Nowadays people have such short attention spans when it comes down to music. Even soemthing from a couple of years ago are regarded as old but i'm talking about stuff atleast 15 years old or more. Here's my list!

1) The Look - Shalamar (at least once a month. i love this album)
2) Heartbreak - Shalamar ( about once every few months)
3) Night & Day - Al B. Sure (once or twice a year)
4) Appetite for destruction - G N' R (a few times a year)
5) Rockwell
6) The Girls
7) Rick James - Cold Blooded & Street Songs (every few months)
8) Xperiment & Pleasure Seekers - The System ( every few weeks)

I pretty much listen to 80's music exclusively with the exception of a few current albums. There are many more that i'll add on later. How about you??

actually, quite a lot of what i listen to is at least 15 years old. maybe even most of it. it would be interesting to talk to people under 20 and hear what kind of old stuff they like. i listened to the beatles, sly, jimi and janis a lot when i was a teenager. to me that was old skool. annie lennox is probably to kids today what grace slick was to me when i was a kid. weird.

Anxiety said:

very cool. i bet a lo of people under 20 won't go too far back with music. it will be interesting to hear what other orgers have to say.

dancerella said:

i think young kids with hipster music geek parents (which should be a lot, considering gen x'ers are starting to become parents of teenagers - SCARY) will probably grow up having pretty eclectic musical tastes. all the old stuff i listed was because i'd dig through my mom's old records from the 60s and pick out stuff that looked cool or had songs i recognized.

i know if i ever have a kid, it will be raised to WORSHIP all three deee-lite albums and to be able to sing along with every song, word for word, by the time they're ready for preschool.

I pretty much only listen to stuff that is more than 25 years old

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Ditto, Mostly. And what is your defenition of older? 5? 10 years? More?

mrpunkfunk said:

i guess the definition for this thread is 15+ years

For 2008, Kate Bush, DeBarge, Minnie Ripperton, and Melissa Manchester----

The Rolling Stones - 'Sticky Fingers' and 'Exile On Main St.'

Prince - 'Purple Rain' and 'Prince'(I really like this one actually)

Funny. My mp3 player is full of oldies.

A selection of Disco, late 70's and early 80's funk. Latin trova from the 70's and 80's too.
And as I'm in a Donna Summer crave, I have a folder with around 30 songs she recorded in her 17 years of silence. (I think that's the newest)

+ Crayons, Of course

I'd say nearly all of the albums I listen to regularly are from the 80s or earlier anyway, with some notable exceptions from this decade being:

Björk- Vespertine
Annie- Anniemal
Gorillaz- Demon Days
LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver

I listen to nothing but old stuff. I don't even play the newer albums unless I'm really bored.

Timmy84 said:

same over here there only a few artist that i listen to of the last couple of years

dancerella said:

Here is what is in my current rotation.

1. Abbey Road - The Beatles
2. Frampton Comes Alive - P. Frampton.
3. Nat King Cole's Greatest Hits - N. Cole.
5. Multiplication. - Eric Gale.
6. Aja - Steely Dan
7. Dream Of The Blue Turtles - Sting.
8. First Choice Greatest Hits.
9. Heads - Bob James
10. Off The Wall - MJ.

The only thing that is new that I have been listening to is Solange's new CD...It's pretty good.

1970's P-Funk
1960's James Brown
Prince's entire catalogue
Bootsy's entire catalogue
Mint Condition's catalogue

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Same here 90% of the time,I'm listening to music from the 70s.I listen to very little "new" music that is released these days.

I'm with y'all. The only music I listen to is old music and the only time I listen to something new is when Prince or Jamiroquai comes out with a new album.

all things Chaka Khan
all things Starr Company/Paisley Park
all things P-Funk
(I recently "found" those 2
Fred Wesley/Horny Horns albums)

Erykah Badu's older albums
Keisha Jackson's older albums
Joi's older albums
Mary & Faith older stuff

I'm with Funkenstein, SoulAlive & vainandy
90% of what I listen to is the old shit
you know, stuff that was out
before I was even THOUGHT about

Prince and Stevie Wonder. Lots of jazz and funk, too.
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NuPwr319 said:

the Wonderlove affiliated stuff
gets played alot too
Stevie, Syreeta, Deniece, Minnie..

EW+F & affiliates also

I'm the opposite of most people here in that I listen to a lot of current music, like from the last five years. But the oldies that get played the most would be these two:

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis

the perfect 5 -

off the wall
thriller
bad
dangerous
history - nearly 15 years old

I listen to Thriller, Thriller 25, Number Ones, Greatest Hits - HIStory Volume 1, HIStory (Disc 1), The Ultimate Collection (Disc 2), The Essential Michael Jackson and King Of Pop at least twice a day.

Thriller does a body good.

"At Worst...the Best of Culture Club"

"Tender Lover" - Babyface

"Introducing the Hardline..." by TTD

oh...it goes without saying that I listen to all pre-Graffiti Bridge Prince on the regular.

Ya kidding? This is the org. We only like older music.

Cinnie said:

You ain't neva lied.

NuPwr319 said:

Even music we didn't like before when it was new suddenly looks more appealing with age.
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I'VE MADE THIS CD OF
THE DRAMATICS
AL GREEN
THE ENCHANTMENTS
NATURAL FOUR'S - CAN THIS BE REAL
STAPLE SINGERS - LET'S DO IT AGAIN
BLOODSTONE - NATURAL HIGH
SPECIAL DELIVERY - THE LONLEY ONE

AND I CANNOT GO A DAY WITHOUT HEARING IT

kash said: