's copy of don't say no by billy squier. and then i bought def leppard's pyromania. so yeah, i was really into rock until the later part of 7th grade when i found out about prince. after i got the 1999 album, that was all i pretty much listened to -- anything prince-related. in prince, i finally found a style of music and a person i felt i could really relate to.

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?

nah, the only people i know who respected prince was a cool chick at school and a "weird" kid in the mall who used to dress like him. my friends only liked the really sexual songs so they could get a good laugh -- they never took it serious like i did. my friends were still musical babies sucking on the tuning knobs of top 40 radio.

3) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?

i didn't have an opposing clique since i got along with most and had acquaintances in each. the only thing i didn't like was when rap first started to become popular. to me, it wasn't music. i couldn't stand it. not until nwa, ice cube, eazy-e, and associates started making or mixing some cool beats with melodic hooks and interesting rhythmic lyrics. the bad-ass attitude also made it seem more cool to me.

4) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?

yeah, i still like funk, rock, and r&b. i was also raised on classical, country, and african beats. my mother played a lot of r&b and rockabilly which i still really like. since playing in bands, i've gained a great appreciation for jazz and some styles of blues. i've lost a taste for much of hip-hop today. and (like anxiety) i've gained a huge appreciation for brazilian music, thanks to a fellow prince fan out there somewhere who got me hooked. and (like anxiety) i also really like indian music -- hindi, punjab, bhangra. i don't know many people (around me) who do, but sometimes i can't get enough of it. back in the early '90s my cousin came back from kenya with a lot of bhangra music. i loved it and have been listening to it ever since -- i like the sounds and voices, and i'm still not sure why it hasn't become hugely popular in the States outside of some clubs in NY and SF. anyway, i think my tastes in music is also why i really like prince albums such as the rainbow children, the truth, and xpectation. it'd be interesting to do a study on that sometime -- range of musical appreciation vs. prince fans' favorite albums.
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theAudience said:

1) I was cool with just about everybody but pretty much kept to myself with a few friends, some considered to be in the 'in" crowd and some doing their own thing like me.
2) I was strictly a hip-hop and R&B guy.
3) My friends (not really a clique) listened to the same music I did.
4) I never paid much mind to what others listened to.
5) Current hip-hop and R&B is of very little interest to me these days, I'm sorry to say. I pull out my Gangstarr and NWA cd's every now and then though.

namepeace said:

Same here.

During these specific school years...
1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?

I was a social target and was shunned by most people.

2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)

I didn't have much of a "style" per se, but I liked most of my favorites from today: Prince, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Bjork, The Cure, etc.

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?

No. There were a few who liked Madonna and Janet, but that's about as far as it went. Not one of them liked Prince, who was easily the one I was most obsessed with.

4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?

I didn't really have an opposite clique, but I do remember hating most of the music that was popular during those years (mid-late 90s).

5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?

I definitely love all of those artists today, but I feel that I have gained much more insight into my own taste and have explored much more new ground in the past 5 years.

Thanks for all the responses so far.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

I use to be into heavy rock and grundge (use to be in a band who did grundge, heavy stuff) but after I quit dope, I quit grundge too.

As heavy handed as this sounds, I cleaned myself up by listening to "clean" pop music like when I was a kid (hence I like early 90's music as I 6 or 7 years old around that time)

theAudience said:

I totally believe that the type of music you listen to in your teens wil be the type of music you like the most for the rest of your life.

Now to answer your questions:

During these specific school years...

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?

I was so not hip in high school. I didn't belong to any clique and hung out with different people each year. I wasn't exactly a nerd, but definitely not "cool" either.


2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)

Mostly it was all about Prince and anyone related to the Minneapolis sound like Jesse Johnson, Jam & Lewis, etc. Towards the end of high school, I began listening to general dance music, whether it be freestyle, alternative club or house music.


3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?

Not really. I had some friends that were into Prince and others that were into alternative stuff, but they weren't part of the same group.


4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?

In high school, I was very anti-heavy metal at first although there were a few singles I thought were very cool. But those metal kids were the closest thing to opposite I knew. They hated Prince.


5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?

Prince? I think that answer is obvious.

theAudience said:

I wasn't really part of either, though I guess I was well-liked by everyone.



In junior high? Top 40 pop radio, the MTV bands, and some of my parents' music. The Police in particular.

In High School? Prince, The Police, and hip-hop. As well as r&b, old school, and to a lesser extent, top 40.



Because I had so many interests -- athletic, academic, social -- my friends varied and their musical tastes varied. Many were into hip-hop and R&B, some were into top 40, some were into classic rock, others metal. I was the only cat who was deep into Prince.



See above. I didn't really have an "opposite clique."



Very much so, but I have since evolved into a jazz lover and I appreciate some of the stuff I missed in high school and college as well as other forms of music. Hip-hop is virtually unrecognizable from what it used to be, but it still is vibrant in pockets.
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[b]1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?
I was among the first people here who were into Hip Hop because a friend of mine would bring me mixed tapes from the US ( he used to play college basketball) and I hung out with the HipHop "crowd"...which wasn´t really a crowd back then. We were considered weirdos, freaks,anything but cool . Chicks didn´t really dig it back then (the clothes, the attitude, the B-Boying, the music etc.). Now they´re feeling it and you gotta be HipHop today...but I´´m not really feeling it anymore( the clothes, the attitude, the B-Boying, the music etc. )
Were I grew up was a very important military base ( you know, the Cold War etc..Germany was partly under American "rule")..so I grew uo with lots of American kids and we would have breakdance battles and rap crews and stuff like that. I felt a bit more comfortable with them. Later on in life I also had lots of German and Turkish and all kinds of other natioanlities as friends.
I was also totally into SOS Band, Midnight Star, Cameo, ZAPP etc. because some of my older German friemds were into it and hipped me to it ( may they rest in peace, I miss them).


2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names) HipHop, Soul, 80´s RnB , the real deal....old funk
3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did? Yes, see above.
4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?Pop bullshit, A-Ha, Duran Duran, the Cure, Bronski Beat etc.
5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?Sure, it enriched my life and deepened my knowledge of people and made me a better human being.Seriously.
Prince was also one of my favorite musicians in the early eighties because a lot of his songs like Erotic City, Paisley Park, Raspberry Beret, DMSR etc. would be on the mix tapes I mentioned.The more I got into HipHop and the "poppier" Prince got ( you know what I mean, today I dig it, back then I didn´t ) , the more I lost interest in him until a friend of mine made a mixtape for me. If it wasn´t for him, some bootlegs and live concerts I probably never would have become so fascinated with his art. Today, he´s probably my favorite artist..no, not probably, but definitely.
Plus he was someone I could really, really relate to on a musical and biographical level, but that´s another long story. [/b]
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theAudience said:

Good thread, Aud.

1)During Jr. High and High School, I was always in music and drama classes. I also formed my first band when I was 15, so, largely because of this, the "in" crowd kinda gravitated towards me and what I was doing.

2)Everything.

3)Nah, which was cool. I hipped MANY kids my age to so many different styles of music. But also, because I hung around and knew different types of kids, they hipped me to some things as well. As I have mentioned a few times on here before, different girlfriends that I had hipped me to a few different things.

4)Because I listened to so many different types of music in Jr high and high school, it wasn't much that the other cliques listened to that I wasn't already hip to.

5) Hell yes.

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?
I was about as popular as herpes.

2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)
Pop, dance with splashes of rap and new wave/alternative

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?
Largely.

4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?
80's hair metal bands (Bon Jovi, Poison and the like)

5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?
I think moreso now. I have more fun in my life now than when I was a teenager. I was mopey and I lightened up after I turned 20.

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?
I wasn't part of the in or out crowd but I had friends in both of those circles.

2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)
Mostly rap and R&B in those days

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?
Yes, we all went to concerts together a lot.

4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?
Don't know.

5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?
Yes, but not as much. Rap isn't the same as it use to be and I still love the old stuff that I use to listen to. Same for R&B, I still love the old stuff that I picked up from my mom and the artists that I personally liked back then. My key favorite artists have remained the same but I've added some new ones over the years. My musical tastes have really expanded since then, I love rock and always have but now I buy it and appreciate it a lot more, especially the old stuff.

theAudience said:[quote]...the style(s) of music that you do?

I am extremely interested in why people are attracted to the music that they are.
It's my belief that at least a large segment of one's musical tastes are formed during their Jr. High/High School years.

During these specific school years...
1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?
I wasn't part of the popular group...I was actually the black sheep in the school.
2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)
Being as how my parents are from Trinidad, I grew up listening to calpyso and soca. My dad also got me into listening to classical music and the Beatles. But since i was born and raised in the states, I also listened to freestyle, r&b, and hip hop.
3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?
I did listen to the same kind of music everyone listened to.
4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?
Hardcore rock and punk.
5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?
Yeah in some ways, I don't listen to as much rap as i used to. I am more into "neo-soul" or mellow R&B like Kem, Jill Scott, Vivian Green, Res, Musiq, and India Arie. Also rollerskating music and Classic House and Club.

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?

I was pretty much a trendsetter during my Junior High/Senior High Years. Most of the kids at my school were either Rich Preppies,Nerds, WannabeThugs, or Jocks. Whereas, I went against the norm in the way I dressed and the way I wore my hair. Moreless, I was a singer and dancer and performed in productions at my school. I probably was one of the few girls at my school who had thier hair shaved on one side of thier head, wore mini skirts, and high heels.

2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)

I listened to Alternative/Punk, Rap, Reggae,House,Rock,Jazz, Metal and Pop.

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?

Yes.

4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?

R&B/RAP, Pop/Rock

5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?
I wouldn't say that my musical styles have changed much now that I am older. The only thing that has changed are my priorites. Of course, back then, I didn't have a college degree and responsiblities and now things are different. However, I still thrive from hearing good music and haven't given up pursing my singing career.
[Edited 6/16/05 11:34am]

theAudience said:

Interesting....

1.I wasn't with any particular crowd really and I had a lot of friends from all the cliques at school.

2.In jr.high I was into the pop/hip hop stuff. Jazz too. And for some reason Lenny Kravitz. ONce I hit high school I got into the grunge and metal scene.

3.Some of my friends did listen to the same stuff. Some of them I dont' think really listened to much of anything.

4.The "in" crowd listened to a lot of that college rock stuff. DMB, Greatful Dead in addition to whatever was on pop radio.

5.Sometimes I like to pull out one of those old records and listen to them. Time has really separated the great stuff from the crap. Some of that old stuff I still really get something from.

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?

I was not part of the in crowd. I had a small group of friends and one really close girlfriend.

2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)

I listened to R & B in high school, then I discovered Prince.

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?

No

4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?

Rock-hair bands

5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today

Yes, although I do not care for hip hop.

one2three said:

My parents are from Trinidad also and I heard so much calypso and soca growing up that I can't stand that music today. Even reggae, I can only take in small doses.

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)?
No. Well, sort of, but only because my older sister was the most popular girl in school. I was her "freaky punk rock" little sister that I suppose everyone had to accept because I was related to her. She was in a TOTALLY different social group than I was that's for sure.

2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names)

(WARNING: the following post contains group names)

In Jr. High and High school I listened to a lot of punk rock (Black Flag, Bad Brains, The Descendents, etc.), Hendrix, The Cure, lots of ska music, Bob Marley, and also to bands like the Chili Peppers, Fishbone, and Jane's Addiction. That was also when I was introduced to funk music though. Around my last year in high school I believe. Oh and I also loved hip hop back then, like De La Soul, Eric B. and Rakim, Public Enemy, B.D.P. etc.

3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?
Well, yeah that's how I got into punk music for example. I would hear about bands from friends, or else I would just go to shows not even knowing what/who the bands were beforehand. I do remember, however, my punk rock, and "rudeboy" ska loving friends were very elitist and you were made fun of if you admitted to liking classic rock or any metal softer than Metallica. Therefore, as a sort of liberation, all these years later I love to freely shout from the rooftops that "Frampton Comes Alive is an AWESOME album!!!"

4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?
Whatever was on the radio I suppose. Like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and other bands that I made fun of. I love some of them now, in retrospect. Like Van Halen for example. I always thought I hated them because my sister loved them, but now I'm a fan. (only w/ DLR of course)

5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?
Yes. I still listen to everything I grew up on. And more of course. Like my love of hard rock and classic rock came about later.

Although the Zeppelin thing was always there. The first album I ever bought w/ my own money was "Physical Graffiti". Then I forgot about Zeppelin when I got into punk and funk, and only more recently came back to them, and other bands from the 60s and 70s.
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I listen to the specific type of music, the specific artists
Because in their music is something particular with which I identify
With STEELY DAN, for example, I am drawn to their “sophisticated” arrangements & their excellent ability to combine different styles of music,as well their great ability to “set a scene” or a “mood” with most of their songs. Then of course, with their lyrics.. I appreciate them because most STEELY DAN lyrics are NOTHING like your typical “hey baby I love you” or “let’s spend the night together” or “let’s party all night long” or other “common” lyrical themes..
As many others have noted, there is a sort of “irony” in many of the lyrics of their songs.
More than that (for me), Donald & Walter are simply very good at “storytelling” in many of their best songs.
I simply.. somehow really relate to their music style..
& as OFTEN as I play THE DAN..
almost every time I play their songs, in each song I hear some small little note or accent that I had never heard the previous
10 000
times I played those songs..


during my middle school years (79-80 to 81-82)
& high school years (82-83 to 85-86)
I had a small number of real friends who more or less were part of various cliques.
If they weren’t in their clique, then I hung out with them. Every now & then – to be with that/those friends – I would do something with a group from the clique or even with the whole clique.

While I was not in any “in crowd” or clique, I would also say that I was not “unknown” or unpopular either.

I am not sure if I did this consciously – or not - at the time, but I hung out with kids from all the different little cliques – the “nerds” who studied all the time & were often “socially ill-at-ease”; I regularly hung with several “jocks”; I knew several of the “in” crowd, the “heads” (what we in our area called “rednecks”).. you name the clique, I knew at least 3-4 people in that group.

before 1980, I listened mostly to the FUNK, r&b & soul of the 70s, plus the occasional pop or rock song that “crossed over” into r&b
I got into Prince in the summer of 80, & that was it. From that point on, it was
RARE
That I listened to anything that was not Prince or The Time.
I cannot state enough how HARD CORE I was into Prince at that time of my life.

The kids from the other various cliques generally listened to the type of music with which you’d associate them: the “heads” were into country/country rock, many of the “nerds” were into “progressive” rock &/or synth-pop, the brothas was into r&b – AND “rap”, which was just beginning to become a well-known music genre.

In middle & high school (certainly in middle) I was definitely 1 of the 1st to be into Prince, & I exposed him to A LOT of kids I knew then.

1 thing that I have always appreciated about Prince
BEST
period of music (78-87 BY FAR)
is that it WAS very diverse. Not only could Prince play most types of music, he was 1 of the very few wou could combine those various styles to make something that sounded so unique, something that (at that time) you had never heard before & could not resist..

I had a “semi-diverse” taste in music before I got into Prince, but listening to his music (as MUCH as I did) allowed me to branch out & start listening to other styles of music.


I listen to the “old stuff” from Prince every now & then.. if I’m REALLY in a mood to hear his music..
otherwise, it’s A LOT of

STEELY DAN

Plus quite a bit of piano-based jazz (Ahmad Jamal) or sax-based jazz (various)
As well as most types of 70s popular music & r&b & soul & funk – especially BOOTSY..
&.. as a thread I recently started is showing..
quite a bit of “70s easy rock”.

In fact, I can probably say that the biggest reason I like STEELY DAN is because like prince, they too have shown that they can take distinct elements from different styles of music & combine them to make their own unique sound..
that either you really appreciate & get into
or you don’t.

mltijchr said:

I love Steely Dan too. HAHAHA In fact, as I'm typing this, "I Got the News" just came on on random on my IPOD. (which is not very unusual I guess, since I have the entire Citizen box set on there.)

I've been listening to so much Steely Dan actually, that I am starting to get a little burnt out on them.
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In my case, I think my listening habits were formed earlier, from pre-school up through grade school, only because my parents were listening to a wide variety of Jazz, R&B, Classical, Pop and Progressive Rock, so I just remember all those sounds being in the air growing up--Then I had uncles and older cousins that turned me onto Hendrix, Zeppelin, Zappa and Parliament-Funkadelic, Betty Davis, an' all that...and everything that happened in junior high and high school seems like an extension of all that came before-I guess I'm saying that I already had an appreciation for a lot of different music by the time junior high rolled around. By High School, in turn, I was introducing my parents to the sounds of Prince, Todd Rundgren, Slave, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Genesis, and they got into all of that!

1) Were you part of the in or out crowd (hip/unhip, popular/unpopular, etc)

I guess I was the "out" crowd--I was diggin' the music the in crowd was listening to , but I'm sure I was also listening to stuff that they would've thought was weird or silly...


2) What style of music did you listen to? (Not necessarily interested in group names):

Jazz, Funk, Pop, Rock, Classical, Soundtracks, Brazilian/ World music...


3) Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music as you did?
...wasn't really part of a social clique... not quite Lone Wolf, but there was never really one set of people that I always hung out with.... my brother and sister listened to the same things I did, and we all hung out together, so that was the closest to any kind of clique...


4) What style of music did your opposite clique(s) listen to?

Pretty much what was on the radio, but hey, this was the 70's and early 80's, we all liked radio back then!

5) Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?

Yup!I still listen to the same stuff, though I'm always trying to add something new...I think now, as well as then, it was hard to listen to just one type of music...gotta mix it up!




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Good set of questions..

"Were you a part of the in crowd or the out crowd?"

I guess I was "cool" and I got along with everyone..hiphop heads, metalheads, deadheads, goth heads, punk rockers, jocks. I was able to absorb everything and started listening to everything at a very early age.

"What style of music did you listen to?"

EVERYTHING. I started playing guitar and drums when I was around 11 and I wanted to know everything. My parents, friends, and bandmates had me checking all kinds of stuff out. Jazz/blues/funk/R&B-soul/rock/heavy metal/fusion/classical/electronic music/punk/reggae/latin/disco...YES DISCO!!. I used to go up and down the radio dial and I still do. I'm showing my age here, but there used to be a lot of cool tv shows on back then (Soul Train/American Bandstand/Don Kirschner/Rock Palace/Midnight Special/Soul Alive - {Gerry Bledsoe y'all}-PBS concerts/USA's Hot Spot-RADIO 1990-Night Flight) and this was a year or so before MTV. You could watch TV from Friday to Saturday and catch so much.

"Did your particular social clique listen to the same style of music that you did?"

Not really. I always kept my stuff to myself. My white (non musician) friends who were into rock wouldn't listen to anything by black artists unless it was Jimi Hendrix, Living Colour, Fishbone, "Purple Rain" era Prince or "certain cuts" by RUN DMC (and I think we all know what those cuts are). My black (non musician) friends only listened to R&B and hip hop. The only white artists they liked were 3rd Bass, Aerosmith (w RUN DMC), or Hall & Oates (lol). I keep putting in "non musician" because a lot of my musician friends had more open minds and wanted to listen to things to expand their minds.


"What style of music did your opposite cliques listen to?"

Good question..I guess whatever was popular on the radio.


"Are you still attracted to that style (or a similar style) of music today?"

I still listen to everything and I'm always looking for something new to inspire me and take me somewhere I haven't been yet. Whether it's Bill Laswell, Mars Volta, PJ Harvey or something I've listened to a 1,000 times (like P-Funk or John Coltrane) I can still find something new to dig.

These are great answers everyone.


tA

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