Age made me much more arrogant, stupid, elitist and picky. I used to listen and try to discover new music all the time when I was younger, but it's been years since I actively tried to discover new stuff or even genuinely enjoyed artists/bands I've never heard before. Part of it is that nothing new really impresses me anymore, nothing has that "wow, this shit is so good" effect on me, and the other part is the quiet realization that I'm an old and jaded guy with no natural aptitude or skill who never really amounted to anything, creatively speaking, which makes me subconsciously resent and despise the young and talented.
time for classical and jazz. most of it is good and there is always more good shit to discover. a good composer can explore more emotions in a 30 minute piece than most shitty rock bands do in 30 years
>>127864105you never had the makings of a varsity athlete
>>127864105What's your favourite Sopranos episode? For me, it's Whoever Did This.
>>127864153I always liked experimental jazzy stuff.>>127864154I never had the makings of a lead singer or even a bassist either.>>127864186It's been well over a decade since I last watched it, so I don't remember all the names now, but I enjoyed the episode(s) where they go to Italy quite a bit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eHk4RiIso
>>127864186That's definitely the best episode of season 4. I have no idea if I could pick a favorite episode ever though, and I've seen the whole show about 5 times.
it is crazy when you get old and realize that all the greatest music was made by like 22 year olds
>>127864320which further makes you realize that (You) never had a chance at all. at 22 i was still in college and all i cared about was getting my coursework done for the week so i could drink for 2 days straight on the weekend. you basically need your parents to have pushed you to practice your instruments diligently for years if you want to have the capability of producing something actually amazing.
>>127864105thanks Reddit
>>127864320like, wasn't Frank Sinatra 38 to 46 during the Capitol years?
>>127864295S4 has some of the series' best like "For All Debts Public and Private" and "The Weight". I also happen to think "Christopher" is a great episode on its own. Never understood people who places this season at the bottom, it's easily one of the better ones, specially during rewatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJbyV6iGvBQ||Ralph being bald was the craziest plot twist in the entire show||
>>127864476of course there's exceptions but they are exactly that, exceptions
>>127864320examples of such? most pop musicians don't peak until their late 20s.
>>127864511It's a retarded Swiftie who thinks Red was the summit of musical achievement, pay it no mind
>>127864511metallica made all their best albums before they were 25
>>127864105Many such cases.
>>127864596>I turned 33 this year
>>127864596That has been me since age 19. Mostly listening to the same albums from when I was 17-19 years old.
>17 posts>3 IPs
>>127864532^This. Watch, it'll try and say Metallica or something to obfuscate the fact that it's a Swiftie.
>>127864619you dont know enough musicKEEP LOOKING
>>127864644>>127864532>>127864511>>127864476The BeatlesU2Stevie WonderThe Bee GeesThe Beach BoysViolent FemmesThe RamonesDavid BowieHüsker DüDepeche ModeThe Go-Go’sPrinceA-haBlink-182No DoubtGreendayRadioheadPearl JamArctic MonkeysThe StrokesKings of Leon
>>127864632how many ips are here now
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>>127864755>David BowieBowie was 22 in 1969, his peak was in the mid-70s when he was pushing 30.
>>127864532>a retarded Swiftieyou could have just said Swiftie
>>127864105Literally the opposite for me. I was arrogant, stupid, elitist and picky as a teenager but in adulthood I have come to appreciate all forms and genres of music.
>>127864755age 30+ musicians when the music debuted or broke through:Dire StraitsLCD SoundsystemTalking HeadsSpoonPeachesDJ KOZEThe Nationaland a ton of electronic artists especiallyand a ton of composers that people worship nowand a ton of jazz musiciansand a ton of chanson -type singers like sinatra, charles aznavour, serge gainsbourgthere is nothing inherent about worldview or creativity that differentiates someone from their 30s/40s, maybe even 50s, from their 20sthe main factors are youth/attractiveness of band members, and lack of responsibility which lead to that age trend
>>127865135Peggy Lee's peak years were in her 30s-40s.
oh ya, I forgot Bjorkwhile she was trained already in her teens/20s, she didnt make anything worthwhile until (Even after) her debut, she was 28 or 29 when she started
some singers do peak young, it depends on whether their act is based mostly on youthful exuberance or not
>>127865157ditto Ella Fitzgerald even though both were making classic records in their 20s as well
>>127864496>For All Debts Public and Private>Christopher Dear lord, anon. Have mercy. For fuck’s sake… those episodes suffer from the same problem “A Hit Is a Hit” does which is that they don’t balance the ugly stereotypes. Ends up feeling like The Wire or whatever cop show.
>>127864105https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMaSh20qBbg
>>127864105>the quiet realization that I'm an old and jaded guy with no natural aptitude or skill who never really amounted to anything, creatively speaking, which makes me subconsciously resent and despise the young and talented.The lack of skill is not what makes you hate young and talented people, it's the lack of openness. You look at people more open than you, and I'm talking about big 5 psychological openness, and you sense their wonder with the world, feel the richness and dynamism in their inner life and feel shut out. Changing this would be a painful process of exposing yourself to things you don't wish to experience. You might get there if you're desperate enough, but if it's just an internal thing and not material you may be stuck there for the rest of your life.
>>127864105IT IS CALLED «MATURITY»; IT IS A CONSEQUENCE OF REFINING ONE'S TASTE; WHEN ONE KNOWS WHAT ONE LIKES, AND WHAT ONE DISLIKES, IT IS EASIER TO RECOGNIZE TRASH, AND MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND SOMETHING GOOD, OR HARDER TO FIND SOMETHING THAT MEETS ONE'S CRITERIA, WHICH RESULTS IN INCREASINGLY EXCLUSIVE PREDILECTION; INCLUSIVITY IS FOR THOSE WHO IGNORE WHO THEY ARE.YOU SHOULD WORRY IF YOU ARE STILL LOOKING FOR «NEW THINGS» IN YOUR THIRTIES OF AGE; THAT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU IGNORE WHAT YOU LIKE, AND WHAT YOU DISLIKE; IT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU HAVE POOR, OR NULL, TASTE.
>>127865239>filtered by "A Hit Is a Hit"So much cases...
>>127865239Cold Cuts is one of my favorite episodesThe farm scenes and the ending scene are kino
>>127864105Sounds like a personal issue
>>127864153only if you are an autistic sperg nerd
>>127864105that's funny, age has done the exact opposite for me.I used to be very picky and filter myself over all kinds of stupid shit, and now that I'm old I'm listening to all kinds of stuff and enjoying a lot of it.I'd rather be me than you.
>>127865362consider looking for the caps-lock key, donald"refining one's taste" sounds great but is a sham, you wind up in a prison of your own making, eventually disappearing up your own asshole instead of enjoying music as a living, breathing thing.
>>127864596>(((Spotify-based))) reportwishful thinking on Spotify's part. the more people feel like they have to pigeonhole themselves, the easier it is for Spotify to do what they do.Spotify is for soccer moms and casuals, full stop.
>>127865428right, sounds like OP's mom hit the Tylenol a little too hard when she was pregnant.I mean seriously, who actually enjoys limiting themselves with regards to music or film or whatever? nobody's going to congratulate you for your taste, most people don't care what you like and what you don't, so you might as well keep growing and broadening your horizons.
>>127866296only a low IQ vermin would think doing something as cognitively basic as enjoying some mingus or ravel is autism. do you also think grade 10 math class is spergy?
>>127865161this, bjork was mega based in her 20s
>>127864186i can't remember episode names for the fucking life of me. i don't really have a favorite episode but i have favorite scenes. tony beating the shit out of zellman, SSS music choicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx9TNffQQcwchris relapsing, another SSS music selection, probably one of the most beautiful scenes in all of TVhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7A7ew3_V_E
>>127864320maybe in pop genres that prioritize youthfulness but not classical, jazz or grown up crooner shit
>>127865135there are cases to be made for a couple of jazz musicians to have peaked in their 40s even though they started their career in their teens. anyone who is good at jazz started super early tho>>127866969this guy hits the nail on the head
>>127865135motörhead and leonard cohen
>>127864105It used to be easier to explore music and find new artists and bands when we were younger. The internet has become less user-friendly and restrictive, and more corporately homogenized with paid-sponsorships flooding your search results and drowning out genuine discovery. Now the entire scene, youtube, spotify, etc, is just these paid-for plantbands promoted by an industry that's pushing an overarching agenda rather than trying to make legitimately good music or rising to success on their own merit or organic popularity or novelty, which in turn makes a huge chunk of potential new artists just not bother to begin with. Consider how AI music websites had a massive boom just a year ago-- I felt like I was 13 again, browsing OG myspace and finding dozens of new independent artists and songs in the genres I actually enjoy. And not even a year later they've already snipped their own balls off by locking everything down with account memberships and subscriptions and promoted content in an attempt at corporate monetization.also a tiny bit of this >>127864596, but I don't think the search for new music ever stops and most of that image is just cope to distract from the globohomofication of the entire music landscape, new legit indie music being made purposely obtuse and algorithified and difficult to explore, and the "promoted" stuff not being worth seeking out in the first place.
>>127867576I miss last.fm's radio feature so much. It felt organic and I found dozens of genuinely good and lesser known artists through it. Such a shame they shut it down. The internet has been in a state of self-enshittification for 15 years now.
>>127864105You're not an child anymore that's easy to impress. Everything gets "old" after some time.
>>127872121Fr.
>>127867576>willingly listening to AI slop and even enjoying itOpinion discarded, cut your ears off
>>127872664This. All AI is kind of good for is porn. And even then I'd rather just watch the real thing.
>>127864950Not really, his peak was 1983, at 36, he then went on to produce albums as great as the ones he did back in his 20s, namely Heathen, The Next Day, Blackstar.
>>127873985based
