What I mean by "Old Soul Music Lovers" is that the category refers to the current young adult generation 18-35 years old who prefers old school soul music as oppose today's music. You can find this music blasting in their car and on their MP3 players:

Sam Cooke
Otis Redding
Al Green
Wilson Pickett
Ben E. King
Ike & Tina
Etta James
Teddy Pendergrass
Marvin Gaye
The O'Jays
and the list goes on and on and on....

There are a lot of us out here, yet some of the older people, which this music came out in their era, have dubbed us "an old soul in a young body"...but why is that? Why do I have to have an old soul to love classic soul music?

Don't knock out the old schoolers who like old school...
we're still around too, ya know.... lol

Anyway, I love this list...cool musicians all.

That's me.

Old Skool since I was a baby.

yeah im 26. My mem grew me up on all the oldies. It has such an element of class and vocal and musical traning not found in songs today.

today's music has NOTHING on classic soul like this list - I wonder if kids today have any idea?

abigail05 said:

If they do they would never get airplay

I'm 28, about to turn 29 on Saturday, and most of my music collection ranges from the years 1960-1985. I love the old school, nothing beats REAL INSTRUMENTS!!! REAL SINGING!!!!! etc.....

I'm 25 going 26 this October and NOTHING stimulates my soul than my ol' school music.

Anything before '83 is good enough.

Harlepolis said:

Oh? For some reason, I thought you were much older

I'm 24 turning 25 on the 7th. That's right, my birthday is on June 7th!!!

I'm more into funk, rock, and soul combined. Like early Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder, Sly, and of course our boy Prince.

Don't get me wrong, I love Sam, Otis, and Marvin. But right now, I can't get enought of that funky stuff!!!

24 years old over here and been a fan of old school music since I was five so my tastes go back to the fucking 1950s (Jackie, Sam, Ray, etc.).

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I thought you were older too,,,,turned out, the back of your ears are still wet

Harlepolis said:

Harlepolis said:

damn I thought you were older too!!! I'm 25 and turning 26 in September.....

abigail05 said:

for real. i do listen to "some" music that is out today, but for the most part, the majority of my music collection is old school. I was just blasting Otis Redding's "Sitting On the Dock of the Bay" album the other day.

Abdul said:

Happy Birthday!!!

missfee said:

Thank You missfee

You guys are awesome.

Old shit =
Gimme Omarion, Alicia, T-Pain and all them others instead.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Stymie said:

Old stuff can't be duplicated by the youngsters, no matter how hard they try.

Want some old soul that comes out on CD at the end of May check out the new Al Green

missfee said:

I'm 41, I remember when I was around 17-20 years old and playing songs from a generation or two past... around some old heads and they'd be surprised to here me play music from their generation. The usual response I'd get would be something like "You don't know nothing 'bout dat there, that's before your time youngster"... I would just break off something about the song or artist to let them know what time it was, and @ the same time get hip to other similar artist.

I dig it when I roll up on someone who's younger and their playing some old school be it jazz, soul, rock, r&b, gospel, funk..etc. I usually give'em the or swap some music knowledge and roll on.


....and you don't have to be an old soul to dig classic soul or any other genre.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Im gonna smack you

42 years young and still groovin'

IAintTheOne said:

It's time to recognize, my friend. We've been wrong all these years.

I love old school soul but I swear I don't have to hear 'Between the Sheets' ever again in life. Or 'Devotion'. Or 'Love TKO'. Or 'Love and Happiness'. There's only so many times you can listen to the same music over and over again. I appreciate it. I know it. Now that's enough...

missfee said:

Good question, I'm 21 and I get that all the time. My sis always calls me "Granny" or "Old Lady" because of my music taste lol.

I do like some new music and artists, but overall i've always just preferred older music and artists. I remember going to school w/my Motown and Marvin Gaye albums in 5th grade while everybody was listening to Puff Daddy and Mase , everyone thought I was weird. It doesn't matter though, i'm not about to trade in my Stevie Wonder and Prince albums just because some people think I need to be listening to T-Pain or whomever.
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